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Adventures in Excel

This course aims to cover some of the best functions and features of Microsoft Excel.

Created byRoss Maynard
4.5
(271 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Mar 4, 2021
Adventures in Excel

What You'll Learn

check_circleBasic Excel functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, PRODUCT, POWER and SQRT
check_circleUseful date functions including TODAY, EOMONTH, EDATE, and DAYS
check_circleGenerating random numbers using RAND and RANDBETWEEN; generating random dates; and randomly picking an item from a list or table
check_circleThe new RANDARRAY function in Office365
check_circleThe new IFS functions in Office365 including AVERAGEIFS, MAXIFS, MINIFS, COUNTIFS, and SUMIFS
check_circleText functions including TRIM, LOWER, UPPER, PROPER, LEFT, MID, RIGHT, FIND, TEXTJOIN and CONCATENATE
check_circleLogical functions AND, OR, and NOT and IS functions ISTEXT, ISNUMBER, ISBLANK and ISERROR
check_circleHow to create a drop-down list
check_circleThe new SORT and FILTER functions in Office365
check_circleVLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP function
check_circleHow to create a Pivot table and analyse data with one

About This Course

Microsoft Excel has hundreds, if not thousands, of functions and features. This course aims to cover some of the best – that is the ones I find most useful. In “Adventures in Excel”, I cover the simple-to-use but powerful functions that I use most often: • Basic features including products and powers • Key date functions including the calculation of due dates and days past due • Generating random numbers and random dates • The new IFS functions (new to Office365) • Text functions • The most useful logical functions and IS functions • How to create a drop-down list • The new XLOOKUP function • Pivot tables

These functions are easy to use, and, unless your role is extremely specialised, they are probably the ones you’ll use 90% of the time. I hope you find the course helpful.

Your Instructor

Ross Maynard
Ross Maynard

Business author and consultant, specialising in performance measurement and improvement

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I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and work as an author of business courses and a process improvement consultant. I have over 30 years' experience and live near Stirling in Scotland, with my wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel. I aim to make my courses accessible and understandable. My courses focus on business topics including KPIs, performance measurement, approaches to business improvement, Agile and Lean. I hope you enjoy my courses.

Credit Information

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