Creating Advanced Formulas

• Apply Range Names
• Range Names
• Adding Range Names Using the Name Box
• Adding Range Names Using the New Name Dialog Box
• Editing a Range Name and Deleting a Range Name
• Using Range Names in Formulas

Use Specialized Functions

• Function Categories
• The Excel Function Reference
• Function Syntax
• Function Entry Dialog Boxes
• Using Nested Functions
• Automatic Workbook Calculations
• Showing and Hiding Formulas
• Enabling Iterative Calculations

Analyzing Data with Logical and Lookup Functions

Use Text Functions

• Text Functions
• The LEFT and RIGHT Functions
• The MID Function
• The LEN Function
• The TRIM Function
• The UPPER, LOWER, and PROPER Functions
• The CONCATENATE Function
• The TRANSPOSE Function

 
Use Logical Functions

• Logical Functions
• Logical Operators
• The AND Function
• The OR Function
• The IF Function

Use Lookup Functions

• Lookup Functions
  • The LOOKUP Function
  • The VLOOKUP Function
  • The HLOOKUP Function

• Use Date Functions
  • The TODAY Function
  • The NOW Function
  • Serializing Dates and Times with Functions

• Use Financial Functions
  • The IPMT Function
  • The PPMT Function
  • The NPV Function
  • The FV Function

Organizing Worksheet Data with Tables

Create and Modify Tables

• Tables
• Table Components
• The Create Table Dialog Box
• The Table Tools – Design Contextual Tab
• Styles and Quick Style Sets
• Customizing Row Display
• Table Modification Options
  
  

Sort and Filter Data

• The Difference Between Sorting and Filtering
• Sorting Data
• Advanced Filtering
• Filter Operators
• Removing Duplicate Values

Use Subtotal and Database Functions to Calculate Data

• SUBTOTAL Functions
• The Subtotal Dialog Box
• Summary Functions in Tables
• Database Functions

Visualizing Data with Charts

• Create Charts
• Charts
• Chart Types
• Chart Insertion Methods
• Resizing and Moving the Chart
• Adding Additional Data
• Switching Between Rows and Columns

Modify and Format Charts

• The Difference Between Modifying and Formatting
  • Chart Elements
  • Minimize Extraneous Chart Elements
  • The Chart Tools Contextual Tabs
  • Formatting the Chart with a Style
  • Adding a Legend to the Chart

• Create a Trendline
  • Trendlines
  • Types of Trendlines
  • Adding a Trendline
  • The Format Trendline Task Pane

• Create Advanced Charts
  • Dual Axis Charts
  • Creating Custom Chart Templates

Viewing Chart Animations