Microsoft® Office Excel 2003: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course number: EXL03-101
Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

You have basic computer skills such as using a mouse, navigating through windows, and surfing the Internet. You have also used paper-based systems to store data that you run calculations on. You now want to migrate that data to an electronic format. In this course, you will use Microsoft® Office Excel 2003 to manage, edit, and print data.

Course Objective: You will create and edit basic Microsoft® Office Excel 2003 worksheets and workbooks.

Target Student: This course is designed for persons preparing for certification as a Microsoft® Office Specialist in Excel, who already have knowledge of the Microsoft® Office Windows 98 (or above) operating system, and who desire to gain the skills necessary to create, edit, format, and print basic Microsoft® Excel 2003 worksheets.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge:

• Microsoft Office Windows XP: Introduction

If you have taken an introductory course for an earlier version of the Windows operating system, this will also meet the prerequisite.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create a basic worksheet.
• modify a worksheet.
• perform calculations.
• format a worksheet.
• develop a workbook.
• print the contents of a workbook.
• customize the layout of the Excel window.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Excel

Topic 1A: An Overview of Excel

Topic 1B: Navigate in Excel

Topic 1C: Select Data

Topic 1D: Enter Data

Topic 1E: Save a Workbook

Topic 1F: Obtain Help

 

Lesson 2: Modifying a Worksheet

Topic 2A: Move and Copy Data Between Cells

Topic 2B: Fill Cells with Series of Data

Topic 2C: Edit Cell Data

Topic 2D: Insert and Delete Cells, Columns, and Rows

Topic 2E: Find, Replace, and Go To Cell Data

Topic 2F: Spell Check a Worksheet

 

Lesson 3: Performing Calculations

Topic 3A: Create Basic Formulas

Topic 3B: Calculate with Functions

Topic 3C: Copy Formulas and Functions

Topic 3D: Create an Absolute Reference

 

Lesson 4: Formatting a Worksheet

Topic 4A: Change Font Size and Type

Topic 4B: Add Borders and Color to Cells

Topic 4C: Change Column Width and Row Height

Topic 4D: Merge Cells

Topic 4E: Apply Number Formats

Topic 4F: Create a Custom Number Format

Topic 4G: Align Cell Contents

Topic 4H: Find and Replace Formats

Topic 4I: Apply an AutoFormat

Topic 4J: Apply Styles

 

Lesson 5: Developing a Workbook

Topic 5A: Format Worksheet Tabs

Topic 5B: Reposition Worksheets in a Workbook

Topic 5C: Insert and Delete Worksheets

Topic 5D: Copy and Paste Worksheets

Topic 5E: Copy a Workbook

 

Lesson 6: Printing Workbook Contents

Topic 6A: Set a Print Title

Topic 6B: Create a Header and a Footer

Topic 6C: Set Page Margins

Topic 6D: Change Page Orientation

Topic 6E: Insert and Remove Page Breaks

Topic 6F: Print a Range

 

Lesson 7: Customizing Layout

Topic 7A: Split a Worksheet

Topic 7B: Arrange Worksheets

Topic 7C: Freeze and Unfreeze Rows and Columns

Topic 7D: Hide and Unhide Worksheets

 

Appendix A: Microsoft Office Specialist Program