Excel 2013 MOS Certification Training

It's time to make a better you. Start by getting your Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification in Excel 2013. Looking to carry a bit more weight on your belt? Take our two day Excel 2013 MOS Expert training course. Registration forms can be found at the bottom of this page. Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

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Excel MOS Certification

Excel 2013 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification Training

• Live-Remote
  
• 1 Day
  
• $495
  

This course is aimed at professionals who want to receive their Excel 2013 MOS Certification. This training course teaches students the basic functions of Microsoft Office Excel 2013 to create and manage worksheets and workbooks, insert data in cells and ranges as well as format the cells and ranges, use formulas and functions, and create charts and visuals to analyze data. Students who complete this course will have reviewed all the exam objectives to prepare for Microsoft Excel 2013 Exam 77-420.

Course Objectives

Create and manage worksheets and workbooks

• Create worksheets and workbooks
  
  • Creating new blank workbooks; creating new workbooks using templates; importing files; opening non-native files directly in Excel; adding worksheets to existing workbooks; copying and moving worksheets
    
• Navigate through worksheets and workbooks
  
  • Searching for data within a workbook; inserting hyperlinks; changing worksheet order; using Go To; using Name Box
    
• Format worksheets and workbooks
  
  • Changing worksheet tab color; modifying page setup; inserting and deleting columns and rows; changing workbook themes; adjusting row height and column width; inserting watermarks; inserting headers and footers; setting data validation
    
• Customize options and views for worksheets and workbooks
  
  • Hiding worksheets; hiding columns and rows; customizing the Quick Access toolbar; customizing the Ribbon; managing macro security; changing workbook views; recording simple macros; adding values to workbook properties; using zoom; displaying formulas; freezing panes; assigning shortcut keys; splitting the window
    
• Configure worksheets and workbooks to print or save
  
  • Setting a print area; saving workbooks in alternate file formats; printing individual worksheets; setting print scaling; repeating headers and footers; maintaining backward compatibility; configuring workbooks to print; saving files to remote locations

 Create cells and ranges

• Insert data in cells and ranges
  
  • Appending data to worksheets; finding and replacing data; copying and pasting data; using AutoFill tool; expanding data across columns; inserting and deleting cells
    
• Format cells and ranges
  
  • Merging cells; modifying cell alignment and indentation; changing font and font styles; using Format Painter; wrapping text within cells; applying Number format; applying highlighting; applying cell styles; changing text to WordArt
    
• Order and group cells and ranges
  
  • Applying conditional formatting; inserting sparklines; transposing columns and rows; creating named ranges; creating outline; collapsing groups of data in outlines; inserting subtotals

Create tables

• Create a table
  
  • Moving between tables and ranges; adding and removing cells within tables; defining titles
    
• Modify a table
  
  • Applying styles to tables; banding rows and columns; inserting total rows; removing styles from tables
    
• Filter and sort a table
  
  • Filtering records; sorting data on multiple columns; changing sort order; removing duplicates

Apply formulas and functions

• Utilize cell ranges and references in formulas and functions
  
  • Utilizing references (relative, mixed, absolute); defining order of operations; referencing cell ranges in formulas
    
• Summarize data with functions
  
  • Utilizing the SUM function; utilizing the MIN and MAX functions; utilizing the COUNT function; utilizing the AVERAGE function
    
• Utilize conditional logic in functions
  
  • Utilizing the SUMIF function; utilizing the AVERAGEIF function; utilizing the COUNTIF function
    
• Format and modify text with functions
  
  • Utilizing the RIGHT, LEFT and MID functions; utilizing the TRIM function; utilizing the UPPER and LOWER functions; utilizing the CONCATENATE function

Excel MOS Expert Certification

Excel 2013 Expert Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification Training

• Live-Remote
  
• 2 Days
  
• $995
  

This course is aimed at professionals who want to receive their Excel 2013 Expert MOS Certification. This training course teaches students how to use the intermediate and advanced features of Excel to manage workbook changes, apply custom formats and layouts, create advanced formulas, and create advanced charts and tables including PivotTables and PivotCharts. Students who complete this course will have reviewed all the exam objectives to prepare for Microsoft Excel 2013 Expert Exams 77-427 and 77-428.

Course Objectives

Manage and share workbooks

• Manage workbook changes
  
  • Track changes, manage comments, identify errors, troubleshoot with tracing, display all changes, retain all changes
• Manage multiple workbooks
• Modify existing templates, merge multiple workbooks, manage versions of a workbook, copy styles from template to template, copy macros from workbook to workbook, link to external data

Apply custom formats and layouts

• Apply advanced conditional formatting and filtering
  
  • Write custom conditional formats, use functions to format cells, create advanced filters, manage conditional formatting rules
    
• Prepare a workbook for internationalization and accessibility
  
  • Modify tab order among workbook elements and objects, display data in multiple international formats, modify worksheets for use with accessibility tools, utilize international symbols, manage multiple options for +Body and +Heading fonts
    
• Apply custom data formats
• Create custom formats (Number, Time, Date), create custom accounting formats, use advanced Fill Series options
• Apply custom styles and templates
• Create custom color formats, create and modify cell styles, create and modify custom templates, create form fields

Create advanced formulas

• Look up data with functions
  
  • Utilize the LOOKUP function, utilize the VLOOKUP function, utilize the HLOOKUP function, utilize the TRANSPOSE function
    
• Apply advanced date and time functions
  
  • Utilize the NOW and TODAY functions, use functions to serialize dates and times
    
• Apply functions in formulas
• Utilize IF function in conjunction with other functions, utilize AND/OR functions, utilize nested functions, utilize SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFs, and COUNTIFS functions
• Create scenarios
• Utilize the watch window, consolidate data, enable iterative calculations, utilize What If analysis tools (including Goal Seek), utilize the Scenario Manager, use financial functions

Create advanced charts and tables

• Create advanced chart elements
  
  • Add trendlines to charts, create dual axis charts, create custom chart templates, view chart animations
    
• Create and manage PivotTables
  
  • Create new PivotTables, modify field selections and options, create a slicer, group records, utilize calculated fields, format data, utilize PowerPivot, manage relationships
    
• Create advanced charts and tables
• Create new PivotCharts, manipulate options in existing PivotCharts, apply styles to PivotCharts

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