Learn many of Excel’s tools for analyzing and reporting on your data.

Learn many of Excel’s advanced tools for analyzing and reporting on your data
Being able to use Microsoft Excel skillfully is crucial for all business professionals who use, analyze, and apply data. Excel is the most popular data analysis tool in the workplace, so increasing your understanding of its advanced features is both necessary and smart.
Excel expert Kathy Jones will show you how to make use of advanced features to summarize information, identify errors, apply conditional formatting, and find and assess information. She will also demonstrate how to best utilize available filtering and sorting techniques, including the new dynamic array functions. Learning to use these techniques will enable you to find information you need when analyzing either large or small data sets.
Since graphs greatly enhance your reports, you’ll learn how to add trendlines to charts to add a visual element to your forecasting and how to save time by creating custom templates that can be used repeatedly. You’ll also be able to create and modify important objects such as PivotTables, macros, and graphics.
Finally, if you’re looking to easily identify rankings or need to generate random numbers for inspections, this course will teach you how to use Excel to help you do it!

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Certified Trainer
Kathy is a Microsoft Certified education/training professional with experience in all aspects of training. Her strengths include classroom presentations, organizational skills, problem-solving, program design and development, and interpersonal communication.
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