Microsoft Excel 365 Courseware – Foundation

Excel 365 Foundation Training Materials

Getting Started With Excel 365

• Starting Excel 365
• Selecting the Blank Worksheet Template
• The Excel 365 Cell Referencing System
• Entering Numbers and Text
• Default Text and Number Alignment
• Summing a Column of Numbers
• Entering a Date
• Worksheets and Workbooks
• Saving a Workbook to Your Hard Disk
• Closing a Workbook
• Creating a New Workbook
• Opening a Workbook
• Opening a Recently Used Workbook
• Pinning Files and Folders
• Switching between Workbooks
• Saving a Workbook Using another Name
• Saving a Workbook Using a Different File Type
• Getting Help within Excel 365
• Searching For Help
• The Help ‘Table of Contents’
• Printing a Help Topic
• Alt Key Help
• Using Other Excel Templates

Excel 365 Selection Techniques

• Why Are Selection Techniques Important?
• Selecting a Cell
• Selecting a Range of Connecting Cells
• Selecting a Range of Non-Connecting Cells
• Selecting the Entire Worksheet
• Selecting a Row
• Selecting a Range of Connecting Rows
• Selecting a Range of Non-Connected Rows
• Selecting a Column
• Selecting a Range of Connecting Columns
• Selecting a Range of Non-Connecting Columns
• Recommended Techniques When Creating or Editing Lists

Manipulating Rows and Columns within Excel 365

• Inserting Rows into a Worksheet
• Inserting Columns into a Worksheet
• Deleting Rows within a Worksheet
• Deleting Columns within a Worksheet
• Modifying Column Widths
• Modifying Column Widths Using ‘Drag and Drop’
• Automatically Resizing the Column Width to Fit Contents
• Modifying Row Heights

Manipulating Cells and Cell Content within Excel 365

• Copying a Cell or Range Contents within a Workbook
• Deleting Cell Contents
• Moving the Contents of a Cell or Range within a Workbook
• Editing Cell Content
• Undo and Redo
• Copying Data between Worksheets (Within the Same Workbook)
• Moving Data between Worksheets (Within the Same Workbook)
• Moving Data Worksheets (Between Different Workbooks)
• Copying Data between Worksheets (In Different Workbooks)
• AutoFill
• Copying a Data Range Using AutoFill
• Sorting a Cell Range
• Searching and Replacing Data

Excel 365 Worksheets

• Switching between Worksheets
• Renaming a Worksheet
• Recommended Techniques with Naming Worksheets
• Inserting a New Worksheet
• Deleting a Worksheet
• Copying a Worksheet within a Workbook
• Moving a Worksheet within a Workbook
• Copying or Moving Worksheets between Workbooks

Font Formatting within Excel 365

• Font Formatting Options
• Font Type
• Font Size
• Bold, Italic, Underline Formatting
• Cell Border Formatting
• Formatting the Background Color
• Formatting the Font Color

Alignment Formatting within Excel 365

• Horizontally Aligning Contents in a Cell Range
• Centring a Title over a Cell Range
• Cell Orientation
• Text Wrapping within a Cell
• Aligning Cell Contents Vertically
• Format Painter

Number Formatting within Excel 365

• Number Formatting
• Decimal Point Display
• Applying and Removing Comma Style Formatting (To Indicate Thousands)
• Currency Symbol
• Date Styles
• Percentages

Freezing Row and Column Titles

• Freezing Row and Column Titles

Excel 365 Formulas

• Creating Formulas
• The Easy Way to Create Formulas
• Copying Formulas
• Operators
• Using Operators in Formulas
• Formula Error Messages
• Relative Cell Referencing within Formulas
• Absolute Cell Referencing within Formulas

Excel 365 Functions

• What Are Functions?
• Common Functions
• Sum Function
• Average Function
• Max Function
• Min Function
• Count Function
• The Counta Function
• The Countblank Function
• What Are ‘If Functions’?
• Using the If Function

Excel 365 Charts

• Inserting a Column Chart
• Inserting a Line Chart
• Inserting a Bar Chart
• Inserting a Pie Chart
• Resizing a Chart
• Deleting a Chart
• Chart Title or Labels
• Changing the Column, Bar, Line or Pie Slice Colors in a Chart
• Modifying the Legend Fill Color
• Changing the Chart Type
• Modifying Charts Using the Layout Tab
• Copying and Moving Charts within a Worksheet
• Copying and Moving Charts between Worksheets
• Copying and Moving Charts between Workbooks

Customising Excel 365

• Modifying Basic Excel Options