Introduction
Introduction to Excel
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Practical Excel: Your journey from zero to capable
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1. Excel Launchpad
Friends' vacation: Quick and dirty vs. dynamic and robust
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Student dinner: Multiple ways to flag and isolate data
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Venues, IF, AND: Three criteria
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Check yourself: Prepping and cleaning your data
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The guest count: Dynamic data, updates, and changes
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Charts and graphics: Adding insight and beauty
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2. Midterm Challenges
Introducing midterms
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Excel intrepid beginners: Midterm challenge 1
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Excel intrepid beginners: Midterm challenge 2
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3. Excel Functions, Formulas, and Errors Decoded
You don’t need to know everything about Excel (nobody does!)
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Formula decoder 1: What the symbols in Excel mean
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Formula decoder 2: What the symbols in Excel mean
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Error messages: When something is wrong
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Excel functions: The useful, the powerful, and the peculiar
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IF, IF, and IF: The power of IF and nested formulas
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4. Thinking and Building Strategically in Excel
Copilot, LLMs, and AI: Use them with solid Excel fundamentals
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Big donors: What counts as big, and how do we find them?
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Refrigerator etiquette: Comparing lists
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Contractor hours: Working across two worksheets
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Calculate overtime: Building complex solutions and formulas
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Calculate overtime: When your source data changes
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5. Final Challenges
Introduce final challenges
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Final challenge 1: Volunteer hours
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Final challenge 2: Karaoke
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Your Excel growth: What you can build as your skills expand
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Conclusion
Next steps in your Excel journey
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