Excel has hundreds of functions, but a handful do most of the everyday work. This 60-minute Excel functions training covers the ten that every user should know, whether you're an office worker, a small business owner tracking finances or a casual user.
Functions let formulas calculate, return information, change the contents of other cells and test conditions. You'll work with statistical functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN and COUNT, the logical IF statement, VLOOKUP, the date functions TODAY and NOW, and text functions such as LEFT, RIGHT and CONCAT for cleaning up imported data.
You'll learn not only how each function works but why, so you can do more with Excel.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
The right functions save time and make spreadsheets work better. Understanding why each function behaves as it does helps you apply it in new situations.
The course is for beginner to intermediate users who can already build basic calculations and know the difference between relative and absolute references. It suits business owners, managers, accountants, auditors, HR staff, bookkeepers, marketers and anyone who uses Excel regularly.
AREA COVERED
- Statistical functions: SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN and COUNT
- The logical IF statement
- VLOOKUP
- Date calculations with TODAY and NOW
- Text functions for imported data: LEFT, RIGHT and CONCAT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Use SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN and COUNT to summarize data
- Write logical tests with the IF function
- Look up values with VLOOKUP
- Calculate dates with TODAY and NOW
- Clean up imported text with LEFT, RIGHT and CONCAT
- Explain why each function works, not just how
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Business Owners
- CEOs / CFO's / CTOs
- Managers
- Accountants
- CPA's
- Financial Consultants
- IT Professionals
- Auditors
- Human Resource Personnel
- Bookkeepers
- Marketers
- Anybody with large amounts of Data
- Anybody who uses Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, and wants to be more efficient and productive
The right functions save time and make spreadsheets work better. Understanding why each function behaves as it does helps you apply it in new situations.
The course is for beginner to intermediate users who can already build basic calculations and know the difference between relative and absolute references. It suits business owners, managers, accountants, auditors, HR staff, bookkeepers, marketers and anyone who uses Excel regularly.
- Statistical functions: SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN and COUNT
- The logical IF statement
- VLOOKUP
- Date calculations with TODAY and NOW
- Text functions for imported data: LEFT, RIGHT and CONCAT
- Use SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN and COUNT to summarize data
- Write logical tests with the IF function
- Look up values with VLOOKUP
- Calculate dates with TODAY and NOW
- Clean up imported text with LEFT, RIGHT and CONCAT
- Explain why each function works, not just how
- Business Owners
- CEOs / CFO's / CTOs
- Managers
- Accountants
- CPA's
- Financial Consultants
- IT Professionals
- Auditors
- Human Resource Personnel
- Bookkeepers
- Marketers
- Anybody with large amounts of Data
- Anybody who uses Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, and wants to be more efficient and productive