Excel: Advanced Formulas and Functions

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Free Online Course: Excel: Advanced Formulas and Functions provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4-5 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Excel: Advanced Formulas and Functions is taught by Dennis Taylor.

Overview
  • Take advantage of the most powerful features in Microsoft Excel. Learn how to use advanced formulas and functions, including lookup, statistical, text, and math functions.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Use the most powerful formulas and functions in Excel
    1. Formula and Function Tips and Shortcuts
    • Display and highlight formulas
    • Use the auditing tools
    • Use entire row/column references
    • Change formulas to values and update values without formulas
    • Simplify debugging formulas with the F9 key
    • Enhance readability with range names
    • Create 3D formulas to tabulate data from multiple sheets
    2. IF and Related Functions
    • Explore IF logical tests and use relational operators
    • Create and expand the use of nested IF statements
    • Create compound logical tests with AND, OR, NOT, and IF
    • Use IFS for multiple conditions
    3. Lookup and Reference Functions
    • Explore the VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP functions
    • Find approximate matches with VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
    • Use VLOOKUP to find exact matches and search large tables
    • Find table-like data within a function using CHOOSE
    • Use the SWITCH function for formula-embedded selection
    • Locate data with the MATCH function
    • Retrieve information by location with the INDEX function
    • Use the MATCH and INDEX functions together
    • Document formulas with the FORMULATEXT function
    • Extract and count unique entries from a list with UNIQUE
    • Use the XLOOKUP function
    4. Power Functions
    • Tabulate data using a single criterion with COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
    • Tabulate data using multiple criteria with COUNTIFS, SUMIFS, and AVERAGEIFS
    • Use MAXIFS and MINIFS
    • Use the SUBTOTAL function to prevent double counting
    5. Statistical Functions
    • Find middle and most common values with MEDIAN and MODE
    • Rank data without sorting using RANK and RANK.EQ
    • Find the largest and smallest values with LARGE and SMALL
    • Tabulate blank cells with the COUNTBLANK function
    • Use COUNT, COUNTA, and the status bar
    6. Math Functions
    • Work with the ROUND, ROUNDUP, and ROUNDDOWN functions
    • Use MROUND, CEILING, and FLOOR for specialized rounding
    • Use INT, TRUNC, ODD, and EVEN for specialized rounding
    • Use MOD to find remainders and apply conditional formatting
    • Explore practical uses for RAND, RANDARRAY, and RANDBETWEEN
    • Convert a value between measurement systems with CONVERT
    • Use the AGGREGATE function to bypass errors and hidden data
    • Use ROMAN and ARABIC to display different number systems
    7. Date and Time Functions
    • Understand Excel date and time capabilities in formulas
    • Use various date and time functions
    • Use the TODAY and NOW functions for date and time entry
    • Identify weekdays with the WEEKDAY function
    • Count working days and completion dates (NETWORKDAYS and WORKDAY)
    • Tabulate date differences with the DATEDIF function
    • Calculate dates with EDATE and EOMONTH
    8. Reference Functions
    • Get data from remote cells with the OFFSET function
    • Return references with the INDIRECT function
    • Use INDIRECT with Data Validation for multitiered pick lists
    9. Text Functions
    • Locate and extract data with FIND, SEARCH, and MID
    • Extract data with the LEFT and RIGHT functions
    • Use the TRIM function to remove unwanted spaces in a cell
    • Combine data with symbols (&) and CONCATENATE
    • Use CONCAT and TEXTJOIN to combine data from different cells
    • Adjust alphabetic case with UPPER, LOWER, and PROPER
    • Adjust character content with REPLACE and SUBSTITUTE
    • Use utility text functions: TEXT, REPT, VALUE, and LEN
    • Use the new LET function
    • Create custom functions with LAMBDA
    • New functions: TEXTBEFORE, TEXTAFTER, and TEXTSPLIT
    10. Information Functions
    • Extract information with the CELL and INFO functions
    • Explore various information functions
    • Use several error-checking functions
    • Track and highlight formula cells with ISFORMULA
    Conclusion
    • Next steps