Course Outline
Duration:
1 Day
Description: After an introduction to spreadsheet
terminology and Excel's window components, students will learn how to use the
Help system and navigate worksheets and workbooks. Then they will enter and
edit text, values, formulas, and pictures, and they will save workbooks in
various formats. Students will also move and copy data, learn about absolute
and relative references, and work with ranges, rows, and columns. This course
also covers simple functions, basic formatting techniques, and printing.
Finally, students will create and modify charts, and learn how to manage large
workbooks.
Course Content:
Unit 1: Getting
started
Topic A: Spreadsheet terminology
Topic B: Exploring the Excel window
Topic C: Getting help
Topic D: Navigating workbooks
Unit 2: Entering and
editing data
Topic A: Entering and editing text
and values
Topic B: Entering and editing
formulas
Topic C: Working with pictures
Topic D: Saving and updating
workbooks
Unit 3: Modifying a
worksheet
Topic A: Moving and copying data
Topic B: Moving and copying
formulas
Topic C: Absolute and relative references
Topic D: Inserting and deleting
ranges, rows, and columns
Unit 4: Using
functions
Topic A: Entering functions
Topic B: AutoSum
Topic C: Other useful functions
Unit 5: Formatting
worksheets
Topic A: Formatting text
Topic B: Formatting rows and
columns
Topic C: Formatting numbers
Topic D: Conditional formatting
Topic E: Copying formats and
applying table formats
Unit 6: Printing
Topic A: Preparing to print
Topic B: Page Setup options
Topic C: Printing worksheets
Unit 7: Creating
charts
Topic A: Chart basics
Topic B: Modifying charts
Topic C: Printing charts
Unit 8: Managing
large workbooks
Topic A: Viewing large worksheets
Topic B: Printing large worksheets
Topic C: Using multiple worksheets
