Course 084892
Microsoft Office Excel 2007:
Level 3 (Second Edition)

Price: $ 300.

Course Description

Length: One day. Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Your training in and use of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 has provided you with a solid foundation in the basic and intermediate skills for working in Excel. You have used Excel to perform tasks such as running calculations on data and sorting and filtering numeric data. In this course, you will extend your knowledge into some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities of Excel by automating some common tasks, applying advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborating on worksheets with others, and sharing Excel data with other applications.

Course Audience

This course was designed for students desiring to gain the skills necessary to create macros, collaborate with others, audit and analyze worksheet data, incorporate multiple data sources, and import and export data. In addition, the course is also for students desiring to prepare for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam in Excel 2007, and who already have knowledge of the basics of Excel, including how to create, edit, format, and print worksheets that include charts and sorted and filtered data.

Course Objective

You will automate some common Excel tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, collaborate on worksheets with others, and share Excel data with other applications.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Increase productivity and improve efficiency by streamlining your workflow
• Collaborate with others using workbooks
• Audit worksheets
• Analyze data
• Work with multiple workbooks
• Import and export data
• Use Excel with the web
• Structure workbooks with XML

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Level 1
• Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Level 2

Hardware Requirements:

For this course, you will need one computer for the classroom to run Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition that meets the following system requirements:

• Minimum 2GB of RAM is required. 2GB of RAM per server plus 5megabytes (MB) of RAM per mailbox is recommended.
• At least 1.2GB of available disk space on the drive on which you install Exchange
• An additional 500MB of available disk space is needed for each Unified Messaging (UM) language pack that you plan to install.
• 200MB of available disk space on the system drive
• DVD-ROM drive, local or network accessible
• VGA or higher video adapter and monitor
• Keyboard and Microsoft mouse or other input device

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components:

• A 1 GHz Pentium-class processor or faster
• Minimum 256 MB of RAM. Recommended 512 MB of RAM
• A 10 GB hard disk or larger
• You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for the Office installation
• A CD-ROM drive
• A mouse or other pointing device
• 1024 x 768 resolution monitor is recommended
• Network cards and cabling for local network access
• Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
• A projection system to display the instructor’s computer screen

OS Requirements:

Both:

• Windows XP Professional w/ SP2 , and
• Windows Server 2003 w/ SP1, Standard or Enterprise edition

Software Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1, Standard Edition
• Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
• Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0. For download information
• Windows PowerShell (for Exchange Management Shell)
• Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0
• Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2007

For computers that have the Client Access server role installed, you must also install the following components:

• World Wide Web Service
• Remote procedure call (RPC) over HTTP Proxy Windows networking component
• ASP.NET version 2.0.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Streamlining Workflow

• Topic 1A: Making a Macro
• Topic 1B: Editing a Macro
• Topic 1C: Applying Conditional Formatting
• Topic 1D: Adding Data Validation Criteria
• Topic 1E: Updating a Workbook's Properties
• Topic 1F: Modifying Excel's Default Settings

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Others

• Topic 2A: Protecting Files
• Topic 2B: Sharing a Workbook
• Topic 2C: Setting Revision Tracking
• Topic 2D: Reviewing Tracked Revisions
• Topic 2E: Merging Workbooks
• Topic 2F: Administering Digital Signatures
• Topic 2G: Restricting Document Access

Lesson 3: Auditing Worksheets

• Topic 3A: Tracing Cells
• Topic 3B: Troubleshooting Errors in Formulas
• Topic 3C: Troubleshooting Invalid Data and Formulas
• Topic 3D: Watching and Evaluating Formulas
• Topic 3E: Making a Data List Outline

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data

• Topic 4A: Making a Trendline
• Topic 4B: Making Scenarios
• Topic 4C: Performing What-If Analysis
• Topic 4D: Performing Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple Workbooks

• Topic 5A: Making a Workspace
• Topic 5B: Consolidating Data
• Topic 5C: Linking Cells in Different Workbooks
• Topic 5D: Editing Links

Lesson 6: Importing and Exporting Data

• Topic 6A: Exporting Excel Data
• Topic 6B: Importing a Delimited Text File

Lesson 7: Using Excel with the Web

• Topic 7A: Publishing a Worksheet to the Web
• Topic 7B: Importing Data from the Web
• Topic 7C: Making a Web Query

Lesson 8: Structuring Workbooks with XML

• Topic 8A: Developing XML Maps
• Topic 8B: Importing and Exporting XML Data

Appendix A: Microsoft Office Specialist Program

Microsoft Certification Exam:

77-602
Cost: $125
MS Certified Application Specialist Excel 2007

This course is one of a series of Element K courseware titles that addresses Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) skill sets. The Specialist program is for individuals who use Microsoftís business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more proficiency exams in order to earn Microsoft Certified Application Specialist certification.