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Application:Excel
Level:Advanced Formulas
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Duration:1 day
Location:
ITIC Live
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321 Pitt St
Sydney NSW 2000
Participants:Max 10
Length:9:00 to 16:30
Break Times:
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10:30 (15mins)
12:30 (1hr)
14:45 (15mins)
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Excel Advanced Formulas Course

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Location: Level 2
80 Mount St
North Sydney
NSW 2060
Break Times:
(approx)
10:30 (15mins)
12:30 (1hr)
14:45 (15mins)
Duration: 1 day Participants: Max 10
Course Length: 9:00 to 16:30 Price:
(inc GST)
$ 385
Sale Price:
(inc GST)
$ 250

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Excel Advanced Formulas Course

Course Overview

This is a one-day training course tailored to give experienced Excel users the skills required to use Excel’s most commonly used formulas. Lead by dedicated instructors who are experts in the Microsoft Office package, you’ll learn real world tips and tricks for creating and using advanced Excel formulas and functions. We’ll teach you how to enter common formulae using name ranges, sums and dates, utilise helpful functions including database functions, rounding functions, logical functions, financial functions, nesting functions and working up to array formulas and more.

Our courses are taught face-to-face using simple instructions, clear demonstrations and hands on activities. Class sizes are kept small to ensure students receive personalised support and achieve the highest learning outcomes possible. Training with Raising the Bar will provide you with brand new skills and knowledge of Excel, allowing you to create efficient spreadsheets using advanced formulas. We supply all the equipment so all you need to do is show up.

Upon completion of the Excel Advanced Formulas course, you’ll have the proficiency required to use Excel’s common formula functions. You'll also leave with a certificate of completion and a comprehensive course manual to work through at your leisure so you can further develop your skills at your own pace.

Who Should Attend This Course

The Excel Advanced Formulas Training Course is designed especially for students who already have an advanced knowledge of Excel and want to expand their skills to utilise more complex formula functions. This course is perfect for users who want to gain confidence to create, edit and troubleshoot the Excel formulas and functions that they currently utilise in their Excel spreadsheets and workflows.

Most students who attend this course are already comfortable with Excel and know how to use its more complex and technical features to create professional, productive spreadsheets. This course is right for you if you’re an experienced Excel user who wants to learn how to use nesting, name ranges, sum functions, count functions, date and time formulas, various database functions, audit formulas, arrays, concatenation and more.

Our public training courses are delivered throughout the year in the Raising the Bar training centre in the Sydney CBD. Alternatively, private training sessions are available by appointment for organisations in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Brisbane and Perth.

Course Prerequisites

Our course is designed for experienced Microsoft Excel users. Students should have completed our Excel Advanced course or have equivalent skills with the more complex functions of Excel and its associated tools. You will also need general computer skills using the Windows operating system.

Course Inclusions

FREE Course Re-sit

8 months

When you book a public course at Raisng the Bar we offer you a FREE course re-sit for up to 8 months from the scheduled course date.

FREE Email Support

12 months

Free email support for up to 12 months from the scheduled course date.

Small Class Sizes

10 students

All of our courses are capped at a maximum of 10 students to maximise your learning experience.

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Course Manual

With each course we provide you with a comprehensive course manual for you to practice post course.

Computer Lab

No need to bring your own laptop. Our training courses are conducted in fully equipped computer labs with free Wi-Fi.

Course Certificate

Every student receives a certificate of completion at the end of course to recognise your new skills.

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Course Outline

COMMON FORMULAE

Order of Operation (BEMDAS)

  • How to Enter a Formula Using the Keyboard
  • Using Point and Click Formulas
  • Using AutoSum to Create Formulas
  • Automatically Fill in a Series of Formulas (Autofill)
  • Another Alternative for Performing the SUM Function
  • Calculating a percentage
  • AutoFilling Relative Cell References
  • Show Formulas in a Spreadsheet
  • AutoFilling Absolute Cell References
  • Calculating an AVERAGE
  • Calculating a MINIMUM and MAXIMUM
  • LARGE and SMALL Functions
  • REPT Function (Repeats characters)
  • MODE function

COUNTING, TESTING AND LOGICAL FORMULAE

  • COUNT function
  • COUNTA function
  • COUNTBLANK function
  • COUNTIF function
  • SUMIF function
  • IF Function to Display a Text Message

Nesting functions

  • Nesting an IF Function to Display a Calculated result

IS functions

  • ISBLANK functions
  • ISERROR functions
  • IFERROR functions

Other Functions in the Information Category

AND Function / OR Function

  • AND function
  • OR function
  • Nesting IF with AND/OR functions

LOOKUP AND REFERENCE FUNCTIONS

Naming Ranges

  • Naming a Range Using the Name Box

Using VLOOKUP and Reference Functions in Formulas

  • VLOOKUP function
  • Create Name Ranges using Create from Selection
  • HLOOKUP function
  • Using the Define Name dialog box

Using LOOKUP

  • Using the LOOKUP Function in a Formula

Using INDEX and MATCH

  • INDEX function
  • MATCH function
  • Nesting MATCH and INDEX functions
  • Using Nesting to Replace Error Messages using IFERROR

SUBTOTALS

  • SUBTOTALS function
  • Nesting IF and ISERROR and MATCH functions to compare two lists

DATE AND TIME FORMULAE

Common Date and Time Functions

  • Using Simple Date and Time Functions
  • TODAY function
  • NOW function
  • DAY function
  • MONTH function
  • YEAR function
  • DATE function
  • NETWORKDAYS function
  • More Complex Date Calculations
  • Nesting Date Functions

DATABASE FUNCTIONS

Database Functions

  • DAVERAGE function
  • DCOUNT function
  • DCOUNTA function
  • DMAX function
  • DMIN function
  • DSUM function

ROUNDING FUNCTIONS

The Need for Rounding

  • ROUND function
  • ROUNDUP function
  • ROUNDDOWN function
  • CEILING function
  • FLOOR function
  • INT function

FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS

Financial Functions

  • RATE function
  • NPER function
  • PV function
  • PMT function

USEFUL TEXT FUNCTIONS

Text Functions

  • UPPER function
  • LOWER function
  • PROPER function
  • CONCATENATE function
  • TEXT function
  • STRUCTURED TABLE REFERENCES

    Structured References

    • Formulas Compared
    • Examples of Structured Reference formulas
    • Formatting a Table
    • Naming the Table
    • Turning on the Total Row
    • Adding Calculations using the Total Row
    • Entering Structured References Using the Mouse or Keyboard

    ARRAY FORMULAE

    Array Formulae

    IMPORTANT AMENDMENT

    An Introduction to Arrays and Array Formulas

    • Create A Multi-Cell Array Formula

    More on Array Formulas

    • Advantages of Array Formulas
    • Array Formula Syntax
    • Rules for Entering and Changing Array Formulas
    • Expanding an Array Formula
    • Disadvantages of Array Formulas
    • Array Constants
    • Creating a Horizontal Constant Array
    • Creating a Vertical Constant Array
    • Creating A 2D Constant Array
    • Using Array Constants within Formulae
    • LARGE Function as a MultiCell Array
    • ROUND Function as a MultiCell Array
    • COUNTIF Function as a MultiCell Array

    More on Array Formulas

    • Naming Array Constants
    • Troubleshooting Array Constants
    • Naming and Applying an Array Constant in a Formula
    • Simplifying the AND Function Using an Array
    • Excluding Zeros from a MIN (Array Formula)
    • SUM IF Multiple Criteria
    • Excluding Zeros from an Average for a Specific Item
    • Create an Array from Existing Values
    • Create Array Constants from Existing Values
    • More Array Examples (with SUM)
    • More Array Examples – (with AVERAGE)
    • More Array Examples - Count the Differences between Two Ranges of Cells
    • Custom {AVERAGE(IF)} function
    • Custom {SUM(IF)} function
    • Custom {MIN(IF)} function

Student Comments

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    All of it! Thought it was designed well and logical to follow along.
    - Jessica
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    - Marc
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    Great instructor, funny and enthusiastic and kept the whole class interested through out.
    - Lisa
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    Great course!
    - Aimee
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    Really great course! Learnt so much!
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    Great Course, will be letting other work mates to come along!
    - Darren
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    Craig is very knowledgeable helpful and friendly. Good course. Thank you!!
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    Most of the Advanced Formulas were great and would impact positively on our work environment.
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    The trainer was very professional and knew his stuff back the front. Very good and highly recommended.
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    Craig was extremely helpful. Thanks!
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    Excellent funny great helped me with my real world examples. Pure brilliance
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    Very happy with what I learned today. Thanks!
    - Sophia
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    Great course - thanks Craig
    - Judy
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    - Kaila
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    Great course! Learnt a lot of new tricks that will make some of my tasks much faster.
    - Bryce
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    The trainer went out of his way to make the course interesting by going into detail on topics we wanted to know more about.
    - Marcus
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    I found the course very helpful and informative. I learnt alot that I can use everyday in my role.
    - Kylie
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    It was good being able to you data from my workplace to use for examples. Also tips about the general way in which you should organise (structure) your data.
    - Rodney
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    - Lilian
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    - Valerie
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    It was really interesting to be able to build all these nested formulas and learn all the keyboard shortcuts!
    - Belinda
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    Awesome, thank you very much for the tips and tricks :)
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    Very easy to understand and follow
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