Course length: 1. Day

Course Objective: You will automate some common Excel tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, troubleshoot errors, collaborate on worksheets, and share Excel data with other applications.

Target Student: This course was designed for students desiring to gain the skills necessary to create macros, collaborate with others, audit and analyze worksheet data, incorporate multiple data sources, and import and export data.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend that you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:
Excel 2010: Level 1
Excel 2010: Level 2

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
•    enhance productivity and efficiency by streamlining the workflow.
•    collaborate with other workbook users.
•    audit worksheets.
•    analyze data.
•    work with multiple workbooks.
•    import and export data.
•    integrate Excel data with the web.
•    structure workbooks with XML.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Streamlining Workflow
Topic 1A: Update Workbook Properties
Topic 1B: Create a Macro
Topic 1C: Edit a Macro
Topic 1D: Apply Conditional Formatting
Topic 1E: Add Data Validation Criteria

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Other Users
Topic 2A: Protect Files
Topic 2B: Share a Workbook
Topic 2C: Set Revision Tracking
Topic 2D: Review Tracked Revisions
Topic 2E: Merge Workbooks
Topic 2F: Administer Digital Signatures
Topic 2G: Restrict Document Access

Lesson 3: Auditing Worksheets
Topic 3A: Trace Cells
Topic 3B: Troubleshoot Invalid Data and Formula Errors
Topic 3C: Watch and Evaluate Formulas
Topic 3D: Create a Data List Outline

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data
Topic 4A: Create a Trendline
Topic 4B: Create Sparklines
Topic 4C: Create Scenarios
Topic 4D: Perform a What-If Analysis
Topic 4E: Perform a Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple Workbooks
Topic 5A: Create a Workspace
Topic 5B: Consolidate Data
Topic 5C: Link Cells in Different Workbooks
Topic 5D: Edit Links

Lesson 6: Importing and Exporting Data
Topic 6A: Export Excel Data
Topic 6B: Import a Delimited Text File

Lesson 7: Integrating Excel Data with the Web
Topic 7A: Publish a Worksheet to the Web
Topic 7B: Import Data from the Web
Topic 7C: Create a Web Query

Lesson 8: Structuring Workbooks with XML
Topic 8A: Develop XML Maps
Topic 8B: Import and Export XML Data