Microsoft® Office Excel 2003: Level 3

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

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Course Prerequisites
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

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.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Streamlining Workflow
Topic 1A: Create a Macro
Topic 1B: Edit a Macro
Topic 1C: Customize Access to Excel Commands
Topic 1D: Apply Conditional Formatting
Topic 1E: Add Data Validation Criteria
Topic 1F: Update a Workbook's Properties
Topic 1G: Modify Excel's Default Settings

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Others
(NOTE: To fully complete the lessons, a shared network drive is necessary).
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: Adjust Macro Settings

Lesson 3: Auditing Worksheets
Topic 3A: Trace Cell Precedents
Topic 3B: Trace Cell Dependents
Topic 3C: Locate Errors in Formulas
Topic 3D: Locate Invalid Data and Formulas
Topic 3E: Watch and Evaluate Formulas
Topic 3F: Group and Outline Data

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data
Topic 4A: Create a Trendline
Topic 4B: Create Scenarios
Topic 4C: Perform What-If Analysis
Topic 4D: Develop a PivotTable© Report
Topic 4E: Develop a PivotChart© Report

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 to Microsoft Word
Topic 6B: Import a Word Table
Topic 6C: Import Text Files