Microsoft Excel 2019 - Basic

Understanding Excel Formula Anatomy

Learn about working with absolute and relative cell referencing, and techniques for copying formulas.

Use to understand the anatomy of Excel functions, and what their components mean.

Learn basic statistical functions including COUNT, COUNTA, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, MEDIAN and MODE.

Learn to build standalone logical IF functions, and make them more complex by nesting AND and OR within them.

Learn to break apart text with the LEFT, RIGHT, MID, FIND and SEARCH functions, and to combine text with the & character.

Learn to use SUMIF and COUNTIF to add cells only when certain conditions are met.

Learn about creating and updating external links, and about the potential dangers of external links in Excel.

Learn to sort data in Excel by a single column or by multiple columns.

Learn to filter Excel data for specific words, dates, and apply multiple filters to a single data table.

Power Query is the best tool for consolidating your data so it's vertically contiguous (without blank rows or other garbage) – for Tables, PivotTables and Charts.

Learn about creating Excel tables, and their advantages.

Learn to work with the Format Cells dialog to apply text rotation and borders, and to center data across multiple cells.

How to create an effective bar chart by reducing ink and noise that distract from the story.

Learn how to build an effective pie chart, and when you should and shouldn’t use them.

How to create an effective line chart through careful manipulation of chart elements to enhance its story telling ability.

Learn about creating, reviewing and printing Excel comments, as well as how comments are evolving in Office 365.