Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Master the shortcuts and important modules of the Microsoft Excel Software
• Implement the advanced functions of the software, such as vertical and horizontal lookups and conditional operators
• Use Pivot Tables to facilitate data analysis
• Create user interfaces in Excel with buttons, lists, drop-down menus, etc.
• Write basic scripts in VBA to automate processes

Description
In most engineering work environments, the Microsoft Excel software is used as a spreadsheet to do simple calculations and create charts. But did you know that this software can do way more? Much more than a simple spreadsheet, the Microsoft Excel software comes with numerous powerful functions that can be used to facilitate the processing and analysis of data.

The most interesting and often overlooked aspect of Excel is VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), which is the programming language within Excel, that can be used to create sophisticated user interfaces and unlock the real processing power of Excel.

Students must bring their laptops. Please see the SPECIAL FEATURES and REQUIREMENTS section on our website.

Course Outline :

• Vertical and horizontal lookups
• Conditional operators: if, and, or
• Mathematical functions
• Filters, sorts, lists and tables
• Charts
• Pivot Tables
• Buttons, drop-down menus
• VBA: macros, forms, variables, loops

Who Should Attend
Anyone who works with Microsoft Excel: Engineers • Technologists • Technicians • Project Consultants • Managers • Analysts

Course Syllabus

I. Presentation of the Microsoft Excel Software

• Using the shortcuts
• Presentation of important modules

II. Advanced functions of the software

• Vertical and horizontal lookups
• Index and match
• Conditional operators: if, and, or
• Mathematical functions
• Filters
• Sorts
• Lists
• Tables

III. Charts

• Create charts
• Formatting charts

IV. Pivot Tables

• Create Pivot Tables
• How to customize them

V. User interfaces

• Buttons
• Drop-down menus
• Check boxes
• Forms

VI. VBA: Visual Basic for Applications

• Create macros
• Create functions, subs, forms
• How to execute code based on some actions
• Types of variables
• For/while/do while loops
• If/then/else functions