Excel Resources

 

Spreadsheet objectives

Database objectives

Spreadsheet Design Guidelines

Basics:

·          Customization: Changing Excel's defaults

·          Cursor movement

·          Data entry, Video

·          Editing

·          Formatting

·          File commands

·          Printing

 

Copying Formulas

·            Copying formulas: Absolute/relative cell references, Video

 

Charts

·          Bad examples

·          Good examples

·          Overview, Video

·          About Charting

·          Guidelines for Charting

·          Getting Ready to Chart

·          Creating a Basic Chart

·          Formatting Your Chart

·          Working with Chart Elements

·          Using Pie Chart Options

·          Charting Extras

·          Charts tutorial: How to create a chart (MS)

·          Charts tutorial: Choose the right chart type (MS)

·          Charts tutorial: Professional-looking charts (MS)

 

Functions

·          Functions (all)

·          Toolbar functions: SUM, MAX, MIN, AVERAGE, COUNT, Video

·          Date/Time functions: TODAY, NOW, MONTH, DAY, YEAR, DATE, WEEKDAY Video

 

Financial Functions

·          Financial functions overview

·          Payment (PMT) Video 1, Video 2

·          Future Value (FV) Video

·          Present Value (PV) Video

·          Rate (RATE)

·          Number of periods (NPER)

·          Rounding numbers

 

 

 

Making decisions

·          Conditional formatting

·          IF Video

·          AND

·          OR

·          Lookup: VLOOKUP

 

Importing Data

·          Importing a text file

·          Splitting data from a single cell into multiple cells

 

Database features

·          Sorting Video

·          Autofiltering Video

·          Advanced filtering

·          Subtotals Video 1 Video 2

·          Database functions

·          Pivot tables Video 1, Video 2, Video 3

·          MS Pivot Table Tutorial

 

Miscellaneous

·          Customizing Excel

·          Macros and Visual Basic

·          Working with large and/or 3-D worksheets

 

 

Microsoft pages

·         Office Home Page: starting place for info about Excel

·         Downloads: get the latest update (MS calls them "service packs") to Excel

·         Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Home Page: get your Excel skills certified

 

Excel 2007!

·         Download the Office 2007 trial edition for free!

 

MS Office Specialist Excel 2003 Objectives

MS Office Specialist Excel 2003 Expert Objectives

USD Excel tutorial

U of Wisconsin Excel Pages

Florida Gulf Coast University Excel Pages

Sample files

 

Updated 2007.02.01