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Excel 2003 Tips & Shortcuts

Objective

Learn various tips and shortcuts that will make you more efficient when working with Excel.

Prerequisite Skills

Comfortable with basic Excel capabilities.

(Suggested course: Excel 2003 Getting Started)

Course Description

Are you using the fastest methods to accomplish tasks in Excel 2007? Could you use some of Excel's advanced features to automate certain tasks? Would you like your spreadsheets to look more professional?

Attend this course if you want to:

  • Save time by using Excel's shortcut menus.

  • Freeze a portion of your worksheet so that it remains visible as you scroll.

  • Split the screen to display non-adjacent areas of your worksheet simultaneously.

  • Name a cell or range of cells that you use often.

  • Add a comment to a cell to make a note to yourself or other users.

  • Collapse dialog boxes to easily display and select worksheet data.

  • "Float" menu options and formatting palettes for quick access to common tools.

  • Use the AutoCalculate functions to quickly sum, average, or count.

  • View the formulas in a worksheet, rather than formula results.

  • Quickly enter a series of data (e.g., days of the week, years, numbers).

  • Find and replace specific data in a worksheet.

  • Learn how to enter fractions in a cell, display cell contents on more than one line, and enter the current date or time.

  • Automatically sum the data in a column, row, or table.

  • Use hyperlinks to jump to another cell, file, or Web page.

  • Use Smart Tag Actions to send a message to a recent Outlook mail recipient or to find stock quotes and company information.

  • Change the default location in which Excel files are stored.

  • Recover worksheet data after a crash.

  • Save multiple workbooks in a workspace.

  • Discover several "solutions templates" available from Microsoft.

Class Length

90 minutes

Delivery Options

  • Virtual classroom - public
    ($70 per student; check times and register here)

  • Virtual classroom - dedicated (up to ten people from the same organization)
    ($480 per class; contact us for more details)

  • Virtual classroom - one on one
    (Register for a 45-minute 1-on-1 Application Support session. Cost is $70 per student per session.)

  • On-site instructor-led
    (Contact us for details)

 

   

   

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