1. Microsoft Excel
Databases

2. Icebreaker

3. Terminal Objective
Given an overview of Microsoft Excel, the student will recite when it is appropriate to use spreadsheets rather than databases with 100% accuracy as presented by the Instructor. (Cognitive/Basic/Intermediate)

4. Enabling Objective
Given an overview of Microsoft Excel features, the student will be able to identify at least 3 basic capabilities of Excel with 100% accuracy as presented by the Instructor. (Cognitive/Basic/Intermediate)

5. Simply- WHY?
Why am I hear? What will I learn?

6. A Brief History Excel 2.0 Excel 3.0 Excel 4.0 Excel 5.0 Released 1987
Includes toolbars, drawing, 3D charts, etc
Excel 4.0
Released 1992, Adds auto-fill feature
Excel 5.0
Released 1993, Includes VBA and Macro recording

7. Excel 95 Excel 97 Excel 2000 Excel 2002 Excel 2003
v7, Released 1995 (Where did v6 go?)
Excel 97
v8 with Office 97. Includes the Paper Clip assistant
Excel 2000
v9 multiple clip board objects
Excel 2002
v10 “minor enhancements” (Office XP)
Excel 2003
v11 “minor enhancements”, new tables

8. Excel 2007 Excel 2010 Excel 2013 Excel 2016
v12, Ribbon Menu, Smart Art
Excel 2010
v14, (Where is 13? Superstition) Improved Pivot, Preview before paste, customize ribbon
Excel 2013
v15, Flashfill, PowerPivot, 50 new functions
Excel 2016
v16, New charts, Time grouping, Link to Visio

9. Features of Access 32 vs 64 Bit Size Limitations (per worksheet)
When in doubt- stick with 32 bit
Size Limitations (per worksheet)
Before / rows
After ,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns, 255 char
Full limitations here
Workbook limited to 2 GB and 4 GB memory usage
Calculations, Graphing Tools, Pivot Tables, Macros
Timeline Slicer may be very useful

10. Basic Parts
Macros
VBA

11. Putting it all together

12. Additional Tips and Techniques