Microsoft® Office Excel® 2021: Part 1
Organizations the world over rely on information to make sound decisions regarding all manner of affairs. But with the amount of available data growing on a daily basis, the ability to make sense of all of that data is becoming more and more challenging. Fortunately, this is where the power of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2021 can help. Excel can help you organize, calculate, analyze, revise, update, and present your data in ways that will help the decision makers in your organization steer you in the right direction. It will also make these tasks much easier for you to accomplish, and in much less time, than if you used traditional pen-and-paper methods or non-specialized software. This course aims to provide you with a foundation for Excel knowledge and skills, which you can build upon to eventually become an expert in data manipulation.
This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help you prepare for the Excel Associate (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-200 and Excel Expert (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-201 certifications.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to create and develop Excel worksheets and workbooks in order to work with and analyze the data that is critical to the success of your organization.
You will:
- Get started with Microsoft Office Excel 2021.
- Perform calculations.
- Modify a worksheet.
- Format a worksheet.
- Print workbooks.
- Manage workbooks.
To ensure success, students will need to be familiar with using personal computers and should have experience using a keyboard and mouse. Students should also be comfortable working in the Windows® 10 environment and be able to use Windows 10 to manage information on their computers. Specific tasks the students should be able to perform include: opening and closing applications, navigating basic file structures, and managing files and folders. To obtain this level of skill and knowledge, you can take either one of the following United States Career Campus courses:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Second Edition)
- Microsoft® Windows® 10: Transition from Windows® 7
For this course, you will need one workstation for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
- 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
- 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 25 GB available disk space
- DirectX 10 graphics card and a 1,024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor (1,024 × 768 resolution or higher monitor recommended)
- Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
- Network cards and cabling for local network access
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
- Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
- Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Lesson 1: Getting Started
with Excel 2021
Topic A: Navigate the
Excel User Interface
Topic B: Use Excel
Commands
Topic C: Create and
Save a Basic Workbook
Topic D: Enter Cell
Data
Topic E: Use Excel
Help
Lesson 2: Performing
Calculations
Topic A: Create
Worksheet Formulas
Topic B: Insert
Functions
Topic C: Reuse
Formulas and Functions
Lesson 3: Modifying a
Worksheet
Topic A: Insert,
Delete, and Adjust Cells, Columns, and Rows
Topic B: Search for
and Replace Data
Topic C: Use Proofing
and Research Tools
Lesson 4: Formatting a
Worksheet
Topic A: Apply Text
Formats
Topic B: Apply Number
Formats
Topic C: Align Cell
Contents
Topic D: Apply Styles
and Themes
Topic E: Apply Basic
Conditional Formatting
Topic F: Create and
Use Templates
Lesson 5: Printing
Workbooks
Topic A: Preview and
Print a Workbook
Topic B: Set Up the
Page Layout
Topic C: Configure
Headers and Footers
Lesson 6: Managing Workbooks
Topic A: Manage
Worksheets
Topic B: Manage
Workbook and Worksheet Views
Topic C: Manage
Workbook Properties
Appendix A: Mapping Course
Content to Excel Associate (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-200
Appendix B: Mapping Course
Content to Excel Expert (Office 365 and Office 2021): Exam MO-201
Appendix C: Microsoft®
Office Excel® 2021 Common Keyboard Shortcuts
Appendix D: Adding Borders
and Colors to Worksheets
Appendix E: Basic Excel Customization