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Microsoft Excel’s Date and Time

Computation Essentials

DURATION: 4 hours 

Prerequisites

This course requires basic knowledge in Excel. Knowledge in basic logical functions are recommended.

Course Description 

Course Description 

Most records consist of dates and times that need further process and computation. Without the knowledge of date and time computations/functions, it will be difficult to get durations, check expiration, monitor delays, produce date-based reports, tracking, compute spreadsheet payrolls and etc... 

 

This Virtual Class course on Microsoft Excel is intended for participants who has basic knowledge in Excel and want to go beyond the spreadsheet capabilities. Excel is mostly about the numerical data, but at times you can come across the data which has too much text and that is the time when Text Functions in Excel will help you to simplify the things easily. When it comes to calculating dates in Excel, DATE is the most essential function to understand. Conditional Formatting is the best way to format cells based on a condition or criteria enabling us easily identify our data.

Course Objectives

 At the end of this course, the participant should be able to:      

               

  1. Utilize commonly used Text Function in Excel such as CONCATENATE, LEFT, RIGHT MID, SUBTITUTE, UPPER, LOWER TEXT, CLEAN, TRIM, and TEXT.

  2. Compute Date/Time computations and use functions such as DATE, TODAY, NOW, DAY, MONTH, YEAR, WEEKNUM, DATEDIF, WORKDAY, NETWORKDAYS, HOUR, MINUTES, SECONDS.

  3. Apply Conditional formatting using basic and advance rules.

  4. Insert and Modify Charts in Excel.

Course Content

Lesson 1:  TEXT FUNCTIONS in MS EXCEL

  • CONCATENATE, LEFT, RIGHT, MID

  • SUBSTITUTE, UPPER, LOWER, PROPER

  • CLEAN, TRIM, TEXT

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Lesson 2:  DATE COMPUTATIONS AND FUNCTIONS in MS EXCEL

  • Date and Time Entry and Formatting in cells

  • Date Computations

  • YEAR, MONTH, DAY, DATE, TODAY, and NOW Functions

  • WORKDAY, NETWORKDAYS, DATEDIF

  • Time Computations

  • HOUR, MINUTES, SECONDS, TIME

  • TIMEVALUE

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Lesson 3: Conditional formatting

  • Apply Basic Conditional Formatting rules

  • Customize an advanced formatting rule

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Lesson 4: Inserting charts

  • Prepare Data and Visual Chart

  • Different Chart Types

  • Insert and Modify Charts

  • New Chart Types in MS Excel

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Who Should Join

Experienced users who want to maximize their learning and further improve their ability in Formulas and Analysis in MS Excel. This also targets people who really work heavily in MS Excel and want to discover a faster and reliable way of dealing with huge amount of records and reports.

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