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Excel University Lesson 402: Advanced Excel Functions for Recurring Workbooks

Master powerful formulas to automate, maintain, and bulletproof your professional Excel workbooks.

Created byJeff Lenningworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
IntermediateUpdated Sep 22, 2026

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleApply the hyperlink function to create flexible, relative-path navigation in workbooks
  • check_circleReplace complex nested IF formulas with efficient alternatives like MAX, MIN, AND, OR, and CHOOSE
  • check_circleUtilize advanced lookup functions including OFFSET, INDIRECT, and ADDRESS to build dynamic reports
  • check_circleImplement text and date functions to automate data cleaning and period-based calculations
  • check_circleNavigate and utilize the Excel function library to research and implement unfamiliar functions

About This Course

This course provides a comprehensive examination of advanced Excel functions designed to improve the efficiency and maintainability of recurring-use workbooks. It covers the practical application of hyperlink, logical, lookup, text, and date functions, emphasizing techniques to minimize formula duplication and reduce manual effort. Participants will explore how to replace standard nested IF statements with more robust alternatives, implement dynamic lookups using volatile and non-volatile functions, and leverage the insert function tool to discover and master Excel's extensive function library.

Topics Covered:

  • Hyperlink function and relative file paths
  • Logical function alternatives to nested IFs
  • Dynamic lookup using OFFSET and INDIRECT
  • Advanced text manipulation and cleaning
  • Date calculation and workday management
  • Function discovery via the insert function dialog
  • Formula maintenance and duplication reduction

Course Content

3 activities • 14 videos • duration: 3h 3m

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Lecture8 videos • 1 quiz • 1.8 hours
  • videocamC9 HYPERLINK Function
    Duration 10:30
  • videocamC10 IF Alternatives Part 1
    Duration 16:55
  • videocamC10 IF Alternatives Part 2
    Duration 15:39
  • videocamC11 Lookup Functions Part 1
    Duration 18:57
  • videocamC11 Lookup Functions Part 2
    Duration 12:20
  • videocamC12 Text Functions
    Duration 10:48
  • videocamC13 Date Functions
    Duration 10:38
  • videocamC14 Insert Function
    Duration 12:00
  • quizHyperlink Function Quiz
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Additional Resources6 videos • 1.3 hours
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Final Assessment1 quiz

Your Instructor

Jeff Lenning

CPA and Microsoft Certified Trainer

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In his live CPE training sessions, Jeff Lenning CPA has shown thousands of CPAs and accounting professionals across the country how to use Excel to streamline their work and become more efficient. Several publications have featured his Excel articles, including the Journal of Accountancy and California CPA Magazine. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Jeff began his career in the audit practice at Arthur Andersen’s Orange County office. He was a senior financial analyst at Gateway computers and the accounting manager at Interpore Cross International. In 2000, he founded Click Consulting Inc., a technology-consulting firm that specializes in Excel training, consulting, development, and personal coaching. He is a past president of the CalCPA OCLB Chapter, the former chair of the California CPA State Technology Committee, co-chair of the California CPA OCLB Chapter Technology Committee, a board member of the California CPA OCLB Chapter, on the California Society of CPAs Council, and an instructor for the AICPA and the California CPA Education Foundation. A Microsoft Office Certified Excel Expert, he is a nationally recognized speaker and trainer. He was recently recognized with the California CPA Education Foundation's Award for Instructor Excellence.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

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Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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