Microsoft Excel: Upgrading to Excel 2013
Microsoft Excel Training Series | Level 3
Course Details
Duration: 1 day
Microsoft® Excel® Version: 2013
Delivery Methods: Instructor-led classroom (ILC) | Virtual classroom (VC) on request
Course Dates: Contact us to arrange a date. | View schedule 
Course Fee: Custom training rates apply.
Note: Public scheduled dates for this course are delivered as live instructor-led classroom training.
Course Overview
During this hands-on course, students will review exciting new features available in Microsoft Excel 2013. Changes in the Ribbon, new commands and locations, apps and add-ins will be introduced and students will customize the Quick Access toolbar. Students will use Excel's new Flash Fill and create formulas using some of the new functions available in 2013. New chart and pivot table features will be used including Quick Analysis tools and timelines. A brief introduction to data models and relationships will also be included in this course. Students will save Excel files as Portable Document Format (PDF) files and use cloud-based services for file sharing.
Prerequisite: Intermediate/Advanced Excel 2007 or 2010 or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. For more information including savings for custom group training, email us at info@avantixlearning.ca or contact us by phone.
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INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE
- Comprehensive course manual or published book
- 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
Microsoft Excel Environment
- Work with the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
- New locations of commands and new commands and features in 2013
- Customizing the Quick Access toolbar and the Ribbon
- Adding Apps
- Key commands on the File tab/Backstage View
Workbook Management
- Using some of the new Excel 2013 templates
- Creating new sheets in new ways
- Using Flash fill
- Creating formulas using some of Excel 2013's new functions
Working with Charts
- Recommended charts in 2013
- Setting chart options
- Formatting charts in 2013
- Customising data labels
- Inserting a people graph
Working with Pivot Tables
- Recommended pivot tables in 2013
- Analysing tables of data
- Using Quick Analysis tools
- Displaying Table slicers
- Setting timelines
- Drilling down to detail levels in a PivotTable or PivotChart
- Drilling up for a high-end view
Data Models and Relationships
- Brief introduction to creating PivotTables based on multiple tables
- Quick overview of creating one-to-one and one-to many relationships between tables
Working with Files
- Saving Excel files as Portable Document Format (PDF) documents
- Sharing workbooks
- Choosing sheets to share
- Using cloud-based services such as SkyDrive/OneDrive
- Inserting comments and markups in cloud-based services
Add-ins
- Availability depending on versions
- Overview of the Inquire add-in
- Overview of Compare add-in
RESOURCES
Microsoft Excel 2016 and 2013 Maximum Limits and Specifications
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