Surgent's Microsoft 365: Working with Excel Formulas and Functions

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Location: Online
4Credits
Technical Business
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FICPA Members
$79.00 Regular Price
Nonmembers
$109.00 Regular Price
Product Code: SU24-365F-SSDL
Level: Intermediate
Vendor: Surgent
Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

Overview:

This course is a three-lesson intermediate level course. This course guides you through creating, copying and pasting, reviewing, and correcting basic and complex formulas in Excel using step-by-step hands-on activities. This course emphasizes using a standard keyboard and mouse actions to perform tasks in Excel.

Objectives:

  • Describe formula and function syntax and create basic formulas
  • Copy/paste and fill formulas
  • Enter formulas on grouped worksheets
  • Use multiple methods to build formulas
  • Apply conditional formatting to formulas’ results
  • Find and correct formula errors using a variety of tools, such as the Error Checking feature and Trace Error icon, the Formula Auditing tools, and the Watch Window

Major Topics:

  • Basic formula and function syntax
  • Formulas pasted with relative references
  • Status bar options and Sum (AutoSum) for quick calculations
  • Formulas pasted with mixed or absolute references
  • Formula results pasted as values
  • Worksheets for grouping, entering formulas, and formatting
  • Ways to link worksheets and workbooks with 3-D formulas
  • The Insert Function button or Buttons from the Function Library to insert functions in formulas
  • Defined names as function arguments
  • Conditional formatting for formulas’ results
  • Common errors using the Trace Error icon and the Formula Auditing tools
  • A circular reference
  • Color-coded cell borders to correct a cell reference error in a formula
  • How to step through a nested formula
  • How to use the Watch Window and other tools to analyze, protect, and hide formulas

Designed For:

Users experienced with using Microsoft 365: Excel in the Windows operating system environment, or experienced Excel users switching from earlier versions of Excel.

Prerequisite:

Experience working with Excel 365 or earlier versions in the Windows operating system environment

Additional Info:

You will receive an email from [email protected] with instructions on how to log onto your course shortly.  If you do not receive the email within the hour, please check your spam filter.

For technical support, registration questions or other customer service-related inquiries, please call (800) 778-7436 or email [email protected]. Phones are staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Thursday, and 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday.