Course Description
In this course, author and Excel expert David H. Ringstrom, CPA, guides you through essential techniques to streamline and enhance your Excel experience. David begins by showing you how to use the F4 key to toggle between absolute and relative references, making formula adjustments quick and efficient. He then dives into assigning names to key input cells and demonstrates the “Create Names from Selection” feature to simplify referencing ranges. He also covers the LET and UNIQUE functions, exclusive to Excel 2021 and later, which quickly make dynamic calculations and filter unique values. Other topics include creating Excel tables, navigating with the Name Box and Go To Special, and converting tables back to normal ranges, Additionally, David addresses common pitfalls like the #SPILL! error, ensuring you’ll leave with practical knowledge to confidently tackle Excel challenges.
David is the author of Exploring Microsoft Excel's Hidden Treasures: Turbocharge your Excel proficiency with expert tips, automation techniques, and overlooked features. He demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Excel for Microsoft 365. David draws your attention to any differences in Excel 2021, 2019 or 2016 during the course and in his detailed handouts. The handouts include an Excel workbook with most of the examples he uses during his demonstrations.
Excel for Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based product that receives periodic feature updates. Conversely, perpetually licensed versions have year numbers in their names and do not receive any feature updates.
Who should attend: Professionals seeking to use Microsoft Excel more effectively.
Level: Intermediate
Topics typically covered:
- Troubleshooting the #SPILL! error that can arise in certain circumstances regarding dynamic array formulas in Excel 2021 and Microsoft 365.
- Crafting self-resizing formulas with the new Spilled Range Operator in in Excel 2021 and Microsoft 365.
- Assigning names to cells to streamline formulas and bookmark key inputs within a workbook.
- Using the Name Box in to navigate to any Excel table and then using Go To Special to return to the previous location.
- Saving time writing formulas by choosing named ranges with the Use In Formula command.
- Creating bookmarks and nicknames for key inputs by way of the Create Names from Selection feature.
- Using a keyboard shortcut so you’ll never have to manually type $ signs in a formula again.
- Learning how the Table feature empowers you to improve the integrity of Excel spreadsheets.
- Preventing dynamic arrays from resizing by using wrapper functions.
- Removing the Table feature from a worksheet if it’s no longer needed.
- Exploring Python cell references in Excel.
- Streamline formula writing with by creating nicknames for repetitive values with the LET function in Microsoft 365.
Learning objectives:
- Identify and differentiate between relative, absolute, and mixed cell references in Excel.
- Recall the location of the Name Manager command within Excel's ribbon interface.
- Recognize the correct usage of the spilled range operator in Excel.
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