Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Level 2 Course

In Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 1, you created, edited, formatted, and printed basic spreadsheets. You now have a need to streamline repetitive tasks and display spreadsheet data in more visually effective ways. In this course, you will use Microsoft Office Excel 2007 to streamline and enhance your spreadsheets with templates, charts, graphics, and formulas. Course Objective: You will apply visual elements and advanced formulas to a worksheet to display data in various formats.

Target Student: The target students for this course are students who desire to gain the skills necessary to create templates, sort and filter data, import and export data, analyze data, and work with Excel on the web. In addition, this course helps prepare students who desire to take the Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Excel and who already have knowledge of the basics of Excel, including how to create, edit, format, and print basic worksheets

Certification
This course is one of a series that addresses Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (Microsoft Business Certification) skill sets. The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist program is for individuals who use Microsoft’s business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more proficiency exams in order to earn Microsoft Certified Application Specialist certification.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• calculate with advanced formulas.
• organize worksheet and table data using various techniques.
• create and modify charts.
• analyze data using PivotTables and PivotCharts.
• insert graphic objects.
• customize and enhance workbooks and the Microsoft® Office Excel® environment.

Before starting this course,it is recommended that students have attended the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Level 1 course or have equivalent knowledge.

This course is rated as an Intermediate Course, suitable for accomplished computer users.

Topics covered on the 1 day Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Level 2 course

Calculating Data with Advanced Formulas

• Manage Cell and Range Names
• Calculate Data Across Worksheets
• Use Specialized Functions
• Analyze Data with Logical and Lookup Functions

Organizing Worksheet and Table Data

• Create and Modify Tables
• Format Tables
• Sort or Filter Worksheet or Table Data
• Calculate Data in a Table or Worksheet

Presenting Data Using Charts

• Create a Chart
• Modify Charts
• Format Charts

Analyzing Data Using PivotTables and PivotCharts

• Create a PivotTable Report
• Analyze Data Using PivotCharts

Inserting Graphic Objects

• Insert and Modify Pictures and ClipArt
• Draw and Modify Shapes
• Illustrate Workflow Using SmartArt Graphics
• Layer and Group Graphic Objects

Customizing and Enhancing Workbooks and the Excel Environment

• Customize the Excel Environment
• Customize Workbooks
• Manage Themes
• Create and Use Templates