Microsoft® Office Excel® 2010: Level 3
Course Specifications
Course number: 084578
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will automate some common Excel tasks, apply advanced analysis techniques to more complex data sets, troubleshoot errors, collaborate on worksheets, and share Excel data with other applications.

Target Student: This course was designed for students desiring to gain the skills necessary to create macros, collaborate with others, audit and analyze worksheet data, incorporate multiple data sources, and import and export data. 

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend that you first take the following Element K courses or have equivalent knowledge: 
•	Microsoft® Office Excel® 2010: Level 1 
•	Microsoft® Office Excel® 2010: Level 2 
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and the instructor. Each computer should have the following minimum hardware configuration: 
•	A 1 GHz Pentium-class processor or faster. 
•	A minimum of 256 MB of RAM. (512 MB of RAM is recommended.) 
•	A 10 GB hard disk or larger. You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for the Office installation. 
•	A CD-ROM drive. 
•	A keyboard and mouse or other pointing device. 
•	A 1024 x 768 resolution monitor. 
•	Network cards and cabling for local network access. 
•	Internet access. 
•	A printer (optional) or an installed printer driver. 
•	A projection system to display the instructor’s computer screen. 
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
•	Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2010 Edition. 
•	Microsoft® Office Suite Service Pack 1. 
•	Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2. 
•	Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Client. 

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	enhance productivity and efficiency by streamlining the workflow. 
•	collaborate with other workbook users. 
•	audit worksheets. 
•	analyze data. 
•	work with multiple workbooks. 
•	import and export data. 
•	integrate Excel data with the web. 
•	structure workbooks with XML. 
Course Content
Lesson 1: Streamlining Workflow

Topic 1A: Update Workbook Properties 
Topic 1B: Create a Macro 
Topic 1C: Edit a Macro 
Topic 1D: Apply Conditional Formatting 
Topic 1E: Add Data Validation Criteria 

Lesson 2: Collaborating with Other Users

Topic 2A: Protect Files 
Topic 2B: Share a Workbook 
Topic 2C: Set Revision Tracking 
Topic 2D: Review Tracked Revisions 
Topic 2E: Merge Workbooks 
Topic 2F: Administer Digital Signatures 
Topic 2G: Restrict Document Access 

Lesson 3: Auditing Worksheets

Topic 3A: Trace Cells 
Topic 3B: Troubleshoot Invalid Data and Formula Errors 
Topic 3C: Watch and Evaluate Formulas 
Topic 3D: Create a Data List Outline 

Lesson 4: Analyzing Data

Topic 4A: Create a Trendline 
Topic 4B: Create Sparklines 
Topic 4C: Create Scenarios 
Topic 4D: Perform a What-If Analysis 
Topic 4E: Perform a Statistical Analysis with the Analysis ToolPak 

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple Workbooks

Topic 5A: Create a Workspace 
Topic 5B: Consolidate Data 
Topic 5C: Link Cells in Different Workbooks 
Topic 5D: Edit Links 
Lesson 6: Importing and Exporting Data

Topic 6A: Export Excel Data 
Topic 6B: Import a Delimited Text File 

Lesson 7: Integrating Excel Data with the Web

Topic 7A: Publish a Worksheet to the Web 
Topic 7B: Import Data from the Web 
Topic 7C: Create a Web Query 

Lesson 8: Structuring Workbooks with XML

Topic 8A: Develop XML Maps 
Topic 8B: Import and Export XML Data