<p> Introduction to Excel</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>3. Dealing with Texts a. Auto-complete features b. Pick from list c. Preventing duplicate data entry</p><p>4. Formatting Numbers a. Control + 1 b. Three sections of number formatting c. Special formats including ‘0’, ‘#’, ‘,’ Financial Modeling Using Excel</p><p>5. Date and Time and currency a. How excel saves dates b. Control + shift + 3 c. Control + shift + ~ d. Changing currency from Dollar ($)</p><p>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.</p><p>7. Names a. Creating, using, editing and deleting names b. Keyboard shortcuts c. Applying names d. Names replace absolute references</p><p>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</p><p>9. Summing and Counting a. Alt and + b. Paste special </p><p>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</p><p> f. Pie of pie chart g. Making the chart interesting</p><p>11. Managing a Large Model a. Creating new window b. Creating a watch window</p><p>12. Building a simple Financial Model a. Knowing some standard finance functions b. Use of goal seek c. Use of spinner</p>