In this module, you will learn the basics of using Excel's tools to create and maintain organized and normalized data as well as how to work efficiently with multiple worksheets. This module also introduces pivot tables.
What You Should Already Know
You should have taken the workshop Excel 2016: The Basics or have the equivalent skills. Specifically, you should already know how to:
- understand spreadsheet terminology
- create and modify Excel spreadsheets
- enter text or numeric data
- create formulas and functions
- create named ranges
- format worksheets
What You Will Learn
We will explore more advanced topics in today's workshop, and provide you with hands-on practice on how to:
- import and clean data
- specify data validation criteria
- use text functions to separate and concatenate text
- protect a worksheet
- use built-in and custom lists
- convert data to a table and work with table features
- sort and filter data
- create a simple PivotTable
- work with multiple worksheets and workbooks
What You Will Need to Use These Materials
To complete this module successfully, you will need:
- Microsoft Excel 2016
- a text editor (Notepad, Notepad++, TextEdit, TextWrangler,...)
- the exercise files, which will be in the upper right corner of the page if they are required
Finding Help
If you have computer-related questions not answered in these materials, you may look for the answers in the UITS Knowledge Base.
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