COURSE NAME: Excel 2007 - Level 3 (4060)

Course length: 1 day

Overview:

Your training in and use of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 has provided you with a solid foundation in the basic and intermediate skills for working in Excel. You have used Excel to perform tasks such as running calculations on data and sorting and filtering numeric data. In this course, you will extend your knowledge into some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities of Excel by automating some common tasks, applying advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborating on worksheets with others, and sharing Excel data with other applications.

Prerequesite Courses:

• Excel 2007 - Level 1 and Level 2 (4060) or equivalent knowledge

Performance-based Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Increase productivity and improve efficiency by streamlining your workflow.
• Collaborate with others using workbooks.
• Audit worksheets.
• Analyze data.
• Work with multiple workbooks.
• Import and export data.
• Use Excel with the web.
• Structure workbooks with XML.

Course content:

Unit 1: Streamlining Workflow

• Topic 1A: Create a Macro
• Topic 1B: Edit a Macro
• Topic 1C: Apply Conditional Formatting
• Topic 1D: Add Data Validation Criteria
• Topic 1E: Update a Workbook's Properties
• Topic 1F: Modify Excel's Default Settings

Unit 2: Collaborating with Others

• 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

Unit 3: Auditing Worksheets

• Topic 3A: Trace Cells
• Topic 3B: Troubleshoot Errors in Formulas
• Topic 3C: Troubleshoot Invalid Data and Formulas
• Topic 3D: Watch and Evaluate Formulas
• Topic 3E: Create a Data List Outline

Unit 4: Analyzing Data

• Topic 4A: Create a Trendline
• Topic 4B: Create Scenarios
• Topic 4C: Perform What-If Analysis
• Topic 4D: Perform Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

Unit 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

Unit 6: Importing and Exporting Data

• Topic 6A: Export Excel Data
• Topic 6B: Import a Delimited Text File

Unit 7: Using Excel with the Web

• Topic 7A: Publish a Worksheet to the Web
• Topic 7B: Import Data from the Web
• Topic 7C: Create a Web Query

Unit 8: Structuring Workbooks with XML

• Topic 8A: Develop XML Maps
• Topic 8B: Import and Export XML Data