TOPICS
Getting to Know Excel
• Starting Excel From the Desktop
• Understanding the Excel Start Screen
• The Excel Workbook Screen
• How Excel 2016 Works
• Using the Ribbon
• Showing and Collapsing the Ribbon
• Understanding the Backstage View
• Accessing the Backstage View
• Using Shortcut Menus
• Understanding Dialog Boxes
• Launching Dialog Boxes
• Understanding the Quick Access Toolbar
• Adding Commands to the QAT
• Understanding Workbooks
• Using the Blank Workbook Template
• Typing Text
• Typing Numbers
• Typing Dates
• Understanding the Fill Handle
• Typing Formulas
• Easy Formulas
• Saving a New Workbook on Your Computer
• Checking the Spelling
• Making Basic Changes
• Printing a Worksheet
• Safely Closing a Workbook
Selecting Ranges
• Understanding Cells and Ranges
• Selecting Contiguous Ranges
• Selecting Non Contiguous Ranges
• Using Special Selection Techniques
• Selecting Larger Ranges
• Selecting Rows
• Selecting Columns
• Viewing Range Calculations
• Creating an Input Range
Editing in a Workbook
• Understanding Data Editing
• Overwriting Cell Contents
• Editing Longer Cells
• Editing Formulas
• Clearing Cells
• Deleting Data
• Using Undo and Redo
Sharing Workbooks
• Sharing Workbooks via the Network
• Sharing Workbooks via OneDrive
• Saving to OneDrive
• Sharing Workbooks
• Opening Shared Workbooks
• Enabling Tracked Changes
• Accepting or Rejecting Changes
• Disabling Tracked Changes
• Adding Worksheet Comments
• Navigating Worksheet Comments
• Editing Worksheet Comments
• Deleting Comments
Filling Data
• Understanding Filling
• Filling a Series
• Filling a Growth Series
• Filling a Series Backwards
• Creating a Custom Fill List
• Modifying a Custom Fill List
• Deleting a Custom Fill List
• Extracting With Flash Fill
• More Complex Flash Fill Extractions
Formulas and Functions
• Understanding Formulas
• Creating Formulas That Add
• Creating Formulas That Subtract
• Formulas That Multiply and Divide
• Understanding Functions
• Using the SUM Function to Add
• Summing Non-Contiguous Ranges
• Calculating an Average
• Finding a Maximum Value
• Finding a Minimum Value
• Creating More Complex Formulas
• What if Formulas
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Formula Referencing
• Absolute Versus Relative Referencing
• Relative Formulas
• Problems With Relative Formulas
• Creating Absolute References
Font Formatting
• Understanding Font Formatting
• Working With Live Preview
• Changing Fonts
• Changing Font Size
• Growing and Shrinking Fonts
• Making Cells Bold
• Italicising Text
• Underlining Text
• Changing Font Colours
• Changing Background Colours
• Using the Format Painter
• Applying Strikethrough
Number Formatting Techniques
• Applying Alternate Currencies
• Applying Alternate Date Formats
• Formatting Clock Time
Applying Borders
• Understanding Borders
• Applying a Border to a Cell
• Applying a Border to a Range
• Applying a Bottom Border
• Applying Top and Bottom Borders
• Removing Borders
• The More Borders Command
• Using the More Borders Command
• Drawing Borders
• Drawing a Border Grid
• Erasing Borders
Working With a Worksheet
• Understanding Worksheets
• Changing the Worksheet View
• Worksheet Zooming
• Viewing the Formula Bar
• Viewing Worksheet Gridlines
• Viewing the Ruler
• Inserting Cells Into a Worksheet
• Deleting Cells From a Worksheet
• Inserting Columns Into a Worksheet
• Inserting Rows Into a Worksheet
• Deleting Rows and Columns
• More Than One Worksheet
Printing
• Understanding Printing
• Previewing Before You Print
• Selecting a Printer
• Printing a Range
• Printing an Entire Workbook
• Specifying the Number of Copies
• The Print Options
Page Setup
• Strategies for Printing Worksheets
• Understanding Page Layout
• Using Built in Margins
• Setting Custom Margins
• Changing Margins by Dragging
• Centring on a Page
• Changing Orientation
• Specifying the Paper Size
• Setting the Print Area
• Clearing the Print Area
• Inserting Page Breaks
• Using Page Break Preview
• Removing Page Breaks
• Setting a Background
• Clearing the Background
• Settings Rows as Repeating Print Titles
• Clearing Print Titles
• Printing Gridlines
• Printing Headings
• Scaling to a Percentage
• Fit to a Specific Number of Pages