Get to Know Excel
Get To Know Excel The Fun, Easy And Affordable Way!
If you’ve always battled with Microsoft Office’s Excel spreadsheet programme, you’ve probably also vowed that one day, you would get to know Excel – but haven’t don’t it yet. Why wait any longer? 31 Best of Excel is a South African company that is making it fun, easy and affordable to get to know Excel - and it is so much easier than you think.
Get to Know Excel with a Fast-track Course
31 Best of Excel is so named because we teach the 31 best Excel formulas. With these formulas, you will systematically learn everything you will ever need to know in order to master formula combinations, multiple formulas, macros and other advanced functions. Plus, the good news is that when you get to know Excel on one of our course, you also get to see how simple and fun it really can be.
What You Will Learn When You Get to Know Excel
Aside from running through basic Excel functions, such as ranges and fixing formula ranges, rows and columns; the developer tab and how to use it; how to switch automatic calculators on and off; protecting your worksheet and its functions and the use of dates to calculate days, weeks and months using the correct formats; the formulas we will teach you when you get to know Excel the ‘31 Best of Excel way’ include:
- lookup formulas (like autofilter, find and replace, vlookup, search)
- logical formulas (like or, if, and, iserror)
- formatting functions and formulas (like format painter, conditional formatting, paste special)
- reporting functions (sumif, pivottables, macros)
- text formulas (like left, right, mid, trim, concatenate, upper, lower, proper)
- others, including breaking links and testing formulas, as well as countif, max, min, average.
Excel Training Courses In Johannesburg Focusing On Formulas
Do you remember all the basic calculus and algebra terminology that you learnt in school? Most of us don’t and are surprised to find out that these are the principles that are contained in the optimal use of the Excel software training program. But don’t let it worry you if you have forgotten the meaning and application for these terms as there are plenty of different Excel training courses in Johannesburg that will give you a refresher on how to use these formulas.
However, it is important to keep in mind that these formulas are not often covered in basic or beginner Excel training courses in Johannesburg. Beginner courses will provide you with the necessary information on how to use the automated formulas and how to insert basic formulas in a specific cell. You will need to find an intermediate or even advanced excel training course to cover the use of formulas in a more comprehensive manner.
In any advanced excel training courses where the focal point is formulas it is important that you learn other features apart from just the meaning of the wide range of formulas that are available in Excel. The course material needs to teach you how to implement the different formulas and how to apply these to specific contexts. In addition the course material needs to provide you with skills on how to use these different formulas in conjunction with one another. Using formulas in conjunction with one another will give you a more efficient spreadsheet that is easier to use.
The course material covered in advanced excel training courses in Johannesburg is complex and involved and you may find that you have difficulty implementing what you have learnt once you have completed the course. Make sure that the course you have enrolled on provides you with reference materials that you can go to should you get stuck using any of the formulas or applications that you have acquired.
Also find out what type of refresher courses your Excel training provider in Johannesburg can offer you. These refresher courses are not as focused and the tutor or instructor may have time to cover any specific issues that you may be having in using the principles you have learnt. Alternatively, find out whether the training provider can supply you with a tutor on a one on one basis to give you the specific knowledge and skills that you may be struggling with in using Excel.
It is important to note here that the only real way to become proficient on Excel is to implement what you have learnt as often as you possibly can. This is especially true for any areas on Excel that you are struggling with. Remember that Excel comes with its own training manual in the form of Excel Help that should be able to assist you in solving most problems that you may be presented with. Practice makes perfect and the more you work in Excel, the more capable you will become and skills you will attain by way of Excel training courses in Johannesburg.
Contact us today to find out how knowledge becomes your friend when you opt for the ‘31 formula’ way to get to know Excel.
