Microsoft Excel 2003 Course Materials for IT Trainers
Intermediate Level Courseware Training Materials

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1. EXCEL 2003 - VIEWING WORKSHEETS

CUSTOMIZING VIEW OPTIONS

• Customizing the Excel window display
• Customizing the Comments View options
• Customizing the Objects View options
• Customizing the Worksheet View options

DISPLAYING AND CUSTOMIZING TOOLBARS

• Choosing a Toolbar
• Displaying Toolbars
• Customizing Toolbar Options
• Adding Commands to a Toolbar

HIDING WORKBOOKS AND WORKSHEETS

• Hiding a Workbook
• Hiding Worksheets
• Displaying hidden Workbooks
• Displaying hidden Worksheets

FREEZING PANES

• Freezing a horizontal pane
• Freezing a vertical pane
• Freezing horizontal and vertical panes
• Unfreezing panes

GROUPING AND UNGROUPING WORKSHEETS

• Grouping Worksheets
• To select all Worksheets
• To select several Worksheets
• Ungrouping Worksheets

2. EXCEL 2003 - MORE FORMATTING TECHNIQUES

USING STYLES

• Creating a new style
• Applying a style
• Changing the formatting of a style
• Removing a style from cells
• Deleting a style

CONDITIONAL FORMATTING

• Using conditional formatting
• Changing conditional formatting
• Deleting conditional formatting
• Finding cells with conditional formatting

USING THE FORMAT PAINTER

• Copying and applying cell formatting with the Format Painter
• Copying and applying column width or row height with the Format Painter
• Copying and applying cell formatting with the Format Painter
• Copying and applying the Format Painter in multiple locations

USING GUIDELINES

• Changing the color of the Gridlines
• Turning off the onscreen Gridlines
• Printing Gridlines

HIDING AND DISPLAYING CELLS

• Hiding Columns
• Hiding Rows
• Using the mouse to hide Columns
• Using the mouse to hide Rows
• Displaying hidden Columns
• Displaying hidden Rows
• Using the mouse to display hidden Columns
• Using the mouse to display hidden Rows

3. EXCEL 2003 - MORE FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS

USING THE SERIES COMMAND

• Using the Series Command
• Applying a list series
• Applying a numeric series
• Applying a basic numeric series
• Creating a custom list series

USING THE INSERT FUNCTION WIZARD

• Displaying the Insert Function wizard
• Choosing a function from the Insert Function wizard
• Entering Function Arguments in the Insert Function wizard

USING THE EXCEL FUNCTION CATEGORIES

• Using the Most Recently Used function category
• Using the Financial function category
• Using the Date & Time function category
• Using the Math & Trig function category
• Using the Statistical function category
• Using the Lookup & Reference function category
• Using the Database function category
• Using the Text function category
• Using the Logical function category
• Using the Information function category

CORRECTING FORMULAS

• Finding and correcting errors in Formulas
• Finding error values
• Correcting error values

USING THE FORMULA ERROR CHECKER

• Using the Formula error checker
• Rechecking ignored errors
• Customizing the Formula error checker

USING THE FORMULA AUDITING TOOLBAR

• Displaying the Formula Auditing toolbar
• Using the Formula Auditing toolbar
• Tracing Precedents
• Removing Precedent Arrows
• Tracing Dependents
• Removing Dependent Arrows
• Adding a new comment
• Evaluating Formulas one step at a time

USING THE WATCH WINDOW

• Using the Watch Window
• Adding a Watch to a cell
• Adding a Watch to all the cells with Formulas
• Displaying a cell in the Watch Window
• Deleting a Watch
• Hiding the Watch Window

4. EXCEL 2003 - DATABASE AND LIST MANAGEMENT

USING DATABASES

• Using the Excel database features
• Using database terminology

CREATING AND EDITING A DATABASE

• Creating an Excel database
• Working with an Excel database

SORTING A DATABASE

• Sorting data within a database
• Adding other sorting criteria

USING AUTOFILTERS

• Filtering data
• Filtering data with AutoFilter
• Specifying a conditional filter with AutoFilter
• Using the Top 10 AutoFilter
• Removing all AutoFilters

USING ADVANCED FILTERS

• Using Advance Filters
• Removing all Advanced Filters

WORKING WITH FILTERED DATA

• Manipulating Filtered Data
• Totaling fields within a filtered database list
• Creating Subtotals
• Remove Subtotals

USING DATA FORMS

• Using a Data Form
• Adding a new record
• Moving between records
• Finding records
• Editing a record
• Deleting a record
• Closing a Data Form

5. EXCEL 2003 - CHARTS

USING THE CHART WIZARD

• Using the Chart Wizard
• Selecting the Chart Type
• Specifying the Data Source
• Customizing the Chart
• Defining the Chart Location

USING THE CHART TOOLBAR

• Displaying the Chart toolbar
• Using the Chart toolbar
• Selecting a Chart
• Selecting Chart objects

WORKING WITH CHARTS

• Changing the Chart Type
• Adding data to a Chart
• Removing data from a Chart
• Moving a Chart
• Resizing a Chart
• Deleting a Chart

FORMATTING THE CHART

• Formatting the Chart Area
• Formatting the Chart Title
• Formatting the Plot Area
• Formatting the Axis
• Formatting the Axis Title
• Formatting the Legend
• Formatting the Gridlines
• Formatting the Data Series

6. EXCEL 2003 - DRAWING AND PICTURE OBJECTS

USING THE DRAWING TOOLBAR

• Displaying the Drawing toolbar
• Using the Drawing toolbar

WORKING WITH AUTOSHAPES

• Inserting an AutoShape object
• Drawing common objects
• Formatting AutoShape objects
• Selecting an object
• Changing the look of AutoShape lines
• Changing the look of AutoShape arrows
• Adding a shadow
• Applying the 3-D option
• Moving an object
• Copying objects
• Resizing an object

CREATING TEXT BOXES

• Creating a text box
• Editing text in a text box
• Resizing a text box
• Deleting a text box

ADDING PICTURES

• Inserting Clip Art
• Inserting a picture
• Using the Picture toolbar
• Moving a clip art or picture
• Copying a clip art or picture
• Resizing an object

LAYERING OBJECTS

• Layering objects

GROUPING AND UNGROUPING OBJECTS

• Grouping objects
• Ungrouping objects

7. EXCEL 2003 AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

CONVERTING FILES FROM OTHER APPLICATIONS

• Converting spreadsheets from other applications

COPYING DATA FROM ANOTHER APPLICATION

• Using the Office Clipboard
• Using Paste Special
• Using Paste Special with content from Excel
• Using Paste Special with content from other application
• Changing data to graphic objects

EMBEDDING AND LINKING OBJECTS

• Embedding data
• Embedding an existing document
• Linking data
• Creating a link to an existing file
• Linking data from Microsoft Word

USING HYPERLINKS

• Using Hyperlinks
• Creating a Hyperlink

MANAGING LINKS

• Updating Links
• Editing Links
• Checking the status of a Link
• Breaking Links

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