Microsoft Excel: Introduction to Spreadsheets - Managing Data

Audience: Academic staff, PG research, Professional staff, Research staff, Research supervisors

Date: Tuesday 14 January 2025

Times: 14.00 to 16.30

Key details: Key skills for those new to spreadsheets.(town centre classroom)

Qualifications needed

You should be familiar with the Windows environment and the Office for Windows interface.

Follow on course

Microsoft Excel : Creating and using formulae

Course information

NOTE: These are in-classroom sessions delivered at the stated venue.

This course is aimed at those with no experience in Excel or those without  formal training and introduces the basic essential features for the efficient entering and managing of data.

Skills covered include:

  • Using the excel interface (worksheets and workbooks)
  • Understanding data types
  • Entering and editing data (copy/paste)
  • Worksheet and data formatting
  • Using a data series
  • Sorting and filtering data; using tables
  • Printing and layout

What previous participants have said:

  • "Although I already had a basic working knowledge of Excel and have used spreadsheets for a while, I honestly learnt a lot of tips and techniques I had no knowledge of previously."
  • "It taught the key skills step-wise such that they built on each other. It was very practical, so I can actually recall what I was taught!"
  • "Being able to attend this event in-person was just brilliant."

PLEASE NOTE: These courses are NOT open to those on Undergraduate or Taught Postgraduate programs.

Based on Excel M365 for Windows

Tutors

Sonny Evans

Venue

Butts Wynd PC Classroom: BWD 01


Course provider

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk