MO-201: Excel Expert Certification

Excel 2019 Expert Certification MO-201 Course Description

Excel 2019 Expert Certification course will prepare you to demonstrate you have the skills needed to get the most out of Excel by earning the Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert Certification. This course covers your skill for topics related to the exam with creating, managing, and distributing professional spreadsheets for a variety of specialized purposes and situations.

Course Topics

Manage workbook options and settings

• Manage workbooks
• Copy macros between workbooks
• Reference data in other workbooks

Enable macros in a workbook

• Manage workbook versions
• Prepare workbooks for collaboration
• Restrict editing
• Protect worksheets and cell ranges

Protect workbook structure

• Configure formula calculation options
• Manage comments
• Use and configure language options
• Configure editing and display languages
• Use language-specific features

Manage and format data

• Fill cells based on existing data
• How to fill cells by using Flash Fill
• Fill cells by using advanced Fill Series options
• Format and validate data
• Create custom number formats
• Configure data validation

Group and ungroup data

• Calculate data by inserting subtotals and totals
• Remove duplicate records
• Apply advanced conditional formatting and filtering
• Create custom conditional formatting rules
• Create conditional formatting rules that use formulas

Manage conditional formatting rules

• Create advanced formulas and macros
• Perform logical operations in formulas
• Perform logical operations by using nested functions including the IF(), IFS(), SWITCH(), SUMIF(), AVERAGEIF(), COUNTIF(), SUMIFS(), AVERAGEIFS(), COUNTIFS(), MAXIFS(), MINIFS(), AND(), OR(), and NOT() functions
• Look up data by using functions
• Look up data by using the VLOOKUP(), HLOOKUP(), MATCH(), and INDEX() functions
• Use advanced date and time functions
• Reference date and time by using the NOW() and TODAY() functions
• Calculate dates by using the WEEKDAY() and WORKDAY() functions
• Perform data analysis
• Summarize data from multiple ranges by using the Consolidate feature
• Perform what-if analysis by using Goal Seek and Scenario Manager

Forecast data by using the AND(), IF(), and NPER() functions

• Calculate financial data by using the PMT() function
• Troubleshoot formulas
• Trace precedence and dependence
• Monitor cells and formulas by using the Watch Window
• Validate formulas by using error checking rules
• Evaluate formulas
• Create and modify simple macros
• Record simple macros
• Name simple macros
• Edit simple macros

Manage advanced charts and tables

• Create and modify advanced charts
• How to Create and modify dual-axis charts
• Create and modify charts including Box & Whisker, Combo, Funnel, Histogram, Map,

Sunburst, and Waterfall charts

• Create and modify PivotTables
• Create PivotTables
• Modify field selections and options
• Create slicers
• Group PivotTable data
• Add calculated fields
• Format data
• Create and modify
• Create PivotCharts
• Manipulate options in existing PivotCharts

Apply styles to PivotCharts

• Drill down into PivotChart details