Excel Expert Certification Program

Excel Expert Certification Classes & Exam

This Excel certification program will prepare you for the Microsoft Excel exam "Excel 2016 Expert: Interpreting Data for Insights." Learn formulas, functions, Pivot Tables, charts, and more, and ace the Microsoft Excel Expert exam. 

Check out using "Flexible Scheduling" on the right. Once you've signed up, email us to schedule your three group classes, private training, and exam date. We offer weekday, weeknight, and weekend group classes and private training options, so you can work on your own schedule.

We also offer an Excel Specialist Certification Program.

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  • Custom Schedule

  • Oct 18–28

    • Excel for Business Fundamentals

      Friday, Oct 18, 10am–5pm

    • Intermediate Excel for Business

      Monday, Oct 21, 10am–5pm

    • Advanced Excel for Business

      Monday, Oct 28, 10am–5pm

  • Oct 20–Dec 15

    • Excel for Business Fundamentals

      Sunday, Oct 20, 10am–5pm

    • Intermediate Excel for Business

      Sunday, Nov 3, 10am–5pm

    • Advanced Excel for Business

      Sunday, Dec 15, 10am–5pm

  • Oct 20–Nov 9

    • Excel for Business Fundamentals

      Sunday, Oct 20, 10am–5pm

    • Intermediate Excel for Business

      Sunday, Nov 3, 10am–5pm

    • Advanced Excel for Business

      Saturday, Nov 9, 10am–5pm

  • Oct 24–28

    • Excel for Business Fundamentals

      Thursday, Oct 24, 10am–5pm

    • Intermediate Excel for Business

      Friday, Oct 25, 10am–5pm

    • Advanced Excel for Business

      Monday, Oct 28, 10am–5pm

  • Oct 28–Nov 7

    • Excel for Business Fundamentals

      Mon–Tue, Oct 28–29, 6–9pm

    • Intermediate Excel for Business

      Wed–Thu, Oct 30–31, 6–9pm

    • Advanced Excel for Business

      Wed–Thu, Nov 6–7, 6–9pm

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The Excel Expert Certification Program includes

Excel for Business Fundamentals

Master the core Microsoft Excel functions in this one-day course. Automate calculations and data entry. Apply formatting to text and cells to make your spreadsheet scannable and visually appealing. In this hands-on training, you will learn all the basics to use Excel as your primary data processing tool. You'll produce polished and print ready spreadsheets while learning tricks to accelerate your workflow.

Intermediate Excel for Business

Go from beginner to experienced professional: summarize data with Pivot Tables, write advanced functions including VLOOKUP, and learn techniques to expedite your workflow. Use tools and formulas to format text. Manipulate data visuals with advanced charting skills. Use statistical formulas like COUNTIFS and SUMIFS to learn more about your data. At the end of intermediate Excel, you'll unlock powerful techniques that will help you complete tasks more quickly.

Advanced Excel for Business

Advance your career with this essential course for professionals that use Excel daily. You'll make functions more flexible, take Pivot Tables to the next level, and automate tasks with macros. Utilize Excel's most important tools with training in core database functions. If you have a strong working knowledge in Excel and want to save even more time with custom shortcuts and advanced features, this is the perfect course for you. 

Additional Items

This package also includes four hours of private training, the Microsoft Excel Expert Exam (with a free retake), and proctoring for the exam. Schedule the private training and exam after you complete the group classes.

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Excel Expert Exam Topics

Our program will train you for the Microsoft Excel exam: Excel 2016 Expert: Interpreting Data for Insights

Here are the topics covered on the exam, from the Microsoft Excel Expert Certification page:

  • Manage workbook options and settings:
    • Manage workbooks: Saving workbooks as templates, copying macros between workbooks, referencing data in other workbooks, structured references, enabling macros, displaying hidden ribbon tabs
    • Manage workbook review: Restrict editing, protecting worksheets, configuring formula calculation options, protecting workbook structure, managing versions, and encryting with passwords
  • Apply custom data formats and layouts
    • Apply custom data formats and validation
    • Apply advanced conditional formatting and filtering
    • Create and modify custom workbook elements
    • Prepare a workbook for internalization
  • Advanced Formulas
    • Logical operations including AND, OR, NOT, SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS, and COUNTIFS
    • Lookup functions including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH
    • What-if analysis using Goal Seek and Scenario Manager
    • Date and time functions
    • Financial functions
    • Troubleshoot formulas: trace precedents and dependents, monitor cells using the Watch Window, error checking, evaluate formulas
    • Defined named ranges: naming cells and ranges, managing names
  • Advanced Charts & Tables
    • Add trendlines to charts, creating dual-axis charts, and saving chart templates
    • PivotTables: Creating PivotTables, modifying field selections and options, creating slicers, grouping PivotTable data, referencing data using GETPIVOTDATA, calculated field, and formatting data
    • PivotCharts: Creating PivotCharts, manipulating options, applying styles, and drilling down into details