The PC and Macintosh versions of this class are very similiar. This course may be taught using the version of Excel included with Office 98. This course introduces basic spreadsheet creation and concepts with the Excel program. Topics include text and numerical data entry, construction of formulas and simple functions, database basics, and creation of charts and graphs. This class is recommended for new Excel users, and for current users who have had their Excel spreadsheets set up for them.
Participants receive a copy of the course notes.
The course begins by using the creation of a course gradebook as a means of looking at some of the intermediate statistical and graphing functions in Excel. An understanding of basic statistical analysis would also be useful but is not required. Some of the topics to be covered include creating a new presentation, entering information, changing the background, adding graphics, inserting tables and charts from Word or Excel, and printing or displaying a presentation. Participants receive a copy of the course notes. The Macintosh version of this short course may be taught using the PowerPoint version included with Office 98.