Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 2 (Second Edition)

Course Specifications

Course number: 084891
Software: Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: Microsoft Certified Application Specialist: Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Course Description

In Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 1, you created, edited, formatted, and printed basic spreadsheets. You now have a need to streamline repetitive tasks and display spreadsheet data in more visually effective ways. In this course, you will use Microsoft Office Excel 2007 to streamline and enhance your spreadsheets with templates, charts, graphics, and formulas.

Course Objective: You will apply visual elements and advanced formulas to a worksheet to display data in various formats.

Target Student: The target students for this course are students who desire to gain the skills necessary to create templates, sort and filter data, import and export data, analyze data, and work with Excel on the web. In addition, this course helps prepare students who desire to take the Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Excel and who already have knowledge of the basics of Excel, including how to create, edit, format, and print basic worksheets.

Prerequisites: Before starting this course, students are recommended to take the following Element K course or possess equivalent knowledge: Microsoft Office Excel 2007: Level 1.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Certification

This course is one of a series of Element K courseware titles that addresses Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) skill sets. The MCAS program is for individuals who use Microsoft's business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more product proficiency exams in order to earn MCAS certification.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Course Content

Lesson 1: Calculating Data with Advanced Formulas

Topic 1A: Manage Cell and Range Names

Topic 1B: Calculate Data Across Worksheets

Topic 1C: Use Specialized Functions

Topic 1D: Analyze Data with Logical and Lookup Functions

 

Lesson 2: Organizing Worksheet and Table Data

Topic 2A: Create and Modify Tables

Topic 2B: Format Tables

Topic 2C: Sort or Filter Worksheet or Table Data

Topic 2D: Calculate Data in a Table or Worksheet

 

Lesson 3: Presenting Data Using Charts

Topic 3A: Create a Chart

Topic 3B: Modify Charts

Topic 3C: Format Charts

 

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data Using PivotTables and PivotCharts

Topic 4A: Create a PivotTable Report

Topic 4B: Analyze Data Using PivotCharts

 

Lesson 5: Inserting Graphic Objects

Topic 5A: Insert and Modify Pictures and ClipArt

Topic 5B: Draw and Modify Shapes

Topic 5C: Illustrate Workflow Using SmartArt Graphics

Topic 5D: Layer and Group Graphic Objects

 

Lesson 6: Customizing and Enhancing Workbooks and the Excel Environment

Topic 6A: Customize the Excel Environment

Topic 6B: Customize Workbooks

Topic 6C: Manage Themes

Topic 6D: Create and Use Templates