Advanced Office Applications specialized on Excel and Access

Course Overview/Objective

Course Objectives:

After completing this course participants will be able to-

  • Enhance expertise with sophisticated Excel features, formula, and data analysis tools;
  • Enhance expertise in design database and running queries & reports using Access;
  • Solve case studies and participate in diverse projects addressing real-world business difficulties;
  • Apply skills to solve real-world business challenges through hands-on projects and case studies.

Course Overview: 

Microsoft Excel: To perform calculations using mathematical formulas in Spread sheets, perform data analysis. Prepare a database system and easily calculate salary/grade using Spreadsheet and also to create formulas and use built-in functions to perform calculations and solve problems; Create PivotTables and to calculate, summarize, and analyze data for comparisons, patterns, and trends.

Microsoft Access: is a database management system that allows you to store, query, manipulate, and generally make sense of your data. You can also use Access to create and customize desktop and web-based applications. Enhance your data skills with courses that show you how to design tables, forms, reports, queries and macros.

Requirements

HSC/Equivalent

Course Project
N/A
Used Tools
Microsoft Excel and Access
Course Outline

Modules & Hours

Detailed Course Outline

Microsoft Excel

(60 Hours)

Formatting a Worksheet

Creating Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers, Adjusting Page Margins and Orientation, Adding Print Titles and Gridlines, rows to repeat at top of each page, Formatting Fonts & Values, Adjusting Row Height and Column Width, Changing Cell Alignment, Adding Borders, Applying Colors and Patterns

Using the Format Painter, Using AutoFormat, Merging Cells, Rotating Text, and using AutoFit, Using AutoFill.

Managing your workbooks

Switching Between Sheets in a Workbook, Inserting and Deleting Worksheets, Renaming and Moving Worksheets, protecting a Workbook, Hiding Columns, Rows and Sheets, Splitting and Freezing a Window, Inserting Page Breaks, Advanced Printing Options

Editing a Workbook

Entering Date Values and using AutoComplete, Editing, Clearing, and Replacing Cell Contents, Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Cells, Moving and Copying Cells with Drag and Drop, Collecting and Pasting Multiple Items, Using the Paste Special Command, Inserting and Deleting Cells, Rows, and Columns, Using Undo, Redo, and Repeat, Checking Your Spelling, Finding and Replacing Information, Inserting Cell Comments

Functions & Formulas

Creating a basic Formula, Calculating Value Totals with AutoSum, Editing & Copying Formulas, Fixing Errors in Your Formulas, Formulas with Several Operators and Cell Ranges

Working with the Forms Menu

Sorting, Subtotaling & Filtering Data, Copy & Paste Filtered Records, Using Data Validation

Creating & Working with Charts

Creating a Chart, Moving and Resizing a Chart, Formatting and Editing Objects in a Chart, changing a Chart's Source Data, changing a Chart Type and Working with Pie Charts, Adding Titles, Gridlines, and a Data Table, formatting a Data Series and Chart Axis, annotating a Chart, working with 3-D Charts, Selecting and Saving a Custom Chart, Using Fill Effects, Mapping Data, Modifying a Map.

Data Analysis & Pivot Tables

Creating a PivotTable, Specifying the Data a PivotTable Analyzes, changing a PivotTable's Calculation, Selecting What Appears in a PivotTable, Grouping Dates in a PivotTable, updating a PivotTable, Formatting and charting a PivotTable

Working with Other Programs

Inserting an Excel Worksheet into a Word Document, Modifying an Inserted Excel Worksheet Inserting a Linked Excel Chart in a Word Document, Inserting a Graphic into a Worksheet

Working with macros in Excel

Enable macros in excel, recording macro, Save excel workbook with macro, View/edit the code of macro, Run/execute a macro, executing macro using shape, executing macro using button, executing macro using ribbon, executing macro using VBA, Enabling the macro security settings

Function, Description

=AND, Returns TRUE or FALSE based on two or more conditions

=AVERAGE, Calculates the average (arithmetic mean)

=AVERAGEIF, Calculates the average of a range based on a TRUE or FALSE condition

=AVERAGEIFS, Calculates the average of a range based on one or more TRUE/FALSE conditions

=CONCAT, Links together the content of multiple cells

=COUNT, Counts cells with numbers in a range

=COUNTA, Counts all cells in a range that has values, both numbers and letters

=COUNTBLANK, Counts blank cells in a range

=COUNTIF, Counts cells as specified

=COUNTIFS, Counts cells in a range based on one or more TRUE or FALSE condition

=IF, Returns values based on a TRUE or FALSE condition

=IFS, Returns values based on one or more TRUE or FALSE conditions

=LEFT, Returns values from the left side of a cell

=LOWER, Reformats content to lowercase

=MAX, Returns the highest value in a range

=MEDIAN, Returns the middle value in the data

=MIN, Returns the lowest value in a range

=MODE, Finds the number seen most times. The function always returns a single number

=NPV, The NPV function is used to calculate the Net Present Value (NPV)

=OR, Returns TRUE or FALSE based on two or more conditions

=RAND, Generates a random number

=RIGHT, Returns values from the right side of a cell

=STDEV.P, Calculates the Standard Deviation (Std) for the entire population

=STDEV.S, Calculates the Standard Deviation (Std) for a sample

=SUM, Adds together numbers in a range

=SUMIF, Calculates the sum of values in a range based on a TRUE or FALSE condition

=SUMIFS, Calculates the sum of a range based on one or more TRUE or FALSE condition

=TRIM, Removes irregular spacing, leaving one space between each value

=VLOOKUP, Allows vertical searches for values in a table

=XOR, Returns TRUE or FALSE based on two or more conditions

 

Microsoft Access (30 Hours)

Access Basics

Introduction to Databases, Introduction to Objects, familiarizing with access environment including the Ribbon, backstage view, Navigation Pane, Document Tabs bar and Record Navigation bar, Open and close an access Database, Open, close and save objects.

Working with Data

Working with tables, Working with Forms, Sorting and Filtering Records, Retrieve and analyze Data.

Running Queries and Reports

Designing a simple query, Designing Multi-Table Query, Modify and Sort Query

Discovering Different Query Building Options, Creating Reports.

Design a Database

Create and Rearrange table fields, Set Validation Rules, character limits and Data types, Create and Modify Forms, Formatting Forms, Manage an access Database