Excel 2016 for the Mac: Managing and Analyzing Data

Excel 2016 for the Mac: Managing and Analyzing Data

2h 16mIntermediate2025-02-10

Authors

Dennis Taylor

Dennis Taylor

Excel expert with 25+ years of experience

Course details

Large amounts of data can become unmanageable fast. But with the data management and analysis features in Excel 2016, you can keep the largest spreadsheets under control. In this course, Dennis Taylor shares easy-to-use commands, features, and functions for maintaining large lists of data in Excel. He covers sorting, adding subtotals, filtering, eliminating duplicate data, and using the program's Advanced Filter feature and specialized database functions to isolate and analyze data. With these techniques, you'll be able to extract the most important information from your data, in the shortest amount of time.

Learning objectives
Multiple-key sorting
Sorting by background color, font color, or icon
Sorting based on the order of a custom list or in random order
Creating a top-10 list with values or percentage
Creating single and multiple level subtotals from a sorted list
Creating specialized filtered lists using Advanced Filter
Quickly eliminating duplicate rows from lists
Counting unique items using an array formula
Using SUMIF and COUNTIF functions

Skills covered

Microsoft Excel for MacSpreadsheetsData AnalysisData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

Introduction

  • Welcome

Sorting Data

  • Sort concepts and Sort menu options
  • Multiple-key sorting
  • Sort from AZ and ZA menu icons
  • Sort based on data order in custom lists
  • Sort by background color or font color
  • Sort left-to-right columns
  • Sort data in random order

Filtering Data

  • Filter single- and multiple-column text
  • Numeric filters
  • Date filters
  • Text filters
  • Top 10 (value or percent) option
  • Create custom filters
  • Copy and sort filtered lists
  • Recognize standard filtering limitations

Advanced Filter

  • Advanced Filter for complex OR criteria
  • Advanced Filter for specialized filters
  • Advanced Filter to create unique lists

Creating Automatic Subtotals in Sorted Lists

  • Single- and multiple-level subtotals
  • Expand and collapse displays with symbols

Eliminating Duplicate Data

  • Remove Duplicates command
  • Identify duplicate data
  • Count unique items using an array formula

Data Analysis Tools

  • SUMIF and COUNTIF and related functions
  • Database functions
  • Use tables for formatting and data-handling features

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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