Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 4

Course Specifications

Course number: 084068
Software: Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
 

Course Description

You are a relatively proficient user of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007, and you now wish to take advantage of the advanced features and techniques used in Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007. Excel has many tools and functions that help you in analyzing varied data to make decisions having large scale implications on profitability, be it in the domain of sales, project management, credit, equities, futures, options, currency, and so on. In this course, you will use the advanced features of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 to attain a high degree of proficiency as an Excel power user.

Course Objective: You will use the advanced features of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 to attain a high degree of proficiency as an Excel power user.

Target Student: This course is designed for advanced Microsoft Office Excel professionals who may work or be interested in the domain of finance, statistics, project analysis, and market analysis including the fields of micro- and macro-economics.

Prerequisites: Excel 2007 knowledge, including how to create, edit, format, and print worksheets that include charts and sorted and filtered data is required. You should also know how to write and edit simple formulas. To ensure your success, we recommend the following Element K courses, or equivalent knowledge:

• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 1

• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 2

• Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007: Level 3

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• forecast data using functions.
• analyze data using the data analysis tools in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
• make investment decisions using the financial functions in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
• examine data using math functions in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
• manipulate data using text and information functions in Microsoft Office Excel 2007.
• create templates and work with the advanced chart options.
• manage data in Excel workbooks.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Manipulating Data Using Statistical and Lookup Functions

Topic 1A: Forecast GDP Using Statistical Functions

Topic 1B: Evaluate Sales Data Using Statistical Functions

Topic 1C: Analyze Stock Data Using Statistical Functions

Topic 1D: Mine Data Using the Lookup and Reference Functions
 

Lesson 2: Analyzing Data Using Data Analysis Tools

Topic 2A: Analyze Sales Data Using Descriptive Statistics

Topic 2B: Analyze Time Series Data Using Exponential Smoothing

Topic 2C: Analyze Data Using Regression

Topic 2D: Identify Beta Value of a Security

Topic 2E: Analyze Sector Data Using Correlation and Covariance Matrix

Topic 2F: Optimize Stock Portfolio Using Solver
 

Lesson 3: Working with Data Using Financial Functions

Topic 3A: Develop an Investment Schedule Using Financial Functions

Topic 3B: Make Investment Decisions Using Financial Functions
 

Lesson 4: Examining Data Using Math Functions

Topic 4A: Analyze Sales Data Using Math Functions

Topic 4B: Calculate Stock Returns Using Math Functions

Topic 4C: Aggregate GDP Data Using Math Functions
 

Lesson 5: Manipulating Data Using Text and Information Functions

Topic 5A: Manipulate Data Using Text Functions

Topic 5B: Validate Data Using Information Functions
 

Lesson 6: Working with Templates and Charts

Topic 6A: Create Advanced Templates

Topic 6B: Create Advanced Charts
 

Lesson 7: Managing Data in Workbooks

Topic 7A: Retrieve and Paste Data

Topic 7B: Determine the Conditional Sum

Topic 7C: Identify Specific Data Using the Lookup Wizard

Topic 7D: Clean Data in Workbooks

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