Microsoft® Office Excel 2003: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course Length:  1 Day, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Location: Entre Technology Services, LLC  1501 N. 14th St. West, Suite 1511

Registration: Call your Account Manager at 406.256.5700 or use our Registration Forms

Course Description

You have basic computer skills such as using a mouse, navigating through windows, and surfing the Internet. You have also used paper-based systems to store data that you run calculations on. You now want to migrate that data to an electronic format. In this course, you will use Microsoft® Office Excel 2003 to manage, edit, and print data.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Create a basic worksheet.
Modify a worksheet.
Perform calculations.
Format a worksheet.
Develop a workbook.
Print the contents of a workbook.
Customize the layout of the Excel window.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Excel

An Overview of Excel
Navigate in Excel
Select Data
Enter Data
Save a Workbook
Obtain Help

Lesson 2: Modifying a Worksheet

Move and Copy Data Between Cells
Fill Cells with Series of Data
Edit Cell Data
Insert and Delete Cells, Columns, and Rows
Find, Replace, and Go To Cell Data
Spell Check a Worksheet

Lesson 3: Performing Calculations

Create Basic Formulas
Calculate with Functions
Copy Formulas and Functions
Create an Absolute Reference

Lesson 4: Formatting a Worksheet

Change Font Size and Type
Add Borders and Color to Cells
Change Column Width and Row Height
Merge Cells
Apply Number Formats
Create a Custom Number Format
Align Cell Contents
Find and Replace Formats
Apply an AutoFormat
Apply Styles

Lesson 5: Developing a Workbook

Format Worksheet Tabs
Reposition Worksheets in a Workbook
Insert and Delete Worksheets
Copy and Paste Worksheets
Copy a Workbook

Lesson 6: Printing Workbook Contents

Set a Print Title
Create a Header and a Footer
Set Page Margins
Change Page Orientation
Insert and Remove Page Breaks
Print a Range

Lesson 7: Customizing Layout

Split a Worksheet
Arrange Worksheets
Freeze and Unfreeze Rows and Columns
Hide and Unhide Worksheets