Microsoft Excel for Mac - Advanced
Microsoft Excel for Mac - Advanced
Skills you’ll gain
Have some experience with Excel and want to improve your skills, or taken our Basic Excel for Mac course? This online course will help you learn intermediate and advanced Excel techniques. Supports Excel for Mac 2016. Also available: Excel Advanced (PC).
In 25 engaging lessons you will learn how to find a value with VLOOKUP, create and format Pivot Tables, record basic Macros and more.
Whether you use Excel for work or study, these tutorials will help you on your journey to becoming an Excel Ninja! Learn more about how a GoSkills Excel certification can boost your career.
Video tutorials are recorded in Microsoft Excel for Mac 2016.
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Syllabus
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1
Formula Auditing Learn to work with formula auditing tools including tracing precedent and dependent cells and formula evaluation. 4m
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Temporal Functions Learn to work with the EOMONTH and EDATE functions that easily shift dates from one month or year to another. 4m
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VLOOKUP with Approximate Match Learn to use VLOOKUP to find an approximate match and return it or the corresponding value from another column. 5m
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VLOOKUP with Exact Match Learn to use VLOOKUP to find an exact match and return it or the corresponding value from another column. 5m
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Other Lookup Methods Learn to work with INDEX, MATCH and HLOOKUP, as alternatives to the VLOOKUP function. 5m
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Naming Ranges Learn about creating named ranges, and the benefits of doing so. 5m
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Excel Tables Learn about creating Excel tables, and their advantages. 5m
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Recording Macros Learn to record basic Excel macros to automate your actions (instead of doing them manually). 6m
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Creating PivotTables Learn to create and modify basic PivotTables (for quickly summarizing and highlighting data). 5m
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Formatting PivotTables Learn to control formatting and other options in PivotTables. 6m
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Calculated Fields in PivotTables Learn to create and modify basic calculated fields for PivotTables. 4m
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What-If Analysis Learn to perform what-if analysis in Excel using the Scenario Manager and Goal-Seek. 4m
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Outlining Learn about adding and working with Excel’s outlining tools to quickly hide irrelevant sections of your worksheet. 4m
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Custom Number Formats Learn to build your own custom number formats to display dates, values and variances how you want to see them. 5m
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Conditional Formats with Built-In Rules Learn to create top/bottom and highlight cell rules, as well as to apply icon sets and data bars. 5m
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Conditional Formats with Custom Rules Learn to create custom conditional formatting rules based on formulas. 5m
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Building Combination Line and Area Charts When you want to graph 3 line series, but only want 2 in focus most of the time. 5m
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Data Validation Learn how to use Data Validation to ensure that users enter valid data in input cells. 5m
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Data Validation Lists Use to restrict users ability to enter invalid data in cells by providing them with a drop down list of valid options. 5m
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Styles Learn how to apply built-in number styles and create your own custom styles packages. 5m
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Custom Views Learn how to create and manage Custom Views in a worksheet. 4m
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Page Setup Options Learn about page setup options, fitting print jobs on a page, headers and footers, and other ways to customize print jobs. 5m
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Security Considerations Learn about the setup and weaknesses of Excel’s security systems. 5m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Ken Puls
Ken Puls is a globally recognized authority in Microsoft Excel, Power Query, and Power BI, with over two decades of hands-on experience in accounting, IT, and business intelligence systems. His career began in public practice accounting and industry, where he served as both Controller and IT Director, leading numerous system implementations and designing custom business intelligence solutions from the ground up.
Ken’s deep technical expertise is matched by a passion for teaching and community engagement. He has authored several acclaimed books, including RibbonX – Customizing the Office 2007 Ribbon, Power Query Recipes, and Master Your Data with Power Query in Excel and Power BI. His writing reflects a clear, practical approach to solving real-world data challenges.
Ken Puls
Excel MVP
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How GoSkills helped Chris
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