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Introduction to Excel

1. Customizing Excel a. Adding icons and tools in the desktop b. Creating a new customized toolbar c. Adding custom lists d. Adaptive menu option

2. Use keyboard shortcuts (Give your mouse a break) a. Shift and F2 b. F8, ‘shift + F8’ c. Control and page up (page down) d. Quickly selecting the range A1:D1000 e. Control + C, V and X f. F2 and F9 (for paste special values) g. Control + A and Control + shift + A h. Control + R, D

3. Dealing with Texts a. Auto-complete features b. Pick from list c. Preventing duplicate data entry

4. Formatting Numbers a. Control + 1 b. Three sections of number formatting c. Special formats including ‘0’, ‘#’, ‘,’ Financial Modeling Using Excel

5. Date and Time and currency a. How excel saves dates b. Control + shift + 3 c. Control + shift + ~ d. Changing currency from Dollar ($)

6. Styles a. Changing the Normal Style (It applies to the current file) b. Creating style and saving it c. Applying style through paintbrush or style icon.

7. Names a. Creating, using, editing and deleting names b. Keyboard shortcuts c. Applying names d. Names replace absolute references

8. Formulas a. Shift and F3 will show all formulas. Else just enter ‘=’ and see the change in the name box. b. Absolute and relative reference c. Array functions d. Add-in functions

9. Summing and Counting a. Alt and + b. Paste special

10. Charts a. Keyboard shortcut for charts b. Preventing charts from being printed c. Moving the chart in any direction with arrow keys d. Having a dynamic chart title e. Updating chart Financial Modeling Using Excel

f. Pie of pie chart g. Making the chart interesting

11. Managing a Large Model a. Creating new window b. Creating a watch window

12. Building a simple Financial Model a. Knowing some standard finance functions b. Use of goal seek c. Use of spinner