Macquarie University

Excel Skills for Business: Advanced

Nicky Bull
Dr Prashan S. M. Karunaratne
Professor Yvonne Breyer

Instructors: Nicky Bull

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
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Approx. 25 hours
Learn at your own pace
95%
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There are 7 modules in this course

As an intermediate Excel user, you have the basics down. The first module of the Advanced course focusses on creating and maintaining accurate, flexible, responsive and user-friendly spreadsheets. You will learn how to design flexible and auditable spreadsheets, construct transparent calculations, create user-friendly navigation, and use styles, themes and formatting to tie it all up in a nice bow.

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7 videos7 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt

Excel often requires you to perform complex analysis on large sets of data. This can be made a lot easier using array formulas, which can perform multiple calculations simultaneously and ensure the accuracy of your spreadsheet. This module covers the use of array formulas, how to build them and use them effectively.

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7 videos2 readings5 assignments

Been handed a messy spreadsheet? This module focuses on data cleaning and preparation. You will learn how to use dynamic and automated fixes, clean messy data, automate these processes through functions, and ensure data remains clean dynamically. We will use functions to fix dates, replaces blanks and remove unwanted characters from data – all to help us build an efficient solution that lasts.

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7 videos2 readings7 assignments

This module introduces financial functions into our Excel knowledge base. Financial functions are often used in businesses and Excel has a variety of tools to help you with that. This week, you will learn to apply date formulas in calculations, create loan schedules with financial functions, as well as use depreciation functions.

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7 videos2 readings6 assignments

It is always a good idea to make your spreadsheets (and work!) more automated. Automated lookups can make your work fast and efficient. This module builds on your array capabilities and explores a range of functions to create dynamic lookup ranges – INDIRECT, ADDRESS, OFFSET and INDEX.

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6 videos2 readings4 assignments

To bring it home, this module guides you through the steps of building a professional dashboard. Data is meaningless unless it tells a story and can be used as business intelligence. This module will help you set up a dashboard – learn how to visualise data through graphs and charts, create data models, and add interactivity.

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7 videos2 readings1 assignment

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4.8 (1,320 ratings)
Nicky Bull
Macquarie University
25 Courses1,344,328 learners
Dr Prashan S. M. Karunaratne
Macquarie University
28 Courses1,351,984 learners
Professor Yvonne Breyer
Macquarie University
24 Courses1,203,507 learners

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