Excel for Mac 2016 Essential Training

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Free Online Course: Excel for Mac 2016 Essential Training provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 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 for Mac 2016 Essential Training is taught by Curt Frye.

Overview
  • Learn everything you need to master Excel for Mac 2016, including using functions, printing worksheets, and collaborating with others.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Getting Started with Excel
    • What you can do with Excel 2016
    • Exploring the Excel 2016 program window
    • Introducing the Ribbon for the Mac
    • Setting program preferences
    • Getting help in Excel
    2. Managing Workbooks
    • Opening, creating, and saving workbooks
    • Setting workbook properties
    • Creating and modifying workbook templates
    • Managing workbooks across multiple versions of Excel
    3. Working with Worksheets, Cells, and Cell Data
    • Selecting cells and groups of cells
    • Copying and pasting cell data
    • Entering data using AutoFill and other techniques
    • Inserting symbols and special characters
    • Creating named ranges
    • Creating an Excel table
    • Locating and changing data using Find and Replace
    • Restricting input using validation rules
    • Using lists to limit data entered into a cell
    4. Sorting, Filtering, and Managing Worksheets
    • Sorting worksheet data
    • Creating a custom sort order
    • Filtering worksheet data
    • Inserting, moving, and deleting cells and cell ranges
    • Splitting and freezing rows and columns
    • Managing worksheets
    • Creating, editing, and deleting headers and footers
    5. Summarizing Data Using Formulas and Functions
    • Introducing Excel formulas and functions
    • Adding a formula to a cell
    • Introducing arithmetic operators
    • Using relative and absolute cell references
    • Controlling how Excel copies and pastes formulas
    • Referring to Excel table data in formulas
    • Creating an AutoSum formula
    • Summarizing data on the status bar
    • Summarizing data using an IF function
    • Summarizing data using SUMIF and other conditional functions
    6. Analyzing Data and Formulas
    • Creating formulas to count cells
    • Rounding cell values
    • Joining text in cells with concatenation
    • Finding data using VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
    • Auditing formulas by identifying precedents and dependents
    • Managing Excel formula error indicators
    • Managing scenarios
    • Performing Goal Seek analysis
    7. Formatting Worksheet Elements
    • Applying fonts, background colors, and borders
    • Applying number and date formats to cells
    • Managing text alignment
    • Copying cell formats
    • Managing cell styles
    • Managing Office themes
    • Creating rule-based conditional formats
    • Defining top 10 conditional formats
    • Defining data bar, color scale, and icon set conditional formats
    • Editing, ordering, and deleting conditional formats
    8. Working with Charts
    • Creating bar and column charts
    • Creating pie charts
    • Creating line charts
    • Creating XY (scatter) charts
    • Creating stock charts
    • Changing chart types and layouts
    • Changing the appearance of chart elements
    • Managing chart axes and numbering
    • Adding trendlines to charts
    • Creating sparkline charts
    9. Working with External Data
    • Importing data from comma-separated value (CSV) or text files
    • Connecting to an external data source
    • Using hyperlinks
    • Including an Excel workbook in another Office document
    • Linking to an Excel chart from another Office program
    10. Working with Objects
    • Creating and formatting shapes
    • Adding and adjusting images
    • Manipulating text boxes
    • Cropping, compressing, and removing image backgrounds
    • Creating SmartArt graphics
    • Creating WordArt
    • Aligning and layering objects
    • Managing objects using the Selection pane
    11. Exploring PivotTables
    • Introducing PivotTable reports
    • Creating a PivotTable report
    • Pivoting a PivotTable report
    • Managing subtotals and grand totals
    • Summarizing more than one data field
    • Changing the data field summary operation
    • Changing the data field number format
    • Filtering a PivotTable report
    • Applying a PivotTable style
    12. Reviewing and Sharing Your Spreadsheets
    • Checking spelling
    • Setting AutoCorrect and automatic Replace options
    • Managing workbook comments
    • Tracking and reviewing changes
    • Printing a worksheet or workbook
    • Setting and removing print areas
    • Exporting to other formats
    • Protecting a workbook
    13. Automating Workbooks Using Macros
    • Running an existing macro
    • Recording a macro
    • Renaming, viewing, and deleting macros
    • Adding comments to a macro
    • Turning off screen updating in a macro
    Conclusion
    • Next steps