K2's Excel Best Practices - Virtual Experience

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  • Date/Time
    • Jun 21, 2024
    • Sign In: 7:30am (MT)
    • Program: 8:00am - 3:30pm (MT)
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  • Location
    • Your Computer
      Your Space
      ISCPA / K2 Webinar, ID 00000
  • Credits
    • 8.00
  • Credit Type(s)
    • Computer Software & Applications (Technical) (8.00)
  • Prerequisites
    • Fundamental knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel 2019 or newer

  • Vendor
    • K2 Enterprises
  • Level
    • Intermediate
  • Fields of Study
    • Information Technology
  • Message
    • Virtual Experience

Description

As spreadsheets evolve, so must your creating, editing, and auditing practices. In this program, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the best ways to work with Excel by learning best practices associated with Excel spreadsheets in each of the following areas: creating and editing Excel workbooks, securing Excel workbooks, collaborating with others in Excel, and reporting on data contained in Excel.

Today's best practices for Excel differ significantly from those used in the past, and you will learn the best ways to work with Excel spreadsheets in this "must-see" CPE program. Course materials include relevant examples to enhance your learning experience. Join us for this program to help you utilize Excel fully.

Designed For

  • Excel users who want to learn best practices for working with spreadsheets

Objectives

  • There are right ways and wrong ways of working with Excel. In this session, you will learn a series of best practices to help you create Excel workbooks efficiently and effectively, including handling security issues, collaboration needs, and reporting options.
  • List critical spreadsheet design fundamentals
  • Identify techniques used to minimize data input errors
  • Utilize Excel's Table feature as a foundational component of spreadsheets
  • Identify and implement three different methods for consolidating data
  • Utilize various Excel features, such as Go To Special, to solve specific spreadsheet issues
  • List and apply four techniques for sharing an Excel workbook and collaborating with others
  • Implement different practices for auditing and error-checking Excel workbooks, including Trace Precedents, Trace Dependents, and Formula Auditing
  • Identify the advantages of working with Defined Names in Excel
  • List and apply six techniques for securing Excel data

Highlights

  • Best practices associated with creating Excel workbooks, including managing workbooks
  • How to secure Excel workbooks
  • Collaboration options and best practices in Excel
  • Effective reporting techniques in Excel

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Leaders

Lawrence McClelland

Mac McClelland, an attorney and accounting professional, is an associate of K2 Enterprises of Hammond, Louisiana, and Network Management Group of Hutchinson, Kansas.

Mac was formerly the director of the Centre for Financial Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he lived and worked for seven years from 1990 to 1997. He was also a member of the faculty of the Advanced Business Programme, ranked in the top 100 MBA programs in the world by The Economist, specializing in business strategy and strategic management accounting.

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