Organize, calculate, analyze, revise, update and present your data in ways that will help the decisionmakers in your organization lead in the right direction. This course will provide you with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills, which you can build upon to eventually become an expert in data analysis.

This course is intended for students who wish to gain the foundational understanding of Microsoft Excel for Office 365 that is necessary to create and work with electronic spreadsheets.

• Windows Introduction or equivalent knowledge

Lesson 1: Getting started with Microsoft Excel for Office 365

• Navigate the Excel User Interface
• Use Excel commands
• Create and save a basic workbook
• Navigate in Excel for the Web
• Enter cell data

Lesson 2: Performing calculations

• Create worksheet formulas
• Insert functions
• Reuse formulas and functions

Lesson 3: Modifying a worksheet

• Adjust cells, columns, and rows
• Search for and replace data
• Use proofing and research tools

Lesson 4: Formatting a worksheet

• Apply text formats
• Apply number formats
• Align cell contents
• Apply colors, borders, and styles
• Apply basic conditional formatting

Lesson 5: Printing workbooks

• Preview and print a workbook
• Set up the page layout
• Configure headers and footers

Lesson 6: Managing workbooks

• Manage worksheets
• Manage workbook and worksheet views
• Manage workbook properties