Learn Excel in 24 Hours

Learn Excel in 24 Hours

By Alex Nordeen

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Table Of Content

Chapter 1: Introduction

What is Microsoft Excel?

Why should I learn Microsoft Excel?

The difference between excel and CSV file

Running Microsoft Excel

Understanding the Ribbon

Understanding the worksheet (Rows and Columns, Sheets, Workbooks)

Customization Microsoft Excel Environment

Important Excel shortcuts

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Basic Arithmetic

Formatting data

Setting the print area and printing (Print View)

Adding images to spreadsheets

Data validation

Data filters

Group and Ungroup

Chapter 3: Formula & Functions

What is a formula?

What is a function?

Common functions

Numeric functions

String functions

Date Time functions

V Lookup function

Chapter 4: Operators

What is a Logical Function?

What is a condition and why does it matter?

IF function example

Excel Logic functions

Nested IF functions

Chapter 5: Charts

What is a chart?

Types of charts

The importance of charts

Step by step example of creating charts

Conditional Formatting

Chapter 6: Case Study: Personal Finance Application using Excel

Why managing personal finance matters

Major components of a personal finance system

Using Excel to set personal budgets, record income and expenses

Visualizing the data using charts

Chapter 7: Macros

What is a macro?

Macro Basics

Step by step example of recording macros

What is VBA?

Visual Basic for Applications VBA basics

Step by step example of creating a simple EMI calculator

Chapter 8: Connecting Excel to External Data Sources

What is external data source?

MS Access external data source

Web external data source

Text file external data source

SQL Server external data source

Chapter 9: Pivot Tables

What is a pivot table?

Step by step tutorial on creating pivot tables

2-Dimensional pivot tables

Visualizing pivot table data using charts

Chapter 10: Advanced Charts

What is an advanced chart?

The importance of advanced charts

Step by step example of creating advanced charts

Chapter 11: Excel in the cloud: Office 365

Introduction to cloud computing

What is Office 365?

Advantages of Office 365

Disadvantages of Office 365

Chapter 1: Introduction

In this article, we will introduce you to excel and discover its capabilities and how we can take advantage of them to enhance our productivity. We will cover the following topics

What is Microsoft Excel?

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that is used to record and analyse numerical data. Think of a spreadsheet as a collection of columns and rows that form a table. Alphabetical letters are usually assigned to columns and numbers are usually assigned to rows. The point where a column and a row meet is called a cell. The address of a cell is given by the letter representing the column and the number representing a row. Let's illustrate this using the following image.

Why Should I Learn Microsoft Excel

We all deal with numbers in one way or the other. We all have daily expenses which we pay for from the monthly income that we earn. For one to spend wisely, they will need to know their income vs. expenditure. Microsoft Excel comes in handy when we want to record, analyze and store such numeric data.

Where can I get Microsoft Excel?

There are number of ways in which you can get Microsoft Excel. You can buy it from a hardware computer shop that also sells software. Microsoft Excel is part of the Microsoft Office suite of programs. Alternatively, you can download it from the Microsoft website but you will have to buy the license key.

The difference between excel and CSV file

CSV is the acronym for comma separated values. It is used to store tabular data where the column names and row values are separated using commas. The following image illustrates this