Microsoft® Office Excel 2003: Level 3

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 used Microsoft® Office Excel 2003 to perform tasks such as running calculations on data and sorting and filtering numeric data. You would now like to automate some common tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications. In this course, you will do all of these things.

Performance-Based Objectives

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

Customize workbooks.
Collaborate with others using workbooks.
Audit worksheets.
Analyze data.
Work with multiple workbooks.
Import and export data.
Structure workbooks with XML.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Streamlining Workflow

Create a Macro
Edit a Macro
Customize Access to Excel Commands
Apply Conditional Formatting
Add Data Validation Criteria
Update a Workbook's Properties
Modify Excel's Default Settings

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Others

Protect Files
Share a Workbook
Set Revision Tracking
Review Tracked Revisions
Merge Workbooks
Adjust Macro Settings
Administer Digital Signatures

Lesson 3: Auditing Worksheets

Trace Cell Precedents
Trace Cell Dependents
Locate Errors in Formulas
Locate Invalid Data and Formulas
Watch and Evaluate Formulas
Group and Outline Data

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data

Create a Trendline
Create Scenarios
Perform What-If Analysis
Develop a PivotTable© Report
Develop a PivotChart© Report
Perform Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple Workbooks

Create a Workspace
Consolidate Data
Link Cells in Different Workbooks
Edit Links

Lesson 6: Importing and Exporting Data

Export to Microsoft Word
Import a Word Table
Import Text Files

Lesson 7: Structuring XML Workbooks

Develop XML Maps
Import, Add, and Export XML Data
Manage XML Workbooks
Apply XML View Options