Excel - Lists and Tables - A Beginner's Guide to Managing List-Based Data
Learn to import, sort, filter and clean list-based data in Excel with Flash Fill and duplicate removal, and turn plain lists into structured tables.
Speaker
Mike Thomas
Excel trainer · The Excel Trainer · IT trainer since 1989
Overview
Excel is more than a calculator. This Excel lists and tables training for beginners shows how to organize and manage list-based data such as employee rosters, inventories and course catalogs.
You'll start with sorting and filtering, then move on to more advanced ways to work with your lists. The session covers importing data from other databases into Excel, keeping it accurate and updating it easily.
You'll also sort lists alphabetically, numerically or by date, filter to show specific entries, split a list across several columns, remove duplicate entries and understand why converting a list into an Excel table makes it easier to manage.
Why attend: If you look after list-based data in Excel, using the right techniques saves time and keeps your data clean. This session brings together best practices and useful Excel features so you can manage lists faster and with fewer mistakes. It suits Excel users at any level, especially those on Excel 2010 or later, with demonstrations in a recent version of Excel.
What’s covered
- Importing list-based data into Excel from external sources
- Sorting lists alphabetically, numerically or by date
- Filtering to focus on specific records with targeted criteria
- Using Flash Fill to generate lists quickly through pattern recognition
- Reformatting single-column lists into multiple columns
- Removing duplicate entries
- Why and how to convert lists into structured tables
Who should attend
What you get
About the speaker
Mike has worked in the IT training business since 1989 where his expertise and experience covers designing, delivering training courses, writing training materials and recording and editing video-based tutorials. Although he is a subject matter expert in a range of Microsoft technologies and has worked extensively with Mac OSX and Mac-related software since 2006; however, his passion is for all-things-Excel and in 2012 he founded the website theexceltrainer.co.uk
Mike is a Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute and has worked with and for a large number of global and UK-based companies and organizations across a diverse range of sectors. In addition to training, he designs and develops Microsoft Office-based solutions that automate key business tasks and processes.
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