In this hands-on course, we’ll show you how to use Microsoft Project to schedule and manage projects both large and small. Set up projects, add and link tasks, assign resources, fix scheduling issues, deal with resource conflicts, and track project progress.
This course teaches the basics of creating, editing, and sharing presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint. You will learn how to build a slideshow from scratch, or leverage PowerPoint templates and themes for quick construction. We’ll show you how to add and edit text, images, graphs, video, and animation; format slides for consistency; and add speaker notes to ensure a smooth delivery.
In this class, you will learn to send and receive e-mail, to work with contacts, calendars, task lists, notes, and the journal. You will connect to your social media, cloud, and other mail accounts and we’ll give you tips on how to quickly and efficiently read, organize and send your mail.
This one-day course teaches you the basics of work books and work sheets. You will learn how to enter and format data, text, and formulas; how to use pre-defined functions for basic calculations; and how to avoid errors. You will also learn how to organize and manage lists and tables (including sorting, filtering, and analyzing).
With this intermediate Excel course you’ll really ramp up your productivity. Using robust formulas and surprisingly simple techniques, you will be slicing and dicing to discover the power of data analysis. You’ll create Pivot Tables, build fully functional financial dashboards, and complete relevant exercises. At this level, Excel is an eye-opener.
Are you an advanced Excel user? Do you need to consolidate data from several worksheets, work with external data, or perform What-IFs? Would you like to learn how to use macros or create rolling charts? This two-day course will teach you all that and a whole lot more with sought-after techniques and formulas. Where the entire class is using Excel 365 or later, you will be introduced to the exciting new Dynamic Array formulas.
No matter where your data comes from – whether it’s a small or very large data set – you can connect, clean, analyze, and share your data faster using Power Query. This course guides you through the essentials of data extraction and transformation, teaching you to seamlessly integrate data from multiple sources and transform the time-consuming chore of data preparation into an efficient, automated process.
Dynamic Arrays are the most significant enhancement to Excel in years. Traditional array formulas (one formula, multiple results) have always been possible but they’re complicated and cumbersome to use, and usually require careful replication. New functions you will learn include: XLOOKUP, UNIQUE, FILTER, and SORT. Now, with Dynamic Arrays, formulas are simpler and easier to manage, and they usually require no replication at all. Dynamic Arrays are available to users of Excel 365 or later.
Pivot Tables – one of the most powerful features of Excel – allow large amounts of data to be summarized and analyzed with just a few mouse clicks, and without any formulas. You'll be able to drag and drop fields directly into a Pivot Table to change your report layout to whatever you want, whenever you want. This one-day workshop culminates in building a sophisticated, yet uncomplicated dashboard that communicates financial information with power and ease you never thought possible.
Forecasting is a valuable tool in business planning. It allows you to reliably predict company performance, trends, etc. Forecasting applies to expenses as well as revenues, and can provide a clearer understanding of future profits and losses. Ultimately, business forecasting enables better decision-making. Historical data is analyzed to detect patterns which helps to predict future performance.
