COURSE NAME: Excel 2003 - Level 3 (4060)

Course length: 1 day

Overview:

You have used Microsoft Office Excel 2003 to perform tasks such as running calculations on data and sorting and filtering numeric data. You would now like to automate some common tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications. In this course, you will do all of these things.

Prerequesite Courses:

• Excel 2003 - Level 1 (4060) or equivalent knowledge
• Excel 2003 - Level 2 (4060) or 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.
• Structure workbooks with XML.

Course content:

Lesson 1: Streamlining Workflow

• Create a Macro
• Edit a Macro
• Customize Access to Excel Commands
• Apply Conditional Formatting
• Add Data Validation Criteria
• Update a Workbook's Properties
• Modify Excel's Default Settings

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Others

• Protect Files
• Share a Workbook
• Set Revision Tracking
• Review Tracked Revisions
• Merge Workbooks
• Adjust Macro Settings
• Administer Digital Signatures

Lesson 3: Auditing Worksheets

• Trace Cell Precedents
• Trace Cell Dependents
• Locate Errors in Formulas
• Locate Invalid Data and Formulas
• Watch and Evaluate Formulas
• Group and Outline Data

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data

• Create a Trendline
• Create Scenarios
• Perform What-If Analysis
• Develop a PivotTable Report
• Develop a PivotChart Report
• Perform Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple Workbooks

• Create a Workspace
• Consolidate Data
• Link Cells in Different Workbooks
• Edit Links

Lesson 6: Importing and Exporting Data

• Export to Microsoft Word
• Import a Word Table
• Import Text Files

Lesson 7: Structuring XML Workbooks

• Develop XML Maps
• Import, Add, and Export XML Data
• Manage XML Workbooks
• Apply XML View Options