An introduction to data presentation, manipulation and analysis techniques in Microsoft Excel. Session for undergraduate students as part of the Library's In The Zone programme. www.lancaster.ac.uk/library/in-the-zone/

1. In the Zone session - Visualise your
data: Charts, Spark lines and Conditional Formatting
• Creating and modifying Charts
– Selecting data and choosing chart type
– Adding chart title, axis titles and data labels
– Displaying charts in Word
• Creating SparkLines
• Conditional formatting
– making values
in your document
0
20000
40000
60000
Year
2007
Year
2008
Year
2009
Year
2010

2. • Sorting Data
– simple sorting
– multi-level sorting
• Filtering - searching for data matching a specified criteria:
– numerical filters
– text filters
– formatting filters
• Subtotals
In the Zone session:
Sorting And Filtering

3. • Pivot Tables
– analyze your data
– summarize columns of data
by cross referencing
• Slicers
– Quickly filter information
on your pivot table
• Pivot Charts
– Creating and editing
In the Zone session:
Data Analysis with Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts

4. • Cell Referencing and Ranges
– Relative, absolute, mixed
– named cells and named
ranges
• Writing formulas:
– +
– -
– *
– /
– Calculation order and ( )
• Functions and Formulas
• IF and COUNTIF
In the Zone session:
Using Formulas and Ranges

5. Excel online learning links:
www.lancaster.ac.uk/iss/training/elearning/
Download handouts and a practice files from
www.lancaster.ac.uk/iss/training/materials/office/
MOS e-books and practice files
www.lancaster.ac.uk/iss/training/materials/office/mos-ebooks/
On the ISS Training web site: