K2's Advanced Excel

K2's Advanced Excel

K2’s Advanced Excel

Course - K2's Advanced Excel

Major Topics

  • Collaboration and security techniques
  • Tables, data models, and PivotTables
  • Advanced formulas
  • Data queries
  • Creating effective visualizations

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify? and? implement? the? best?techniques? to? secure? sensitive? information? in? Excel? workbooks?and? collaborate with other users to improve accuracy and efficiency
  2. Create tables and take advantage of their advanced features, such as dynamic data ranges, structured reference formulas, and the ability to relate multiple tables together into a Data Model
  3. Import and link data into Excel from external sources – including text, Access, and SQL Server – and use advanced tools, such as Power Query and various cleanup tools to manipulate the data to meet specific needs
  4. Use advanced functions, such as SUMPRODUCT, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX, NETWORKDAYS, RAND, RANDBETWEEN, NPV, IRR, XNPV, and XIRR to create and audit complex formulas
  5. Analyze worksheet data using techniques such as Data Tables, Subtotals, Slicers, Filters, and PivotTables
  6. Describe techniques used to create, manipulate, and customize charts for analyzing and communicating information

Description

If you are an experienced Excel user seeking to elevate your skills, join the K2 team for K2’s Advanced Excel. In this laptop-friendly program, you will learn critical advanced Excel skills in six key areas: 1) collaborating with other users and securing workbooks, 2) using tables to analyze and report data, 3) integrating and manipulating data from external sources, 4) creating and auditing complex formulas, 5) advanced data analysis tools, and 6) visualization techniques to analyze and communicate information.

The course draws from over twenty-five years of experience delivering Excel training to accountants and other business professionals. Throughout the program, relevant, real-world examples reinforce the topics presented. Take advantage of this opportunity to become more efficient and proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, the tool of choice for accounting and financial professionals. This course covers advanced Excel topics found in Excel 2019 and newer.

Compliance Information

None Accounting, Computer Software and Applications 8 Credits November 2, 2022

Overview

If you are an experienced Excel user seeking to elevate your skills, join the K2 team for K2’s Advanced Excel. In this laptop-friendly program, you will learn critical advanced Excel skills in six key areas: 1) collaborating with other users and securing workbooks, 2) using tables to analyze and report data, 3) integrating and manipulating data from external sources, 4) creating and auditing complex formulas, 5) advanced data analysis tools, and 6) visualization techniques to analyze and communicate information.

The course draws from over twenty-five years of experience delivering Excel training to accountants and other business professionals. Throughout the program, relevant, real-world examples reinforce the topics presented. Take advantage of this opportunity to become more efficient and proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, the tool of choice for accounting and financial professionals. This course covers advanced Excel topics found in Excel 2019 and newer.

Course Details

  • Understanding the best types of visualizations to use in specific situations
  • Creating compelling visualizations using Excel
  • Adding interactivity to your Excel-based visualizations

  1. Identify the types of visualizations that you should use to communicate specific messages
  2. List the steps to creating compelling visualizations in Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
  3. Identify options for creating interactive visualizations
  4. Utilize Sparklines and Conditional Formatting to enhance visualizations in Excel
  5. Identify options for linking Excel-based data and visualizations into Word and PowerPoint

Intended Audience — CPAs and other accounting, financial, and business professionals who want to learn how to create more effective charts and visualizations in Excel

Advanced Preparation — None

Field of Study — Computer Software and Applications

Credits — 4 Credits

IRS Program Number

Published Date – November 2, 2022

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