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Exceptional Excel - Table Feature

Optimizing Your Spreadsheet Efficiency: Strategies for Enhanced Integrity and Reduced Maintenance

Created byLambers Inc.
BeginnerUpdated Jan 22, 2025
Exceptional Excel - Table Feature

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify common data integrity risks that the Table feature eliminates.
check_circleRecall the nuances of the Table feature so you can use it effectively.
check_circleApply Excel’s Table feature to simplify data analysis.
check_circleIntegrate Tables with Pivot Tables and charts to enable self-updating summaries and visualizations.

About This Course

Unlock powerful automation and boost data integrity by mastering the core of Excel: the Table feature.

This course, "Exceptional Excel - Table Feature," takes you beyond basic ranges, transforming your lists into dynamic data sources that streamline your workflow and reduce errors. Learn how tables auto-expand to include new data, eliminating the need for repetitive manual formula and feature adjustments.

We'll cover everything from creating and formatting tables to leveraging their unique capabilities across various Excel functions. You'll discover how tables enhance charts, pivot tables, and data validation lists, making them self-updating. Explore powerful formula writing techniques using structured references and see how tables simplify tasks like filtering with slicers.

Key topics include:

  • Creating, styling, and managing Excel Tables.
  • Understanding automatic table expansion and its impact on dependent features.
  • Using the Total Row for dynamic summaries of visible data.
  • Improving filtering and analysis with Tables and Slicers (Excel 2013+).
  • Writing efficient and readable formulas with structured references.
  • Enhancing VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and Data Validation with Table-based ranges.
  • Navigating tables efficiently using keyboard shortcuts.
  • Copying table data effectively.
  • Identifying and resolving common conflicts, such as tables disabling Custom Views or preventing grouped sheet copies.

Whether you're working with small lists or large datasets, mastering the Table feature is essential for becoming a more effective and efficient Excel user. Stop wasting time on manual updates and let tables automate the grunt work for you.

Your Instructors

Lambers Inc.
Lambers Inc.
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Lambers, Inc. is a leader in review courses for the EA, AFSP, and CPA exams. Lambers also offers IRS Continuing Education for Tax Preparers and CPE for CPAs. Accounting and finance professionals around the world incorporate Lambers products into their training programs.

David H. Ringstrom
David H. Ringstrom

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David H. Ringstrom, CPA, is President of Accounting Advisors, Inc., a spreadsheet and database consulting firm. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a technical editor for the For Dummies book series, and the author or co-author of five books, including previous editions of QuickBooks

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