1. Links
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Place Skype on Do Not Disturb

2. TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION
Excel 2013
Essentials
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3. COURSE INSTRUCTOR Tennille Fincham Microsoft Certified Trainer
Technology Instructor
& Learning Enthusiast

4. COURSE OVERVIEW Overview:
Introduction | Tour | Terminology | Navigation | Selection
Activity 1:
Open Excel Workbook
Resize Rows/Columns
Insert Rows/Columns
Fill Cells
Copy & Paste Data
Format Worksheet
Format Page
Activity 2:
Create a Table
Format a Table
Insert a Total Column
Create Formulas
Filter and Sort
Activity 3:
Flash-fill
Min, Max, Average
Relative and Absolute References
Conditional Formatting
If/Then Statements
Macros
Activity 4:
Charts
Formatting Charts
Sparkline
Pictures
SmartArt

5. COURSE OBJECTIVES Manage and create workbooks and worksheets.
Navigate through the Excel environment to find specific data or formulas.
Format worksheets and workbooks using themes, page setup, headers and footers, and images.
Manipulate views of the workbooks/sheets.
Understand how to use Auto-fill and Flash-Fill.
Format cells and ranges.
Create and manage tables, formulas, and functions.
Use conditional logic to format cells.
Create and format Charts.

6. WHAT IS EXCEL?
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that allows you to calculate and graph data sets.
Excel can be used to create a number of items including:
Work Orders
Budgets
To-do lists
Timesheets
Financial/Account Reports
Sales Reports

7. OPENING EXCEL

8. TERMINOLOGY
Workbook – comprised of one or many worksheets containing data
Worksheet – contains a series of rows/columns containing data, charts, tables, etc.
Column – comprised of vertical cells
Row – comprised of cells running horizontally
Cell – individual space that contains formatted data, formulas, functions, etc.
Cell address – the location of particular cells within a Workbook/Worksheet. A cell’s address may be relative or absolute.

9. WHAT WE LEARNED

10. ? WRAP UP/QUESTIONS Instructor follow-up
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Additional learning resources
Answers to outstanding questions

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