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Excel - Beginning
Last revised: August 17, 2010

Syllabus


Instructor's Notes  
Tutorial 1 - Excel Basics Instructor's notes for Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2 - Formatting a Worksheet Instructor's notes for Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3 - Formulas & Functions Instructor's notes for Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4 - Creating Charts Instructor's notes for Tutorial 4

Recorded Lectures
Tutorial 1 - Spreadsheet Concepts
  Part 1  Concepts, Adding labels
  Part 2  Entering numbers, dates and times, entering formulas, copying formulas, using common functions
  Part 3  Review, copying formulas, resizing rows/columns, inserting/deleting rows/columns, moving cells, spell checking
Tutorial 2 - Formatting a Worksheet
  Part 1  Themes, formatting labels, formatting numbers and dates, custom formats, cell alignment, cell borders
  Part 2  Background images, styles, format painter, table styles, conditional formatting, data bars
  Part 3  Conditional formatting, data bars, hiding rows and columns, headers/footers, controlling page breaks, controlling page titles, shrinking to fit
Tutorial 3 - Formulas & Functions
  Part 1  Absolute references, functions
  Part 2  IF function, PMT function, fill

Assignments  
Tutorial 1 Assignment Assignment sheet for Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2 Assignment Assignment sheet for Tutorial 2
Tutorial 3 Assignment Assignment sheet for Tutorial 3
Tutorial 4 Assignment Assignment sheet for Tutorial 4

Handouts & Data Files  
Competency Checklist List of competencies (skills) gained in this course, presented by tutorials
Student Files

How to Download Student Files
Data files for all four tutorials, stored in a self-extracting zip file.  Copy this file to your computer. Then, double-click the file and tell the extractor where to store your files.

 
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