Excel Essentials

Date: 21 22 March 2016 | Investment: $380 | Location: Crowne Plaza

Most professionals use Microsoft Excel on a daily basis for number crunching but have
not received formal training on use of the software. This results in underutilisation of
excel and results in many professionals spending more hours working in Excel than
desired. This two (2) day practical course, is packed with Excel Essentials which every
professional must know.
Course Content
Overview of Excel: Excel workspace including the Backstage, Navigation, File
Management, Functionality
Cell Referencing: Absolute, Mixed and Relative
Naming Cells and Ranges: Creating, Using and Referencing Named Ranges
Tables: Creating, Modifying and Working with a table
Modifying a worksheet and developing a workbook: Add and edit data, Linking
worksheets within a workbook, Order of Calculation
Formatting: Formatting Cell, Conditional Formatting, Cell Styles, Format Painter
Data Validation: Types of Validation, Create Validations, Drop Down list, Linking to
named ranges, Validation Messages.
Charts: Setting up and Selecting Data, Creating a Chart, Chart Types, Modifying charts.
Formulas & Functions: Function Wizard, IF function, Date and Time Functions, Text
Function
What to bring: Laptop installed with Microsoft Office 2010 or later version
Who Should Attend
Every Excel User who has not received
any formal training? Self taught user
will find a number of concepts to learn.

Facilitated by

Tel: 04 304 407

Email: info.zimbabwe@accaglobal.com

Advanced Excel
Date: 30 March 1 April 2016 | Investment: $450 | Location: Crowne Plaza

Many times we are stuck in the office trying to manipulate data and come up with
reports. Microsoft Excel has quicker ways to find solutions by taking advantage of the
built-in functions available in Excel. Save time by learning these functions and tools.
This three (3) days course is full of practical examples.
Course Content
Customising Excel: Customising your Excel settings, Displaying the Developer tab ,
Setting up the Quick Access Toolbar
Logical Functions: AND() ,OR() , IF ,Nesting and combining IF AND & OR
Lookup Functions: LOOKUP ,VLOOKUP ,HLOOKUP , INDEX ,MATCH , OFFSET
Dynamic Naming of cells and Ranges
Summing and Counting: SUM, COUNT , COUNTA , SUMPRODUCT , SUBTOTAL ,
SUMIF , COUNTIF , SUMIFS
Error Management Formula : Types of errors and error handling formulas
Spreadsheet Risk: Spotting common errors , Excel auditing tools , Tracing relationships
Embedding and Linking: Interacting with Word and PowerPoint
Sharing and Protection: Sharing workbooks , Protecting worksheets and workbooks ,
Protecting VBA code
An Introduction to VBA: Developer Toolbar , Recording Macros , Visual Basic Editor ,
Variables ,Useful examples
What to bring: Laptop installed with Microsoft Office 2010 or later version
Who Should Attend
Accountants & Bankers
Risk Managers
Accounting Officers
Finance Managers & Analysts
Facilitated by

Tel: 04 304 407

Email: info.zimbabwe@accaglobal.com