The Complete Excel 2013 Course For Beginners: Learn By Doing

The Drop-Dead Simple Method to Mastering Microsoft Excel 2013 and VBA, Without Books, in Less Time Than You Thought

What you'll learn

Data entry, cell formatting, working with multiple worksheets and the “Ribbon” interface.

Tips for mouse and touch screen users.

Graphs and charts using templates or custom designs.

SkyDrive and other tools for sharing work.

Pivot tables and slicing.

Working with flash fill.

Bonus exercise files.

Working with dates and times

Averages, percentiles, and LINEST functions

Calculating depreciation

Inserting and formatting tables

Sparklines and data bars

Pivot charts

How to automate tasks and operations that you perform frequently.

How to set Excel up for VBA.

General syntax rules, what keywords are, and how to add comments.

What variables are, and how they relate to functions versus methods and subroutines.

How to specify different variables, including arrays, and how to manage them in code

How to use intellitext with variables, particularly those that are defined constants

What functions are, how they are used, and how to stage a scenario to complete

How functions return values

How to use input boxes and message boxes to interact with the user

The intricacies surrounding creating an array formula

How to use the application object to control the user experience

How to use the workbook and worksheet objects and how they function as data containers.

How to use errors to improve your code

How to use the name and names object to manage named ranges

General information about the PivotTable object and basic approaches to utilizing it

Requirements

Microsoft Excel 2013

Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required before starting the advanced material and VBA course

Description

Master the Ins and Outs of Microsoft Excel 2013 and Automate Repetitive TasksContents and OverviewThe course is designed for individuals and office professionals who need to master the capabilities of Microsoft Excel 2013. The course also includes advanced level training for individuals and professionals who are new to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and who are seeking practical ways to automate tasks in Microsoft Excel that are performed frequently.Through 23 hours of video lectures and 3 quizzes, you'll learn the essentials with these 3 popular courses:Excel 2013 Beginning/Intermediate: Create basic spreadsheets and use formulas for tracking expenses.Excel 2013 Advanced: Learn complex formulas and perform data analysis on your organization's revenue and expense patterns.VBA for Excel: Discover how to help automate time-consuming procedures in Excel.When you complete this course, you'll be well on your way to becoming a master with Microsoft Excel 2013. This bundle includes: 23 hours of video tutorialsOver 130 individual video lecturesExercise files to practice what you've learned3 optional quizzes with 100+ test questionsCertificate of completion Courses included with this Bundle: Microsoft Excel 2013 Beginners/Intermediate Training During this 10-hour Online Excel 2013 Training, you'll learn to create Excel spreadsheets with ease. Our expert instructor will show you Excel 2013 features to navigate you through the program. Starting with the basics, you'll discover how to enter and format data in the quickest manner possible. Next you'll be introduced to the power of Excel's functions and formulas to help you calculate data and derive useful information. To help you present it all in a visually appealing format, your instructor will then walk you through how to create sophisticated charts and graphs, and publish them online. Finally, you'll learn to analyze and review worksheets for data discrepancies so you can prevent problems before they arise. Turn your long lists of numbers into slick, engaging visuals that bring data to life. Whether you need to create budgets, financial projections, invoices, calendars, schedules, or lists, our elaborate Excel 2013 Tutorial will give you the skills you need to stand out at work. Learn Microsoft Excel 2013 – Advanced Colorful charts, sleek graphs, and cutting-edge databases that offer insight into financial information are a breeze when you learn the secrets of creating sophisticated spreadsheets in our Learn Excel 2013 – Advanced course. That's because you'll get the tools you need to master Excel's powerful data functions in this information-packed 9-hour video training class. Your expert instructor will kick the course off by leading you through graph and chart basics. Then, you'll explore Excel's array of detailed formatting tools and discover how to make these work for you when graphing and charting financial information. Next, you'll explore the roles played by trends, relationships, and differences in charts, and how to work with sparklines for data visualization and data bars. The course will also take you through detailed discussions of pivot tables, bubble charts, radar charts, and more. Essential VBA Training for Excel - Automate Repetitive TasksGreat for automating repetitive tasks and operations that you perform frequently, VBA is a powerful tool to increase your productivity. The course is designed for individuals and professionals who are new to VBA and who are seeking practical ways to automate tasks in Microsoft Excel that are performed frequently.Through 4 hours of video lectures, exercise files, and an optional quiz, you'll learn the essentials you need to know to create powerful macros using VBA for Excel.Find out how to use the VBA editor, VBA syntax, keywords, and comments. Discover how to define and manage variables, set up subroutines, and create functions.Also, find out how to use input boxes and message boxes to interact with end users.Learn practical methods for using macro errors to improve your VBA code.When you complete this course, you'll be well on your way to using VBA macros in Excel to help you and others automate tasks and operations performed frequently. What people are saying: "I am now a business analyst and I attribute my promotion directly to your courses. I'm much more savvy and confident with Excel. 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Overview

Section 1: Excel 2013: Introduction to Excel 2013 Beginner Course

Lecture 1 Introduction to Excel 2013

Lecture 2 WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience

Lecture 3 DOWNLOAD ME: Course Exercise Files

Lecture 4 Downloadable Course Transcript

Lecture 5 What's New

Section 2: Excel 2013: Using Touch

Lecture 6 Overview of Principles

Section 3: Excel 2013: Getting Started

Lecture 7 Starting and Closing Excel; Workbook, Sheets, Cells, Rows, & Columns

Lecture 8 Templates; Creating, Opening, and Saving a Workbook

Section 4: Excel 2013: Help

Lecture 9 Online, Offline, and Contextual Help

Section 5: Excel 2013: Settings and Preferences

Lecture 10 Excel Options

Section 6: Excel 2013: The Ribbon and Toolbars

Lecture 11 Ribbon Interface

Lecture 12 Quick Access Toolbar

Lecture 13 Mini Toolbar

Section 7: Excel 2013: Backup and Recovery

Lecture 14 Create Backup Option; Auto-Recover and Autosave

Section 8: Excel 2013: Entering and Deleting Data

Lecture 15 Entering Text and Numbers

Lecture 16 Date Formats

Lecture 17 Formatting Cells; Editing and Deleting Data

Lecture 18 Fill

Lecture 19 Flash Fill

Section 9: Excel 2013: Formatting a Worksheet

Lecture 20 Themes and Cell Styles

Lecture 21 Inserting, Deleting, Hiding and Adjusting Rows and Columns

Lecture 22 Wrap Text and Alignment

Lecture 23 Merging Cells; Applying Themes and Styles

Lecture 24 Borders

Section 10: Excel 2013: Copy, Paste and Paste Special

Lecture 25 Copy, Cut and Paste

Section 11: Excel 2013: Proofing

Lecture 26 Spell checking

Section 12: Excel 2013: Managing Worksheets

Lecture 27 Moving, Copying, Inserting, Deleting and Locking Sheets; Multiple Worksheets

Section 13: Excel 2013: Comments

Lecture 28 Inserting Comments

Section 14: Excel 2013: Viewing and Printing

Lecture 29 Workbook Views, Zoom and Freeze

Lecture 30 Printing; Headers, Footers and Margins

Section 15: Excel 2013: Formulas and Functions

Lecture 31 Overview of Formulas and Functions

Lecture 32 Cell References

Lecture 33 Names

Lecture 34 Finding Errors; New Excel Functions

Section 16: Excel 2013: Working with Workbooks

Lecture 35 Multiple Workbooks and Windows; Comparing Workbooks

Section 17: Excel 2013: Find and Replace

Lecture 36 Go to; Find and Replace Options

Section 18: Excel 2013: Conditional Formatting

Lecture 37 Applying, Clearing and Managing Rules

Section 19: Excel 2013: Graphing and Charting

Lecture 38 Chart Types; Chart Recommendation

Lecture 39 Basic Formatting

Lecture 40 Selecting Data, Positioning and Printing Charts

Section 20: Excel 2013: File Types

Lecture 41 Saving Workbooks; PDF and CSV Formats

Section 21: Excel 2013: Managing Data

Lecture 42 Sorting

Lecture 43 Filtering

Lecture 44 Tables

Section 22: Excel 2013: Functions Case Study

Lecture 45 VLOOKUP

Lecture 46 Text Function

Lecture 47 Date and Time Functions

Lecture 48 Logical Functions

Section 23: Excel 2013: Analyzing Data

Lecture 49 Financial Analysis Case Study - Part 1

Lecture 50 Financial Analysis Case Study - Part 2

Lecture 51 Quick Analysis Tool

Section 24: Excel 2013: Shapes and Pictures

Lecture 52 Adding and Formatting Shapes, Picture, Clip Art, WordArt and SmartArt

Section 25: Excel 2013: Sharing and Protecting

Lecture 53 Protecting Worksheets

Lecture 54 Protecting Workbooks

Lecture 55 Sharing and SkyDrive

Section 26: Excel 2013: More Backstage View Options

Lecture 56 Trust Center; Export; Inspect Workbook

Section 27: Excel 2013: Closing

Lecture 57 Summary; More Help

Section 28: Excel Advanced: Introduction to Excel 2013 Advanced

Lecture 58 Pre-requisites of Excel 2013 Advanced Course

Lecture 59 WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience

Lecture 60 DOWNLOAD ME: Course Exercise Files

Lecture 61 Downloadable Course Transcript

Section 29: Excel Advanced: Functions

Lecture 62 List of Functions; Common Types of Arguments; Basic Use of Functions

Lecture 63 Advanced Aspects of Functions; Searching for a Function

Lecture 64 Autosum

Section 30: Excel Advanced: Personal and Professional Financial Functions

Lecture 65 Payment

Lecture 66 Future Value

Lecture 67 Principal Payment

Lecture 68 Depreciations

Section 31: Excel Advanced: Date and Time Functions

Lecture 69 Course Review

Lecture 70 How Dates and Times are Stored

Lecture 71 Dates and Times Calculation

Lecture 72 Exercise on Date and Time Functions; Date and Time Settings

Section 32: Excel Advanced: Statistical Functions for Description and Prediction

Lecture 73 Average

Lecture 74 Percentile

Lecture 75 Regression

Lecture 76 LINEST Function

Lecture 77 Example of Functions for Inferential Statistics

Section 33: Excel Advanced: Text Functions

Lecture 78 Text Function Case Study - 1

Lecture 79 Text Function Case Study - 2

Section 34: Excel Advanced: Lookup Functions

Lecture 80 Lookup and Reference Functions

Section 35: Excel Advanced: Logical Functions

Lecture 81 Logical Functions

Section 36: Excel Advanced: Connecting to External Data

Lecture 82 Connecting to Other Workbooks

Lecture 83 Connecting to Access Data

Lecture 84 Connecting to Web Data

Section 37: Excel Advanced: Tables

Lecture 85 Creating a Table and Changing Table Name; Filter; Removing Duplicates; Total Row

Lecture 86 Inserting Columns and Rows; Resizing Tables

Lecture 87 Table Reference

Lecture 88 Table Styles

Lecture 89 Table Selection

Section 38: Excel Advanced: Pivot Tables

Lecture 90 Basic Principles of Pivot Tables

Lecture 91 Presentational Side of Pivot Tables

Lecture 92 Filtering in Pivot Tables; Slices

Section 39: Excel Advanced: Data Analysis

Lecture 93 What if

Lecture 94 Scenario Manager

Lecture 95 Goal Seek

Lecture 96 Solver

Section 40: Excel Advanced: Charts

Lecture 97 Area Charts

Lecture 98 Surface Charts

Lecture 99 Stock Charts - Part 1

Lecture 100 Stock Charts - Part 2

Lecture 101 Radar Charts

Lecture 102 Bubble Charts

Section 41: Excel Advanced: Graphs

Lecture 103 Regression and Scatter Chart

Section 42: Excel Advanced: Pivot Charts

Lecture 104 Creating Pivot Charts

Section 43: Excel Advanced: Sparklines

Lecture 105 Using Sparklines

Section 44: Excel Advanced: Web App

Lecture 106 Creating Workbooks using a Web App

Lecture 107 Sharing your Workbook

Section 45: Excel Advanced: Conclusion

Lecture 108 Closing

Section 46: Introduction

Lecture 109 Introduction to the VBA Course

Lecture 110 WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience

Lecture 111 Course Exercise Files

Section 47: The Environment

Lecture 112 Getting Started

Lecture 113 The VBA Editor

Lecture 114 First Coding Manipulations

Section 48: VBA as a Language

Lecture 115 VBA Syntax, Keywords, and Comments

Lecture 116 Objects and VBA's Intellitext

Lecture 117 Variables and Method Calling Rules

Lecture 118 How to Define and Manage Variables

Lecture 119 Constant Variable Types and Variables through Intellitext

Section 49: Introducing Macros

Lecture 120 Subroutines

Lecture 121 Logical Constructs: The Boolean Type

Lecture 122 Logical Constructs: If and Switch Statements

Lecture 123 Methods for Communicating to the User

Lecture 124 Looping: The For and Do While Loops

Lecture 125 Looping: Collections and the For Each Loop

Section 50: Introducing Functions

Lecture 126 Functions

Lecture 127 Returning Values from Functions

Lecture 128 Sending Values to Functions

Lecture 129 Determining Limitations

Lecture 130 The Worksheet Function Object

Lecture 131 Completing Exercise 5

Lecture 132 The Range Object

Lecture 133 Writing an Array Formula

Section 51: Common Keys to VBA

Lecture 134 The Application Object

Lecture 135 The Workbook and Worksheet Objects

Lecture 136 Using Errors to Guide You

Lecture 137 The Name and Names Objects

Lecture 138 The PivotTable Object

Lecture 139 The Chart and ChartObject Objects

Lecture 140 The PageSetup Object and Print Ranges

Lecture 141 One Approach To Completing Exercise 8

Section 52: Conclusion

Lecture 142 Concluding Remarks

Anyone new to Microsoft Excel or upgrading from a previous version.,Those wanting to automate repetitive Excel tasks to improve productivity