Microsoft Excel: Introduction

Microsoft Excel Training Series | Level 1

Course Details

Duration: 1 day (9 am – 4 pm)

Microsoft^® Excel^® Versions: 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | 365 (Windows)

Delivery Methods (Instructor-led): In-person (Live classroom) | Virtual classroom

Course Dates: February 13, 2023 (Virtual classroom or In-person) | March 7, 2023 (Virtual classroom or In-person) | View schedule 

Course Fee: $275 CAD per person + HST (Virtual classroom), $295 CAD per person + HST (Bring your own device for in-person courses) or $345 CAD per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device for in-person courses)*

Timing: Public scheduled courses run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time).

Virtual classroom courses: Our instructor-led virtual classroom courses are delivered in a virtual classroom environment. Students will be sent a virtual classroom invitation prior to the course.

In-person classroom courses: Our instructor-led, live classroom (in-person) courses are held in downtown Toronto at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some courses are also held at an alternate downtown Toronto location.

Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca for more information including savings for custom group training.

Course Overview

During this hands-on course, novice users will learn core skills to work effectively with Microsoft Excel worksheets. Students will learn to enter and edit different types of data and to enter formulas using operators and functions. Various strategies will be used to format and edit worksheets and workbooks. Different print settings will be applied and then previewed. At the end of the day, students will also learn to create simple charts quickly and easily. Throughout this course, the instructor will include numerous tips, tricks and shortcuts. Each student will also receive a full course manual.

Prerequisite: Basic keyboarding and computer skills

Next course in this series: Microsoft Excel: Intermediate / Advanced

Related training: View all Microsoft Excel courses >

INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE

• Comprehensive course manual
• Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
• Sample and exercise files
• Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
• Certificate of completion
• Follow-up email support

Course Topics

Working in the Microsoft Excel Environment

• Overview of the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
• Navigating quickly in a worksheet
• Selecting cells and cell ranges using different strategies and shortcuts
• Entering different types of data
• Resizing columns and rows quickly and easily

Managing Workbooks and Worksheets

• Creating a new Excel workbook
• Saving a workbook
• Naming worksheets
• Moving or copying worksheets
• Inserting and deleting rows and columns
• Inserting and deleting worksheets in a workbook
• Using various strategies and shortcuts to cut, copy and paste data

Formatting Cells, Rows and Columns

• Applying number formatting
• Changing font and size
• Changing alignment
• Applying borders and shading

Creating Basic Formulas

• Creating simple formulas using basic operators
• Changing data and viewing updated results
• Showing and hiding formulas
• Entering formulas using the common Excel functions SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX and COUNT

Understanding Errors and Error Checking

• Types of errors
• Choosing error checking options
• Ignoring errors

Previewing and Printing

• Setting a print area
• Changing margins
• Adding headers and/or footers
• Previewing your final result

Getting Started with Filtering

• Working with lists or data sets
• Understanding field names and records
• Turning Filtering (AutoFiltering) on
• Filtering text, number and date fields
• Removing filtering

Creating a Simple Chart

• Creating a basic bar or column chart from data
• Formatting the chart
• Changing the underlying data and view the updated results in the chart

Register Now for a public course at our downtown Toronto location at 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801 (Toronto Star Building), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Our instructor-led courses are delivered in virtual classroom format or at our downtown Toronto location at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some in-person classroom courses may also be delivered at an alternate downtown Toronto location). Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca if you'd like to arrange custom instructor-led virtual classroom or onsite training on a date that's convenient for you.

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