1. Advanced Excel Microsoft Excel 2007

2. Excel - Overview Calculator Create budgets, analyze results Perform Financial Analysis Creating charts Organizing Lists Importing data from various sources

3. Advanced Excel Formatting cells Creating simple formulas Creating complex formulas Working with basic functions Sorting and Filtering of cells Using Fill handle

4. Formatting Cells You can change the color, borders, font, data type of a cell using formatting cell feature

5. Cell Reference Cell reference identifies the location of a cell or a group of cells in the spreadsheet. Cell reference are used in formulas, charts and other excel commands Absolute Cell Reference Relative Cell rreference

6. Cell Reference By Row (5) and column(B)

7. Formulas Formulas are equations that perform calculations on values in your worksheet. Formulas contain three parts – Functions e.g. sum(), average(), if(), and() etc. – References: the cells that contain values which is part of the formula – Operators e.g. +, *,-,% etc.

8. Formulas SUM(A3:A7) * 15% Function, Cell Reference, Operators

9. Functions Functions are mathematical objects which gives results based on arguments input it e.g. if is a function with three arguments. IF(A3>10, A3*5%,0) Function name, arguments

10. Functions Types – Mathematical – Logical – Text – Financial – Lookup – Database – Statisitcal – And many more

11. Inserting a function

12. Insert function dialog box

13. Data Validation Data validation is a tool that helps you control the kind of information that is entered in your worksheet With data validation, you can – Provides users with a list of choices – Restrict entries to a specific type or size – Create custom settings

14. Data Validation Data Validation dialog box

15. Sorting of data Sorting data helps you to arrange data in – Alphabetical order or – Numerical order or – Ordered based an any custom list Sorting data helps you to – Visualize and understand our data better – Organize and find the data you want – Make effective decisions based on data

16. Sorting of Data Sorted data based on year

17. Filtering of Data Filtered data displays only the rows that meet some criteria and hides rows that doesn’t meet the criteria Multi level filtering Auto Filter and Advanced Filter Auto Filter – Filter by a list of values – Filter by format – Filter by criteria

18. Filtering Filtering Options

19. Fill handle feature Fill handle is a black square on the bottom right hand side of the active cell Fill handle is used in copying cells contents to adjacent cells or to create a series