Excel 2003: Charting and Organizing Data

Course specifications

Course number: 074 221

Software version number: 2003

Course length: 1 day

Hardware/software required to run this course

A 233 MHz Pentium-class processor if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system. 300 MHz is recommended.

A 133 MHz Pentium-class processor if you use Windows 2000 Professional as your operating system.

128 MB of RAM.

A 5 GB hard disk or larger if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB of free hard-disk space available for the Office installation.

A 3 GB hard disk or larger if you use Windows 2000 Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB of free hard-disk space available for the Office installation.

A floppy disk drive.

A mouse or other pointing device.

An 800 x 600 resolution monitor.

Network cards and cabling for local network access.

A printer (optional).

A projection system to display the instructor’s computer screen.

Either Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 3.

Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003.

Course description

Overview: Students will learn the skills and concepts necessary to create charts and to use the list-management capabilities of Excel 2003.

Prerequisites: To ensure students’ success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following

Element K Content courses or have equivalent knowledge:

Delivery method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.


Excel 2003: Charting and Organizing Data

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Sort information in a list by using the Data, Sort command.

Locate and manage information in a list that meets specified conditions by using the Advanced Filter feature.

Create charts that graphically represent worksheet data.

Modify charts.

Customize charts by applying formatting.

Enhance worksheets and charts by using the drawing tools to add graphic objects.


Excel 2003: Charting and Organizing Data

Course content

Lesson 1: Sorting data

Single-level sorting

Multiple-level sorting

Sorting options

Design considerations

Lesson 2: Filtering data

Filtering a list

Custom criteria

Multiple-condition criteria

Managing a filtered list

Lesson 3: Creating charts

Creating a chart sheet

Creating an embedded chart

Comparing chart sheets with embedded charts

Lesson 4: Modifying charts

Chart types

Modifying embedded charts

Adding and deleting chart items

Moving and sizing chart items

Lesson 5: Formatting a chart

Formatting chart text

Formatting labels

Formatting the chart

Printing a chart sheet

Lesson 6: Using graphic objects

Adding graphic objects

Formatting graphic objects

Using graphic objects to enhance worksheets and charts

Creating a diagram

Appendix A: Additional topics

Database functions

External databases and queries

Excel Web pages and the Internet or an intranet

Appendix B: New Features in Office 2003

New Features