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Excel Quick Tips

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Get the answers to common Microsoft Excel questions. Learn tips for how to format cells, align rows and columns, calculate sums, generate series data automatically, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Get fast answers to common Excel questions
1. Data Entry Tips
  • Fill in a series of data
  • Quickly insert multiple rows and columns
  • Insert hyperlinks
  • Create and manage drop-down lists
  • Summing rows
  • Work with stock and geography data types
  • Fill in contents with Flash Fill
  • Quickly insert a total
  • Extract part of a cell's contents
2. Working with Data
  • Select specific rows or columns
  • Find named ranges
  • Change sort order
  • Filter data
  • Remove duplicate entries
  • Convert formula values to plain numbers
  • Transpose data from vertical to horizontal
3. Formatting Tips
  • Text wrap
  • Rotate and align cell data
  • Copy cell formatting
  • Apply international currency formats
  • Apply cell styles
  • Page options
  • Adjust row height and column width
  • Add headers and footers
  • Align cells
  • Add a watermark
  • Conditional formatting by cell contents
  • Copy and paste cell formatting
  • Merge cells
4. Viewing Options
  • Change magnification
  • Freeze and lock panel options
  • Hide and unhide columns and rows
  • Show and hide grouped data
5. Collaborating on Spreadsheets
  • Insert and respond to comments
  • Collaborate on an Excel file with others
  • Highlight portions of a spreadsheet
  • Draw and mark up spreadsheets
6. Working with Files
  • Set document recovery options
  • Encrypt a workbook with a password
  • Restrict editing
  • Save as other file type
  • Inspect a spreadsheet
  • Check for compatibility issues
  • Add and reference worksheets
  • Lock cells

Taught by

Jess Stratton, Nick Brazzi and Garrick Chow

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