SP221 - Excel Data Manipulation (Half-Day)

Course Description

Excel provides several features to enhance navigation, organization, and data entry efficiency. Comments allow users to annotate spreadsheets with additional context or explanations, improving collaboration and documentation. The ability to tile views of multiple sheets and freeze panes ensures a seamless workflow by keeping important headings visible while scrolling. Tools like the Go To command help users quickly locate specific cells or highlight ranges, while custom lists streamline repetitive data entry by allowing predefined label sequences. Additionally, shifting cells within a spreadsheet prevents unnecessary disruptions to entire rows, and the Paste Special command offers flexibility in pasting data with specific formatting or values. Custom views allow for quick access to different spreadsheet layouts, while Data Validation ensures accuracy by restricting cell entries to predefined criteria.

In this class, you’ll learn how to enhance your efficiency and accuracy when working with data in Excel. You’ll explore tools like comments for better documentation, custom views for flexible layouts, and navigation aids such as the Go To command. You’ll also master time-saving features like custom lists, Paste Special, and cell shifting. Plus, you’ll gain control over data entry and formatting with techniques like freezing panes and applying data validation to maintain clean, organized spreadsheets.