Excel Training Courses Scotland | Half-Day

Our half-day Microsoft Excel courses, from 9:30 am to 12:45 pm. These are in person for a more personalised and focused learning experience and held in our comfortable training room at Perth Airport. These sessions provide hands-on instruction tailored to your needs, ensuring you gain practical skills in a short time.

Excel Training for Beginners 

Our half-day course on Excel for Beginners is designed for those who are new to Excel or looking to refresh their basic skills. This session will introduce you to the core features and functionalities of Excel, helping you build a solid foundation.

Exploring Excel

  • Creating a new workbook
  • Navigating the ribbon
  • Features of a sheet

Formatting data and cells

  • Formatting numbers and text
  • Colouring data and cells
  • Wrapping, shrinking & merging cells & using indents

Working with Data

  • Moving & copying data
  • Auto & series fill
  • Find and replace text

Printing & Page Set Up

  • Previewing and printing
  • Page Setup / Orientation / Scaling / Margins

Working with Columns & Rows

  • Hide & unhide columns & rows
  • Insert & delete columns & rows
  • Row & column width

Using Large Spreadsheets

  • Zoom in and out
  • Freeze row & columns
  • Split screen

Basic Formulas

  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying & dividing formulas

Basic Functions

  • Autosum, average, count, max, min

Sorting & Filtering Data

Introduction to Conditional Formatting

Excel Training for Administrators

Our half-day course is tailored specifically for professionals in administrative roles who rely on Excel for daily tasks. In this session, we'll focus on practical techniques and tips that will streamline your workflow, improve your data management skills, and enhance your productivity.

Exploring Excel

  • Customising the ribbon
  • Using templates

Basic Formulas

  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying & dividing

Basic Functions

  • Autosum, average, count, max & min

Managing Workbooks

  • Formatting & worksheet techniques
  • Page set-up and print options

Working with Data

  • Sorting (2 or more fields) / custom sorts
  • Auto filtering & filter function
  • Filling data quickly

Tables

  • Creatingandeditingtables

Data Validation

  • Dropdownmenus
  • Basicdatavalidation&errormessages

Absolute cell referencing & named cells

  • Absolute (using $ in a formula)
  • Namedcells

Introduction to the IF Function

Basic Conditional Formatting

Basic Pivot Tables

Excel Training For Data Analysis

Our half-day course on Excel for Data Analysis is designed for professionals who already use Excel but would like to deepen their skills in using formulas and functions to extract meaningful insights from data.

Summarising Data

  • Using subtotal
  • Using3Dformulas
  • Usingtheconsolidatefunction
  • Using the filter function

Formulas & Functions

  • IF, Nested IF, IFS, IF Error
  • Switch function
  • Using AND / OR within functions
  • CountIF/SumIF/AverageIF
  • SumIFS/CountIFS
  • Lookup Functions
  • Date & Time Functions

Advanced Conditional Formatting

  • New rule with AND / OR / IF functions
  • Highlighting entire rows
  • From a dropdown list

Analysing Data with Pivot Tables

  • Pivot field settings
  • Filtering onto separate worksheets
  • Creating additional tables from PT
  • Summarising data (sum, average etc)
  • Show values as (diff from, % of etc)
  • Sorting data & calculated fields
  • Pivot table chart
  • Slicers in pivot tables
  • Intro to Power Pivot & Power Query

Using Chat GPT / AI in Excel