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11TIPSTO
BOOSTYOUREXCELSKILLS
GAININGNEWINSIGHTSFROMMICROSOFTEXCEL
Excel continues to add features and improve its experience for users,
particularly those finance professionals who want to dig into their
data and gain new insights.
Neale Blackwood CPA, founder of A4 Accounting, provides Excel
training, webinars and consulting services, and shares his knowledge
in a monthly column for INTHEBLACK magazine. The following slides
feature some of his recent articles.
Challenge yourself to learn something new in Excel from one of them.
GOBEYONDTHE
BASICSINEXCEL
Can you convert an existing budget
into a forecast in Excel?
Can you use conditional formatting
to identify important information?
Why would you use icons and how can you
incorporate them into a spreadsheet?
Here are 11 handy demonstrations of
how to use Excel better.
CLICK THROUGH ON EACH SLIDE TO LEARN MORE FROM THE ARTICLE AND ACCOMPANYING VIDEO.
Converting a budget
into a forecast
Is it possible to convert an
existing budget into a forecast
in Excel? Yes, and this tutorial
will show you how.
READMORE
Excel’s Treasure maps
On a treasure map, X marks
the spot. When it comes to
mapping tables, Excel makes
its mark and can provide
treasure in the form of
identifying new relationships
and trends not apparent in
separate datasets.
READMORE
Allocating amounts
across months
Excel’s MOD function can
make your life easier when
you are drawing up budgets
and forecasts.
READMORE
How the Excel LEN
function helps you
allocate values
month by month
Sometimes you need to
allocate amounts to specific
months; this technique shows
how the LEN function works
in Excel.
READMORE
Excel reporting
dashboards:
how to make them
work for you
Reporting dashboards
are more popular than
ever. Here’s how to
get the most out of
Excel reporting
dashboards.
READMORE
How to use a
PivotChart to create
interactive Excel charts
There are a number of ways
to create an interactive chart
in Excel. The quickest and
easiest way is to use a
PivotChart.
READMORE
How to do conditional
formatting in Excel
Conditional formatting in
Excel enables you to apply
a format to a cell or range
of cells, so you can identify
important information.
READMORE
How to use Excel’s
message box feature
When you record a macro
in Excel, you create a
repeatable set of
commands in a language
called Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA).
Here’s how to add
basic interaction to
a recorded macro by
using message boxes.
READMORE
How to use Excel’s
IF function
A new logic function has
been added to Excel 2019.
Learn how to use the
IF function to build
decision-making into
your spreadsheets.
READMORE
How to use icons
in Excel
Using icons in Excel
spreadsheets enhances
your ability to get your
message across. This
step-by-step tutorial
shows you how.
READMORE
Hitting the slope
charts in Excel
The slope chart is a popular
way to compare past and
present performance in Excel.
READMORE
More resources from CPA Australia:
• Recorded webinars
• Workshops
• Online courses
READMORE
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11 tips to boost your excel skills

  • 1. INTHEBLACKLEADERSHIP . . INTHEBLACKLEADERSHIP . STRATEGY . BUSINESS 11TIPSTO BOOSTYOUREXCELSKILLS
  • 2. GAININGNEWINSIGHTSFROMMICROSOFTEXCEL Excel continues to add features and improve its experience for users, particularly those finance professionals who want to dig into their data and gain new insights. Neale Blackwood CPA, founder of A4 Accounting, provides Excel training, webinars and consulting services, and shares his knowledge in a monthly column for INTHEBLACK magazine. The following slides feature some of his recent articles. Challenge yourself to learn something new in Excel from one of them.
  • 3. GOBEYONDTHE BASICSINEXCEL Can you convert an existing budget into a forecast in Excel? Can you use conditional formatting to identify important information? Why would you use icons and how can you incorporate them into a spreadsheet? Here are 11 handy demonstrations of how to use Excel better. CLICK THROUGH ON EACH SLIDE TO LEARN MORE FROM THE ARTICLE AND ACCOMPANYING VIDEO.
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  • 5. Excel’s Treasure maps On a treasure map, X marks the spot. When it comes to mapping tables, Excel makes its mark and can provide treasure in the form of identifying new relationships and trends not apparent in separate datasets. READMORE
  • 6. Allocating amounts across months Excel’s MOD function can make your life easier when you are drawing up budgets and forecasts. READMORE
  • 7. How the Excel LEN function helps you allocate values month by month Sometimes you need to allocate amounts to specific months; this technique shows how the LEN function works in Excel. READMORE
  • 8. Excel reporting dashboards: how to make them work for you Reporting dashboards are more popular than ever. Here’s how to get the most out of Excel reporting dashboards. READMORE
  • 9. How to use a PivotChart to create interactive Excel charts There are a number of ways to create an interactive chart in Excel. The quickest and easiest way is to use a PivotChart. READMORE
  • 10. How to do conditional formatting in Excel Conditional formatting in Excel enables you to apply a format to a cell or range of cells, so you can identify important information. READMORE
  • 11. How to use Excel’s message box feature When you record a macro in Excel, you create a repeatable set of commands in a language called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Here’s how to add basic interaction to a recorded macro by using message boxes. READMORE
  • 12. How to use Excel’s IF function A new logic function has been added to Excel 2019. Learn how to use the IF function to build decision-making into your spreadsheets. READMORE
  • 13. How to use icons in Excel Using icons in Excel spreadsheets enhances your ability to get your message across. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how. READMORE
  • 14. Hitting the slope charts in Excel The slope chart is a popular way to compare past and present performance in Excel. READMORE
  • 15. More resources from CPA Australia: • Recorded webinars • Workshops • Online courses READMORE