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Contact:

Sue Melton 
ASU Continuing Education and Community Outreach 
kmelton@astate.edu 
870-972-3052 

When

Thursday February 10, 2014 at 5:30 PM CDT
-to-
Thursday February 24, 2014 at 8:30 PM CDT

This class meets on Monday nights only for 3 weeks.

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Where

ASU Continuing Education and Community Outreach 
330 University Loop Circle
Jonesboro, AR 72450 

 
Driving Directions 

Parking
Approaching Arkansas State University from Stadium, turn right or left onto Johnson Avenue, turn left at the second light onto Caraway Road.  Turn right into the parking garage, where visitor parking is available.  Visitor parking marked with a "V".

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Instructor

Cindy Bode
Cindy Bode provides the computer support for the College of Education at Arkansas State University. Originally from the Kansas City area, she received a BA in Economics from Kansas State University in 1983. She is a Microsoft Certified Master Instructor and was an instructor at the New Horizons Computer Learning Center in Overland Park and adjunct faculty at Longview Community College in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. She enjoys reading, helping her husband (and their four-year-old) work on their racecar and trying to not kill her plants.

Intermediate Microsoft Excel

Students will learn how to use multiple worksheets and workbooks efficiently, and they will start working with more advanced formatting options including styles, themes, and backgrounds. They will also learn how to create outlines and subtotals, how to create and apply cell names, and how to work with tables. Students will save workbooks as Web pages, insert and edit hyperlinks, and learn to share workbooks by email. This course also covers advanced charting techniques, use of trendlines and sparklines, worksheet auditing and protection, file sharing and merging, and workbook templates. Finally, students will learn to work with PivotTables and PivotCharts. Course manual comes with CertBlaster exam prep software (download).

This course will help students prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist core-level exam for Excel 2010 (exam 77-882) and the Microsoft Office Specialist Expert exam for Excel 2010 (exam 77-888). For comprehensive certification training, students should complete the Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced courses for Excel 2010.

Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Using multiple worksheets and workbooks
Topic A: Using multiple workbooks
Topic B: Linking worksheets with 3-D formulas
Topic C: Linking workbooks
Topic D: Managing workbooks

Unit 2: Advanced formatting
Topic A: Using special number formats
Topic B: Using functions to format text
Topic C: Working with styles
Topic D: Working with themes
Topic E: Other advanced formatting

Unit 3: Outlining and subtotals
Topic A: Outlining and consolidating data
Topic B: Creating subtotals

Unit 4: Cell and range names
Topic A: Creating and using names
Topic B: Managing names

Unit 5: Tables
Topic A: Sorting and filtering data
Topic B: Advanced filtering
Topic C: Working with tables

Unit 6: Web and sharing features
Topic A: Saving workbooks as Web pages
Topic B: Using hyperlinks
Topic C: Sharing workbooks

Unit 7: Advanced charting
Topic A: Chart formatting options
Topic B: Combination charts
Topic C: Graphical elements

Unit 8: Documenting and auditing
Topic A: Auditing features
Topic B: Comments in cells and workbooks
Topic C: Protection
Topic D: Workgroup collaboration

Unit 9: Templates and settings
Topic A: Changing application settings
Topic B: Using built-in templates
Topic C: Creating and managing templates

Unit 10: PivotTables and PivotCharts
Topic A: Working with PivotTables
Topic B: Rearranging PivotTables
Topic C: Formatting PivotTables
Topic D: Using PivotCharts