This course builds upon the foundational and intermediate knowledge presented in the Excel: Level 1 and Level 2 courses to help you get the most of your Excel experience. The ability to collaborate with colleagues, automate complex or repetitive tasks, and use conditional logic to construct and apply elaborate formulas and functions will put the full power of Excel right at your fingertips. The more you learn about how to get Excel to do the hard work for you, the more you’ll be able to focus on getting the answers you need from the vast amounts of data your organization generates. 
 
This course is intended for students who are experienced Excel users and have a desire or need to advance their skills in working with some of the more advanced Excel features. Students will likely need to troubleshoot large, complex workbooks, automate repetitive tasks, engage in collaborative partnerships involving workbook data, construct complex Excel functions, and use those functions to perform rigorous analysis of extensive, complex datasets. 
 
This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help you prepare for the Excel Associate (Office 365): Exam MO-200 and Excel Expert (Office 365): Exam MO-201 certifications. 

• Excel: Level 2 or equivalent knowledge  

Lesson 1: Working with multiple worksheets and workbooks 

• Use links and external references 
• Use 3-D references 
• Consolidate data 

Lesson 2: Sharing and protecting workbooks 

• Collaborate on a workbook 
• Protect worksheets and workbooks 

Lesson 3: Automating workbook functionality 

• Apply data validation 
• Search for invalid data and formulas with errors 
• Work with macros 

Lesson 4: Using lookup functions and formula auditing 

• Use lookup functions 
• Trace cells 
• Watch and evaluate formulas 

Lesson 5: Forecasting data 

• Determine potential outcomes using data tables 
• Determine potential outcomes using scenarios 
• Use the goal seek feature 
• Forecasting data trends 

Lesson 6: Creating sparklines and mapping data 

• Create sparklines 
• Map data