Excel 2003 - Online Course

This series is designed for beginning and intermediate Excel users. This series teaches learners about creating and editing spreadsheets, what's new in the 2003 version, the Excel interface, navigating, editing, and working with text, values, and formulas, printing, formatting, creating charts and databases, and using images and hypertext in a spreadsheet.

This series is for anyone who wants to get the most out of using Excel 2003. This online course contains 7 lessons and should take approximately 26 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Getting Started (3.0) hours

Getting Started teaches you how to identify the parts of the Excel interface, start and exit Excel, use menus to execute commands, move around the workbook window, and search for help topics. This course provides an overview of the use of the Excel 2003 interface and new product features. Topics include What is Excel, Cells and worksheets, Opening Excel, Toolbars, The Formula bar and worksheet window, The Status bar, task panes, and scrolling, Moving in the worksheet, Using menus, Shortcut menus and dialog boxes, Getting help, and Online help and exiting Excel.

Lesson 2: Creating a Spreadsheet (4.0) hours

Creating a Spreadsheet teaches you how to input text, values, and formulas, edit data, use the speech and handwriting recognition features, use AutoCorrect, AutoFill, and AutoSum, and retrieve backup files following a system crash. This course shows you how to input data to an Excel spreadsheet. Topics include Data entry, Text and values, Fixed decimal places, Dates and formulas, Complex formulas, Editing cells, Speech recognition, Dictation and voice command, Handwriting and AutoComplete, Using AutoFill, Special symbols and shortcuts, Using functions, Using AutoSum, and Saving your worksheet.

Lesson 3: Formatting Data (3.0) hours

Formatting Data teaches you how to use AutoFormat, apply different number formats, change the size of rows and columns, change fonts and font sizes, modify the alignment of cell entries, and add borders, shading, and colors to cells. This course provides information about formatting the cells and tables of your Excel worksheets. Topics include Selecting cells, Using AutoFormat, Moving toolbars, Using the Format Cells dialog box, Dates and special numbers, Calibrating columns, Changing fonts, Altering the alignment, Altering cell appearances, and Patterns and format painter.

Lesson 4: Editing and Printing Worksheets (5.0) hours

Editing and Printing Worksheets teaches you how to find and open a workbook, edit a workbook, find and correct errors, prepare a workbook for printing, and print a workbook. This course provides the user with information on editing and printing worksheets in Excel 2003. Topics include Opening workbooks, Finding files, Using the Search task pane, Undo and redo, Editing with drag and drop, Copying formulas, Cut, copy, and paste, Deleting and inserting cells, Correcting errors, Print preview, Selecting print options, Page setup, Headers and footers, Setting sheet options, and Controlling page breaks and formulas.

Lesson 5: Managing Worksheets (4.0) hours

Managing Worksheets teaches you how to view information in a worksheet, insert comments, use Find and Replace, protect a worksheet, manage multiple worksheets, and create a summary worksheet. This course shows users how to view and manage information in a worksheet. Topics include Viewing worksheets, Headings, Comments, Assigning names, Find and replace, Researching and calculating, Protecting your work, Maintaining multiple worksheets, Editing multiple worksheets, Naming and arranging sheets, Manipulating worksheet windows, Comparing and copying worksheets, and Summary worksheets.

Lesson 6: Charts and Databases (4.0) hours

Charts and Databases teaches you how to create charts using Chart Wizard, insert clip art into a worksheet, create your own graphics, create a database, and manage a database. This course teaches the user how to add charts and graphics to worksheets, and how to create and manage databases using Excel 2003. Topics include Using the Chart Wizard, Editing charts, Changing the chart options, Adding images, WordArt and organizational charts, Grouping and hiding images, Creating a database, Adding e-mail and Web addresses, Viewing and finding records, Sorting records, Using AutoFilter, and Custom AutoFilters.

Lesson 7: Hypertext and Tips (3.0) hours

Hypertext and Tips teaches you how to add hyperlinks to Excel worksheets, follow and edit hyperlinks, save static and interactive Web pages in Excel, edit Web pages, and send Excel workbooks in e-mail. This course provides information about the Web functions available in Excel. Topics include Adding hyperlinks to a workbook, Following hyperlinks, Editing hyperlinks, Saving a static Web page, Interactive Web pages, Interactive databases and charts, Editing Web pages, Saving and sending worksheets, Top ten features, Top ten beginner basics, and Ten commandments of Excel 2003.