Tips and Tricks for becoming more productive in Excel

Take your Excel skills to the next level with this hands-on course designed to boost productivity and efficiency. Whether you're managing data, building reports, or automating tasks, this course covers the most powerful formulas, functions, and customization tools to help you work smarter—not harder.
You’ll learn how to streamline data entry, format sheets for clarity, automate repetitive tasks, and handle errors like a pro. With step-by-step lessons on conditional formatting, macro recording, data validation, and interface customization, you’ll be equipped to handle real-world Excel challenges with confidence.

Microsoft Certified Trainer with over 25 Years of Training Experience, and over 40 years in IT overall
Tom Fragale is a computer professional with over 40 years of professional experience. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, a Microsoft Certified Office Master, and a Microsoft Certified Expert in Word and Excel, and a Microsoft Certified Specialist in Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint. He has trained over 50,000 business people in online webinars, public seminars, and on-site training. His clients include many Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, military bases, and companies large and small across many industries, including insurance, manufacturing, banking, pharmaceutical, education, retail, etc. He started his career as a database application programmer and has served as a consultant on many successful projects. His topics of expertise include: Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Copilot, ChatGPT, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Visio, QuickBooks, and SharePoint, among others. His passion is helping people get the most out of their computers, and he is a published author having written a book on Microsoft Access, and another on Excel Pivot Tables. He graduated in 1988 from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA with a B.A. in Computer Science.
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