3-Hour Virtual Seminar on Excel Automation Boot Camp: Top Ten Excel Functions, Lookup Functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX), Basics of Excel Macros with an Introduction to VBA

Excel functions can greatly enhance your ability to perform tasks in day-to-day activities in Excel.  While there are hundreds of functions available, there are 10 functions that all Excel users should know.  Whether you are an office worker, or a small business owner using Excel to keep track of your finances or just the casual user, these Excel functions can be very important time savers and enhance your ability to create better-performing spreadsheets!

Learning about the lookup functions will allow you to match data between databases.  VLOOKUP enables you to look for a value quickly and easily down a column of data and return a value from the same row in a different column. Perfect for working with large tabular data.  INDEX and MATCH work in a similar way but provide more flexibility.

You will learn how to create a macro the easy way by using the built-in macro recorder. You will then progress on to learn how to make simple changes to a macro using the built-in programming language called VBA.

• Learn many statistical functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, and COUNT
• Use IF statements
• Calculate dates using TODAY and NOW
• Learn many functions to manipulate text once imported including LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, TRIM and CONCAT
• Learn the arguments in the VLOOKUP function
• Understand the importance of absolute references within many lookup functions
• Use VLOOKUP to perform approximate matches
• Use VLOOKUP to look up data from another workbook
• Learn how VLOOKUP stops looking after it finds an initial match within a list
• Explore why VLOOKUP sometimes returns #N/A 
• Learn why the INDEX and MATCH combination often is superior to VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP
• Use the MATCH function to find the position of an item on a list
• Use the INDEX function to locate a value
• Learn the difference between workbook macros and personal macros
• Making your macros available to all your workbooks 
• Use the macro recorder to create a macro
• Save a file as a macro enabled excel workbook
• Run a macro
• View the recorded macro in VBA
• Edit the macro

NOTE: Participant must have basic Excel skills including basic formulas, knowledge of relative and absolute cell references, and must be comfortable working within the Excel environment. 

Excel functions are fundamental tools that simplify complex calculations and data analysis. This boot camp aims to equip participants with the skills needed to leverage Excel's powerful functions and automation capabilities. By mastering these tools, users will be able to streamline their data processing tasks, enhance accuracy, and significantly boost productivity.