Excel Power Skills: Master Functions, Formulas, and Macros – A 3-Hour Workshop

  • 11
  • November 2024
    Monday
  • 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST

    Duration:  3  Hours

Level

Intermediate & Advanced

Webinar ID

IQW24K1186

  • Learn many statistical functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, and COUNT
  • Use IF statements
  • Calculate dates using TODAY and NOW
  • Learn many functions to manipulate text once imported including LEFT, RIGHT, TRIM and CONCATENATE
  • Learn the arguments in the VLOOKUP function
  • Understand the importance of absolute references within many lookup functions
  • Use VLOOKUP to perform both exact and approximate matches
  • Learn how VLOOKUP stops looking after it finds an initial match within a list
  • Explore why VLOOKUP sometimes returns #N/A 
  • Learn why the INDEX and MATCH combination often is superior to VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP
  • Use the MATCH function to find the position of an item on a list
  • Use the INDEX function to locate a value
  • Learn the difference between workbook macros and personal macros
  • Make your macros available to all your workbooks 
  • Use the macro recorder to create a macro
  • Save a file as a macro enabled Excel workbook
  • Run a macro a variety of ways
  • View the recorded macro in VBA
  • Edit the macro

Overview of the webinar

Are you ready to take your Excel skills to the next level? Learn how to harness the power of formulas to perform calculations, analyze data, and streamline your workflow. 

In  this webinar, discover the most often used functions, including statistical functions like SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, and more. Master the use of cell references, AutoSum, and AutoFill to automate routine tasks. Gain insight into relative vs. absolute cell referencing for dynamic formulas that adapt as your data changes.

No more manual searching for data! We'll introduce you to Excel's lookup functions like VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, and MATCH to efficiently locate information, saving time and reducing errors.

Being able to create and edit macros is one of the must-have skills for Excel Power Users. Having this knowledge will save you hours of time by allowing you to automate any Excel-based task or process. If you’ve never created macros or used VBA before, this advanced Excel training is for you.

Who should attend?

  • Business Owners 
  • CEO's / CFO's / CTO's 
  • Managers 
  • Accountants 
  • CPA's 
  • Financial Consultants 
  • IT Professionals 
  • Auditors 
  • Human Resource Personnel 
  • Bookkeepers 
  • Marketers 
  • Anybody with large amounts of Data 
  • Anybody who uses Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, and wants to be more efficient and productive

Why should you attend?

Excel functions can greatly enhance your ability to perform tasks in day to day activities in Excel.  While there are hundreds of functions in available, there are many functions that all Excel users should know.  Whether you are an office worker, or a small business owner using Excel to keep track of your finances or just the casual user, these Excel functions can be very important time savers and enhance your ability to create better performing spreadsheets!

Learning about the lookup functions will allow you to match data between databases.  VLOOKUP enables you to look for a value quickly and easily down a column of data and return a value from the same row in a different column. Perfect for when working with large tables. INDEX and MATCH work in a similar way but provide more flexibility.

You will learn how to create a macro the by using the built-in macro recorder. You will then progress on to learn how to make simple changes to a macro using the built-in programming language called VBA.

Faculty - Ms.Cathy Horwitz

Cathy Horwitz believes that when you know the capabilities of the software you use, you will demonstrate improved productivity, will be more efficient and will be able to problem solve more easily. 

Cathy teaches classes on the Microsoft suite of application software including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access and Outlook.  Cathy has over 30 years of experience in classroom and virtual training and has been an instructor of Microsoft Office since its inception.

Her strengths include customizing classes based on the needs of individual students and providing realistic business examples to compliment training.  She is a high energy trainer with a flair for training the adult student.

She holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer certification from Logical Operations which prepares instructors for all aspects of delivering a course using the latest training technologies and approaches.

When not teaching, Cathy enjoys gardening, shopping estate sales and refinishing mid-century furniture.

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