Course Specifications
Course number: 084030
Software: Microsoft® Office Excel® 2008
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
You followed traditional bookkeeping practices to store
transaction details in ledgers. It is quite a task to glean information from
these ledgers and perform calculations. You want to migrate the ledger data
to an electronic format so that the task of performing complex calculations
is easy. In this course, you will store data electronically, update it, and
run reports . You will also learn how to create charts, sort, and filter data.
Course Objective: You will create and edit basic Microsoft® Office Excel®
2008 worksheets and workbooks.
Target Student: This course is designed for people who already have knowledge of
Microsoft® Office 2000 or Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (or above),
and for those who desire to gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format,
and print basic Microsoft® Office Excel® 2008 worksheets.
Prerequisites: You should be familiar with personal computers. You should
be comfortable with the Macintosh environment and be able to use it to manage
information on the computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and
close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and, manage
files and folders. You should have completed the following courses or possess
equivalent knowledge:
- Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard): Introduction
- Mac OS X v10.3: Introduction
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student
and one for the instructor. Each computer should have the following minimum
hardware requirements:
- Mac computer with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 1.83 GHz,
a PowerPC G5, or a PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster) processor
- 512 MB RAM or more
- 10 GB hard disk or larger (at least 1.5 GB free hard disk
space for Office installation)
- DVD drive
- Keyboard and mouse or other pointing device
- 1024 x 768 resolution monitor (recommended)
- Network cards and cabling for local network access
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
- Printer (optional) or a printer driver
- Projection system to display the instructor’s screen
Platform Requirements
Software Requirements
- Microsoft® Office 2008 for Mac
- Mac OS X version 10.5 or later
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explore the Microsoft Office Excel 2008 environment and
create a basic worksheet.
- perform calculations.
- modify a worksheet.
- format a worksheet.
- print workbook contents.
- manage large workbooks.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Creating a Basic Worksheet
- Topic 1A: Explore the User Interface
- Topic 1B: Navigate and Select in Excel
- Topic 1C: Obtain Help
- Topic 1D: Enter Data and Save a Workbook
- Topic 1E: Customize Toolbars and Menus
- Lesson 2: Performing Calculations
- Topic 2A: Create Basic Formulas
- Topic 2B: Calculate with Functions
- Topic 2C: Copy Formulas and Functions
- Lesson 3: Modifying a Worksheet
- Topic 3A: Manipulate
Data
- Topic 3B: Insert and Delete Cells, Columns, and Rows
- Topic 3C: Search for Data in a Worksheet
- Topic 3D: Spell Check a Worksheet
- Lesson 4: Formatting a Worksheet
- Topic 4A: Modify Fonts
- Topic 4B: Add Borders and Colors to Cells
- Topic 4C: Change the Column Width and Row Height
- Topic 4D: Apply Number Formats
- Topic 4E: Position Cell Contents
- Topic 4F: Apply Cell Styles
- Lesson 5: Printing Workbook Contents
- Topic 5A: Print Workbook Contents Using Default Print Options
- Topic 5B: Set Print Options
- Topic 5C: Set Page Breaks
- Lesson 6: Managing Large Workbooks
- Topic 6A: Format Worksheet Tabs
- Topic 6B: Manage Worksheets in a Workbook
- Topic 6C: Manage the View of Large Worksheets