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Course Description
This fundamental course covers everything you need to know about creating dynamic and interactive charts in Excel. Step-by-step instructions and practice exercises help you understand how to apply the given tips and tools to your own work and design charts that update automatically. Improve your productivity and efficiency in charting by:
- Creating range names in a SERIES formula
- Using OFFSET and COUNT functions for charting purposes
- Generating self-expanding charts
- Displaying the last x number of data points
- Selecting a beginning and ending point for a data series
- Creating and using spinners
- Linking a chart title to a cell
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Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the different types of cell references, noting their purpose and usage
- Recognize the steps needed to create the components of range names and named formulas, noting common types of errors
- Identify the different COUNT functions, noting their syntax and usage
- Recognize the syntax and usage of the SERIES, OFFSET, and COUNTA functions in creating dynamic charts that automatically update
- Recognize the concept of input cells and how to apply them
- Recognize the steps needed to link a chart title to a cell so that a chart title automatically updates
- Recognize the steps needed to create a spinner or scroll box
Table of Contents
Learning Objectives
Overview
You Try It Exercise
Overview of OFFSET and COUNTA
OFFSET
COUNTA Function
Automatically Expand Your Chart
You Try It Exercise
Two Common Errors
You Try It Exercise
You Try It Exercise
Controlling Data in a Self-Expanding Chart
Display the Last x Data Points in the Worksheet
You Try It Exercise
You Try It Exercise
Common Errors
Selecting a Beginning and Ending Point for a Series
You Try It Exercise
You Try It Exercise
Common Errors
Scroll Bars and Spinners
You Try It Exercise
Practice Exercise: Create a spinner
Linking Title Text to a Cell
Practice Exercise
Review Questions
Review Question Answers and Rationales
Glossary
Index
Final Examination
Answer Sheet
Course Evaluation
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