Ideal for those already using Excel but who really want to get to grips with formulas and functions.
Course overview
Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours)
Our Excel Mastering Formulas and Functions course looks at how to confidently use formulas and functions within Excel.
It looks at how to correctly construct formulas and explains how to build common formulas such as working with percentages. It investigates a range of built in Excel functions and shows you how to use the formula auditing tools to help when things go wrong.
This course is aimed at existing users of Excel who want to further their skills. Participants should be able to confidently create and amend worksheets.
Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
Construct Formulas
Use a range of common Functions
Work with absolute and relative references in formulas
Create percentage calculations
Use named ranges in formulas
Use the XLOOKUP command
Create formulas with date and use date functions
Use formulas in conditional formatting
Use a range of Count functions
Use the formula auditing tools
Content
Formulas vs Functions
Constructing formulas
Using functions
Common Excel functions
Using the function wizard vs the formula bar
Formulas in tables
Absolute vs relative references in formulas
Using absolute references in formulas
Using partial absolute referencing
Range Naming
Naming ranges
Using range names in formulas
Single and multi-cell ranges
Working with percentages
Creating formulas with percentages
Percentage breakdowns
Percentage increases
Formatting as a percentage
Using Lookups
Using XLOOKUP to insert information from other spreadsheets