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Adventures in Excel

This course aims to cover some of the best functions and features of Microsoft Excel.

Created byRoss Maynard
BeginnerUpdated Mar 4, 2021
Adventures in Excel

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleBasic Excel functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, PRODUCT, POWER and SQRT
  • check_circleUseful date functions including TODAY, EOMONTH, EDATE, and DAYS
  • check_circleGenerating random numbers using RAND and RANDBETWEEN; generating random dates; and randomly picking an item from a list or table
  • check_circleThe new RANDARRAY function in Office365
  • check_circleThe new IFS functions in Office365 including AVERAGEIFS, MAXIFS, MINIFS, COUNTIFS, and SUMIFS
  • check_circleText functions including TRIM, LOWER, UPPER, PROPER, LEFT, MID, RIGHT, FIND, TEXTJOIN and CONCATENATE
  • check_circleLogical functions AND, OR, and NOT and IS functions ISTEXT, ISNUMBER, ISBLANK and ISERROR
  • check_circleHow to create a drop-down list
  • check_circleThe new SORT and FILTER functions in Office365
  • check_circleVLOOKUP and the new XLOOKUP function
  • check_circleHow to create a Pivot table and analyse data with one

About This Course

Microsoft Excel has hundreds, if not thousands, of functions and features. This course aims to cover some of the best – that is the ones I find most useful. In “Adventures in Excel”, I cover the simple-to-use but powerful functions that I use most often: • Basic features including products and powers • Key date functions including the calculation of due dates and days past due • Generating random numbers and random dates • The new IFS functions (new to Office365) • Text functions • The most useful logical functions and IS functions • How to create a drop-down list • The new XLOOKUP function • Pivot tables

These functions are easy to use, and, unless your role is extremely specialised, they are probably the ones you’ll use 90% of the time. I hope you find the course helpful.

Course Content

1 activity • 10 videos • duration: 1h 27m

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Section 110 videos • 1 quiz • 1.5 hours
  • videocamAdventures in Excel Introduction
    Duration 3:02
  • videocamLesson 1: Basic Functions
    Duration 11:59
  • videocamLesson 2: Date Functions
    Duration 8:47
  • videocamLesson 3: Random Numbers
    Duration 8:36
  • videocamLesson 4: IFS so many IFS
    Duration 10:31
  • videocamLesson 5: Text Functions
    Duration 13:15
  • videocamLesson 6: Logical Functions
    Duration 9:24
  • videocamLesson 7: Creating a Drop Down List
    Duration 5:14
  • videocamLesson 8: VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP
    Duration 9:10
  • videocamLesson 9: Pivot Tables
    Duration 7:55
  • quizReview Questions

Your Instructor

Ross Maynard

Business author and consultant, specialising in performance measurement and improvement

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I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and work as an author of business courses and a process improvement consultant. I have over 30 years' experience and live near Stirling in Scotland, with my wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel. I aim to make my courses accessible and understandable. My courses focus on business topics including KPIs, performance measurement, approaches to business improvement, Agile and Lean. I hope you enjoy my courses.

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What Students Are Saying

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    Very good.

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    Good Course.

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    Just when you thought you knew everything ... TRIM

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    excellent course

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