Take your Excel skills to the next level with Excel Intermediate.

What you'll learn

Clean and standardize text data using functions.

Split and combine text data using various methods.

Format data as a table for improved organization.

Import data from various external sources efficiently.

Remove blank rows, cells, and duplicates to clean data.

Utilize Flashfill and CONCAT for data manipulation and joining.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Excel.

Understanding of basic Excel operations, including data entry, formatting cells, and simple formulas.

Access to Microsoft Excel 2021 (or similar versions with Get & Transform tools).

Description

**This course includes downloadable course instructor and exercise files to work with and follow along.**Welcome to Microsoft Excel Intermediate! This practical course will teach you essential techniques for cleaning and organizing your data, ensuring it's in the correct format for analysis and reporting. Data must often be cleaned before fully utilizing Excel's powerful tools like PivotTables and charts. Explore how to handle messy data, import data from various sources like text files and folders, and clean up issues such as blank rows, duplicates, and inconsistent text formatting.Understanding these data-cleaning techniques ensures your datasets are structured and ready for deeper analysis. You'll also learn to split and combine text data, adjust case and spaces, and use Excel's advanced functions like CONCAT and Flashfill. With a focus on efficiency, this training will help you save time and ensure accuracy when working with large datasets.Whether you're just starting or already familiar with Excel, you will be equipped with the skills to handle data more effectively. Join today and take your Excel proficiency to the next level, making your data management tasks more streamlined and error-free.By the end, you will learn how to:Clean and standardize text data using essential Excel functions.Split and combine text data with various built-in tools.Format and organize data as a table for improved structure.Import data from different external sources efficiently.Remove blank rows, cells, and duplicates to clean data.Utilize Flashfill and CONCAT for data manipulation and joining.This course includes:76 minutes of video tutorials11 individual video lecturesCourse and Exercise Files to follow alongCertificate of completion

Overview

Section 1: Prepare Data for Analysis

Lecture 1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 WATCH ME: Essential Information for a Successful Training Experience

Lecture 3 DOWNLOAD ME: Course Files

Lecture 4 DOWNLOAD ME: Exercise Files

Lecture 5 Importing Data into Excel

Lecture 6 Removing Blank Rows, Cells and Duplicates

Lecture 7 Changing Case and Removing Spaces

Lecture 8 Splitting Data using Text to Columns

Lecture 9 Splitting Data using Text Functions

Lecture 10 Splitting or Combining Cell Data Using Flashfill

Lecture 11 Joining Data using CONCAT

Lecture 12 Formatting Data as a Table

Lecture 13 Exercise

Lecture 14 Course Close

Beginners to intermediate Excel users familiar with basic Excel functions but want to level up their skills.,Data analyst and data professionals who want to improve their Excel data management skills.,Anyone looking to improve Excel skills whether for personal use or career growth.