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Excel: Avoiding Common Mistakes (Microsoft 365)

With Dennis Taylor Liked by 33,040 users
Duration: 45m Skill level: Intermediate Released: 4/17/2020

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Course details

If you work in Excel, you know that even a small error can have big consequences, throwing off important calculations or transmitting incorrect information to your team. In this concise course, Excel expert Dennis Taylor provides quick and easy tips to help you avoid common mistakes. Dennis begins with the basics—how to display data so that errors can be easily spotted, enter data correctly the first time, and apply shortcuts for frequent entries. Dennis provides easy ways to protect worksheets and validate your data—techniques that are particularly helpful when multiple team members are contributing to the same spreadsheet. He also shows how to correctly use row and column references and avoid mistakes in formulas.

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  • Glen Upp Glen Upp

    Glen Upp

    Technical Training Solutions, LLC

    5/5 February 9, 2025
    Covers the most useful workflow tools in Excel in just under an hour. Highly recommend this as a refresher if you go a long time between Excel sessions
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    Blake Jackson

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    5/5 January 8, 2025
    Definitely will share with coworkers.
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    Justin Hercules

    Computer Specialist at Temple University

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    Having a great experience with this course...
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Contents

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  • Practice while you learn 2 exercise files
  • Test your knowledge 4 quizzes
  • Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone
  • Stay up to date Continuing Education Units

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