6-Hour Virtual Seminar on Excel Automation Boot Camp - Top Ten Excel Functions, LOOKUP, MATCH and INDEX Functions and Basics of Excel Macros with an Introduction to VBA
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Excel functions can greatly enhance your ability to perform tasks in day to day activities in Excel. While there are hundreds of functions in available, there are 10 functions that all Excel users should know. Whether you are an office worker, or a small business owner using Excel to keep track of your finances or just the casual user, these Excel functions can be very important time savers and enhance your ability to create better performing spreadsheets!
Learning about the lookup functions will allow you to match data between databases. VLOOKUP enables you to quickly and easily look for a value down a column of data and return a value from the same row in a different column. Perfect for when working with large tabular data. INDEX and MATCH work in a similar way but provide more flexibility.
You’ll learn how to create a macro the easy way by using the built-in macro recorder. You'll then progress on to learn how to make simple changes to a macro using the built-in programming language called VBA.
Why you should attend
Formulas are equations that can perform calculations, return information, manipulate the contents of other cells, test conditions, and more. Explore what are considered the top 10 functions.
Lookup functions are far superior to manually searching for specific data elements in a spreadsheet. VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH are some of the most well-known (and most useful) functions in Excel
Being able to create and edit macros is one of the must have skills for Excel Power Users. Having this knowledge will save you hours of time by allowing you to automate any Excel-based task or process. If you've never created macros or used VBA before, this webinar is for you.
Who Will Benefit
- Business Owners
- CEO's / CFO's / CTO's
- Managers
- Accountants
- CPA's
- Financial Consultants
- IT Professionals
- Auditors
- Human Resource Personnel
- Bookkeepers
- Marketers
- Anybody with large amounts of Data
- Anybody who uses Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, and wants to be more efficient and productive
- Learn many statistical functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN and COUNT
- Use IF and its counterparts COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
- Calculate dates using TODAY, NOW, NETWORKDAYS
- Learn many functions to manipulate text once imported including LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, TRIM , UPPER, LOWER, PROPER and CONCANTENATE
- Learn the arguments in the VLOOKUP function
- Understand the importance of absolute references within many lookup functions
- Use VLOOKUP to perform approximate matches
- Use VLOOKUP to look up data from another workbook
- Learn how VLOOKUP stops looking after it finds an initial match within a list
- Explore why VLOOKUP sometimes returns #N/A instead of a desired result
- Learn about the IFNA function available in Excel 2013 and later
- Use the IFERROR function to display something other than an #N/A error value when VLOOKUP can't find a match
- See how the HLOOKUP function enables you to perform horizontal matches
- Learn why the INDEX and MATCH combination often is superior to VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP
- Use the MATCH function to find the position of an item on a list
- Learn the difference between workbook macros and personal macros
- Create a workbook macro
- Create a personal macro
- Use the macro recorder to create a personal macro
- Find and use the PERSONAL.XLSB file
- Use the macro recorder to create a workbook macro
- Save a file as a macro enabled excel workbook
- Run a macro
- View the recorded macro in VBA
- Edit the macro using VBA
She is an experienced educator specializing in the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, and Outlook. With over 30 years of expertise in classroom and virtual training, Cathy has been teaching Microsoft Office since its inception, helping students and professionals master its powerful tools.
Cathy excels at tailoring her classes to meet the unique needs of her students, incorporating practical, real-world business examples to enhance learning. Known for her high energy and engaging approach, she brings a dynamic and supportive style to adult education, ensuring her students gain both confidence and competence in using Microsoft Office effectively.
She holds the Modern Classroom Certified Trainer certification from Logical Operations which prepares instructors for all aspects of delivering a course using the latest training technologies and approaches.
When not teaching, Cathy enjoys gardening, traveling, and refinishing mid-century furniture.