Advanced Excel Training Course
Duration :1 DayCost: From £220
Venues :Manchester | Birmingham | Online
Intermediate to Advanced Excel Training Course
Learn about Pivot Tables, templates, data control, drop downs, Vlookups, Macros, conditional formatting and other essential features on this Advanced Excel course.
Intermediate to Advanced Excel Course Introduction
Excel is an extremely powerful and versatile tool that enables easy data manipulation, process automation, and report generation to name a few.
On this course, you will learn to use some of Excel's more advanced and complex features. The course will show you how and when to use these features and functions to help you get the most of your data efficiently.
The course covers Excel 2010/2013/2016/2019 and 365 (Also Excel 2011 for Mac). You are welcome to bring along an Excel spreadsheet that you are working on.
Intermediate to Advanced Excel Course Topics
- Cell Styles, Tables & Conditional Formatting
- Protecting cells and workbooks
- Controlling user permissions
- When to use templates
- Creating and editing templates
- Control data that can be entered
- Create drop down lists
- Creating and using Vlookups
- Creating and using Pivot tables
- What are Macros
- Creating and using Macros
For a full course outline see the Course Outline tab on the menu below - or click here to download a PDF
Classroom & Online Advanced Excel Courses
Our 5-star rated Advanced Excel Courses are available online as well as in Manchester and Birmingham.
See the dates below for a public course or contact us for one to one or private courses.
Who Should Attend this Advanced Excel Training?
This course is designed for people who are currently using Excel within their work and have a good understanding of the basic data manipulations and formulas and want to expand on this.
You will have prior knowledge of Excel basics and are comfortable using Excel.
If you do not feel like you have enough knowledge of the basics of Excel take a look at our Beginners / Intermediate Excel Course
Why Choose M Training's Advanced Excel Training?
- Run by an experienced trainer
- This course is limited to 6 places so you are guaranteed personal support throughout the course
- From only £190 + VAT per delegate
- Convenient locations in central Manchester, Birmingham and online
- Course notes and support material provided
- Lunch and refreshments provided
- Certificate of achievement
- 5 Star Rated in Google Reviews
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6 No more than 6 delegates
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5 star rated courses
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Practice led learning
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3 month online support
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Lunch & refreshments provided
Select from the tabs below to find out more:
Advanced Excel Training Course Dates
Click on the location tabs to see the available dates for our public Advanced Excel Training Course for each city or Online
Online Advanced Excel Courses
Timings: Our online Advanced Excel public courses start at 9:30am and will finish around 4:30pm with plenty of breaks. Timings for private courses can be arranged to suit you.
Payment: Once booked an invoice will be sent which can be paid by Credit Card, via Bank Transfer or Cheque.
PRIVATE ONLINE COURSES
Our Online one-to-one and private group training in Advanced Excel are available from £220 + VAT (three hours) or £390 + VAT (6 hours).
KEY BENEFITS:
Highly Interactive: You will see the trainer, their screen, and be able to chat/ask questions.
Ongoing Support: After the course, you receive the course notes, certificate, and 3 months of online support.
Contact us if you want to book a private online Advanced Excel course
Click here for information about how our online Courses work
Classroom Based Courses
Timings: The Advanced Excel course starts at 9:30am and will finish around 4:30pm with 45 mins for lunch. Timings for private courses can be arranged to suit you.
Payment: Once booked an invoice will be sent which can be paid by Credit Card, via Bank Transfer or Cheque
Lunch & Refreshments: A great lunch and plenty of tea/coffee & biscuits are provided on all Advanced Excel public courses.
PRIVATE CLASSROOM COURSES
One-to-one and private group courses are available for Advanced Excel Training from £390 + VAT (Half Day) and £590 + VAT (Full Day)
These courses are ideal if you cannot make one of the set course dates or if you already know the basics and want something more specific.
After the course, you receive the course notes, certificate and 3 months online support.
More Information can be found on the Private Course Enquiry Tab (above) or call us on 0161 226 6032 or contact us
Private Advanced Excel Course
We are happy to run private Advanced Excel courses at your offices, at our Manchester office, or at a venue to suit you.
The course content can be adapted to suit your requirements. Our trainer will contact you to discuss what you are looking to achieve and the level of prior knowledge the delegates have.
Private Advanced Excel courses are ideal if you have a number of people to train, or you want a different course outline; or simply can't make the dates of the public scheduled courses.
Private Course Costs:
The cost of any private courses is dependent on the number of delegates, the location, the length of the course (Half Day to Two Days) and the degree of adaption of the course. The following are for guidance only:
Private one to one classroom-based courses are available from £590 plus VAT
Private Group Courses are available from £690 plus VAT
Online Private Advanced Excel Courses are available from £220 + VAT (3 hours) or £390 + VAT (6 hours).
To get a quote please complete the form below or call us on 0161 226 6032.
Private Advanced Excel Course Enquiry
Advanced Excel Course Outline
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Quick Recap of Useful Introduction Features
- Customising the quick access bar
- Basic formulas including AutoSum, Min, Max and Average
- Relative and absolute cell referencing
- Naming cells
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Analysing Data Using Pivot Tables
- Produce a pivot table
- Editing a pivot table’s data source
- Refreshing pivot table data
- Adding calculated fields
- Creating slicers
- Adding timelines (Office 2013 & above)
- Linking slicers to other pivot tables
- Filtering
- Calculating percentages from data using calculated fields
- Finding and taking care of blanks within a pivot table
- Producing pivot charts
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Excel Tables
- Converting an Excel range into an Excel table
- Using continuous formatting
- Freeze panes and quick selection
- Applying Slicers
- Finding Duplicates
- Converting back to Excel range
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Conditional Formatting
- Creating a conditional formatting rule
- Editing the rule
- Using Icon sets to format reports
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IF and Nested IF Function
- Performing calculation using a single-level IF Function
- Creating calculations using Nested IF function or IFS, dependant on the version.
- Understanding when to use IF and when to use VLookUp.
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VLookUp Tables
- Producing closest and exact match VLookUps
- How to control errors in VLookUp tables using IFNA/Error function
- Produce a HLookUp
- Perform calculations using Index/Match.
- Understand when to use VLookUp or IndexMatch.
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Macros
- Record a new macro
- Perform basic editing using VBA
- Add a macro to the quick access bar
- Save a workbook containing a macro
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Useful Functions
- Concatenate
- Left, Right, Trim and Proper
- Text to columns
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Data Validation
- Applying data validation rules to cells for continuity
- Adding drop-down arrows to cells for user selection
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Workbook Security
- Add a password to a workbook
- Protecting worksheets
- Protecting elements of a worksheet
- Finding cells containing formulas and protecting the contents
- Applying workbook security
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Linking Workbooks
- Create external links between books
- Edit links
- Break links
- Open source workbooks
Manchester
Our Manchester Venue:
All our Advanced Excel Manchester courses are run from 9.30am to 4.30pm at our head office:
Greenheys Business Centre
Manchester Science Park
Pencroft Way
Manchester
M15 6JJ
Public Transport/Parking:
Free visitor parking is available at car park at the front of Greenheys building.
Manchester Oxford Road Train Station - 15 min walk
Manchester Piccadilly Train Station - 30 min walk
Access
Please let us know in advance if you have any mobility issues and will need any assistance. Disabled parking is provided.
More Information about our Manchester training courses, along with a map, can be found on our Manchester Training Page
Birmingham
Our Birmingham Venue:
Our public Advanced Excel courses in Birmingham are usually ran 9.30am to 4.30pm at:
Innovation Birmingham Campus,
Faraday Wharf,
Holt Street,
Birmingham,
B7 4BB
Public Transport /Parking:
Parking is available at Faraday Wharf and is located on Love Lane off Holt Street. Please note that parking here is charged and subject to availability.
Both Birmingham Snow Hill and Birmingham Moor Street rail stations are situated just a short 15-minute walk away from the Innovation Birmingham Campus.
More Information about our Birmingham training courses, along with a map, can be found on our Birmingham Training page
Online
Because we only have 4 delegates on our online courses we can be flexible.
However, the standard timings for our Advance Excel online course are as follows:
9.15am | Sign in - to check everyone is up ad running on the software – and show them the tools available
9.30am | Start - First session
11.00am | 15 min break
11.15am | Second session
12.45am | 45 min break
1.30pm | Third session
3.00pm | 15 min break
3.15pm | Fourth session
4.30pm | Finish & Q&A
4.45pm | End
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