Excel - A Beginner's Guide to Formulas

Excel is an essential tool for anyone who works with data, from entry-level employees to seasoned professionals. Knowing how to use Excel formulas can help you streamline your work, increase accuracy, and save time.
This training is designed for beginners, so you don't need any prior experience with Excel or formulas to attend. You will leave the session with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of Excel formulas and the confidence to use them in your work.

• Creating basic formulas: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication
• Using parentheses in formulas - the what and why
• Copying a formula - the gotchas you need to know about
• Make formulas logical and understandable by assigning names to your important cells
• Speed up your work by using the SUM, AVERAGE and COUNT functions

• Are you new to Excel and struggling to understand formulas?
• Are you tired of manually calculating data in Excel spreadsheets?
• Do you want to learn how to use Excel formulas to streamline your work and save time?
• If so, this online training session is the perfect solution for you

Think of any scenario that involves addition, subtraction, division or multiplication and that's where you'd use a formula. In addition to building formulas, the session will introduce you to Functions which are built-in formulas that have been programmed to perform a specific calculation. They can often be used to shorten and simplify what would otherwise be a long-winded manually-entered formula.

• This training is perfect for beginners who are new to Excel or have limited experience with formulas. Whether you are a student, professional, or simply looking to improve your Excel skills, this training is for you
• The training will be delivered using the latest version of Excel for Windows however all of the functionality is also available to users of earlier versions of Excel

Mike has worked in the IT training business since 1989 where his expertise and experience covers designing, delivering training courses, writing training materials and recording and editing video-based tutorials. Although he is a subject matter expert in a range of Microsoft technologies and has worked extensively with Mac OSX and Mac-related software since 2006; however, his passion is for all-things-Excel and in 2012 he founded the website theexceltrainer.co.uk

Mike is a Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute and has worked with and for a large number of global and UK-based companies and organizations across a diverse range of sectors. In addition to training, he designs and develops Microsoft Office-based solutions that automate key business tasks and processes.