California State University, Fullerton Campus Information Technology

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Course Name: Intermediate Excel Functions and Equations

Course Description: This course will develop the skills needed to create enhanced reports for data in Microsoft Excel 2007 worksheets. Some of the items will include: Advanced Lookup Functions, Logical and multiple criteria conditional functions and Excel D functions.

Course Prerequisites: A good general understanding of using Microsoft Excel 2007, including knowledge of how to enter data, create basic equations, use relative and absolute references and using standard functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, and COUNT. Students without this background should take the course “Introduction to Equations and Functions in Microsoft Excel 2007” as preparation

Course Duration: 8-10 hours over 5 class sessions.

Three will be 1 -2 hours of “homework” outside of class as learning reinforcement and practice.

Course Instructor: Timothy Benbow

Course Outline:  Review of Absolute and Relative References  Using the Lookup Functions such as LOOKUP, VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP and using OFFSET, MATCH, and INDEX with Lookup Functions.  Using Multi-Criteria Conditional Equations such as IFS, SUMIFS and AVERAGEIFS  Using the Excel D class functions such as DGET, DMAX and DSUM  Working with Named Ranges and Scenarios  Working with Excel Solver and Goal Seek Tools.  Understanding Excel Conditional Formatting  Three Dimensional Equations (Multi-sheet Equations)

Course Notes For additional information, please contact Timothy Benbow at [email protected]

For additional information please contact Timothy Benbow at [email protected]