Excel 101: Spreadsheet Basics

Live Webinar or Recording

December 18, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Eastern

If Excel spreadsheets are new to you, or if you haven’t used a spreadsheet in years, this webcast is just what you need. Excel expert David Ringstrom begins with the basics and takes you through the process of building functional spreadsheets and then working with them efficiently and effectively.

David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based product that provides new feature updates as often as monthly. Conversely, the perpetual licensed versions of Excel have feature sets that don't change. Perpetual licensed versions have year numbers, such as Excel 2021, Excel 2019, and so on.

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• Bringing Excel’s green error-checking prompts under control by managing the underlying rules.
  
• Copying formulas efficiently down one or more columns at the same time.
  
• Discerning the nuance of entering text into worksheet cells.
  
• Getting oriented with Excel’s grid of rows and columns.
  
• Handling situations where numbers are presented as # signs on-screen and in Print Preview.
  
• Jump-starting spreadsheet projects using free, prebuilt templates in Excel.
  
• Learning about the different types of files you can create in Excel.
  
• Learning the nuances of copying formulas within Excel spreadsheets.
  
• Managing column widths within your spreadsheets.
  
• Mastering Excel’s order of operations for mathematical formulas.
  
• Navigating large workbooks with ease by way of a hidden menu as well as keyboard shortcuts.
  
• Preventing errors from the start by choosing from thousands of free Excel spreadsheet templates.
  

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• Recall how to skip confusing menus by way of time-saving mouse tricks and keyboard shortcuts.
  
• Apply the structural basics of Excel worksheets and workbooks.
  
• List basic data-analysis techniques.
  

Guest Speaker: David H. Ringstrom, CPA - Accounting Advisors Inc.

Level: Basic

Format: Live Webcast

Field of Study: Computer Software & Applications

Event Venue

Online