Capital Business Machines Excel 2007 Level 1 - Basic

Excel 2007 Basic-Level 1

Excel 2007 Basic teaches the basic functions and features of Excel 2007. After an introduction to spreadsheet terminology and Excel's window components, students will learn how to use the Help system and navigate worksheets and workbooks. Then they will enter and edit text, values, formulas, and pictures, and they will save workbooks in various formats. Students will also move and copy data, learn about absolute and relative references, and work with ranges, rows, and columns. This course also covers simple functions, basic formatting techniques, and printing. Finally, students will create and modify charts, and learn how to manage large workbooks.

Designated as Approved Courseware for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist program, this course will help students prepare for the Excel 2007 exam (70-602). For comprehensive certification training, students should complete Excel 2007: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced.

Course Length

1 day

Prerequisites

Windows XP: Basic or Windows Vista: Basic or equivalent experience

Topics

Unit 1: Getting started

Topic A: Spreadsheet terminology

Topic B: Exploring the Excel window

Topic C: Getting help

Topic D: Navigating workbooks

Unit 2: Entering and editing data

Topic A: Entering and editing text and values

Topic B: Entering and editing formulas

Topic C: Working with pictures

Topic D: Saving and updating workbooks

Unit 3: Modifying a worksheet

Topic A: Moving and copying data

Topic B: Moving and copying formulas

Topic C: Absolute and relative references

Topic D: Inserting and deleting ranges, rows, and columns

Unit 4: Using functions

Topic A: Entering functions

Topic B: AutoSum

Topic C: Other useful functions

Unit 5: Formatting worksheets

Topic A: Formatting text

Topic B: Formatting rows and columns

Topic C: Formatting numbers

Topic D: Conditional formatting

Topic E: Copying formats and applying table formats

Unit 6: Printing

Topic A: Preparing to print

Topic B: Page Setup options

Topic C: Printing worksheets

Unit 7: Creating charts

Topic A: Chart basics

Topic B: Modifying charts

Topic C: Printing charts

Unit 8: Managing large workbooks

Topic A: Viewing large worksheets

Topic B: Printing large worksheets

Topic C: Using multiple worksheets