Name: Excel: Understanding Excel's Basic Formulas
Overall Rating: 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings)
Category: All Learners
Duration: 1.00 hour(s)
Individual Fee: Free

Learn the basic Excel skills in one hour. 

  • Data entry
  • Opening, saving and closing files
  • Navigating within a worksheet
  • Learn the difference between relative and absolute cell references
  • Learn how to copy and paste formulas in Excel and apply autofill


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College of Lake County
19351 West Washington Street
Building E, Suite E186
Grayslake, IL 60030
United States
Do and Show: Important tasks or skills you will be able to perform and demonstrate to others.

Attendees will create and edit basic mathematical formulas. You will build formulas in Excel with function autocomplete or by typing them manually, while learning essential functions like SUM, MIN, MAX, AVERAGE and COUNT. You will also learn the difference between relative and absolute cell references as well as learning how to copy and paste formulas in Excel and apply autofill options.

Topics
  • Learn the Rules for Formulas
  • Rediscover the Order of Operation
  • Why Cell Referencing is Important
  • Discover Basic Calculations
  • Be Introduced to Functions and Autosum
  • Use SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, and COUNT
  • Use Autofill to Simplify Data Entry
  • Copy Formulas to Other Cells
  • Differentiate between Relative and Absolute References
SkillPrerequisiteExpected Outcome
Excel1 - BeginnerNot specified
Excel Formulas & Functions1 - BeginnerNot specified

Cathy Horwitz

Years of Experience:44+ years

Area of Expertise: Microsoft Office

Class Costs
Class ValueNo Charge
Individual Fee$0.00
Private Class Fee$0.00
4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings)

I Understand Basic Formulas! Tue, Feb 1, 2022
Great instructor!
Excel: Understanding Excel's Basic Formulas Mon, Jan 24, 2022
The course was very well. The instructor has deep knowledge of the subject and explains clearly and simply, very easy to understand. Thanks a lot.
Understanding Excel's Basic Formulas Thu, Jan 20, 2022
Kathy was very professional and patient. She explained each step and made sure the participants understood the step prior to moving on to the next one. I am interested in other Excel trainings she teaches. Thank you!
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