The course gives a basic introduction to Microsoft Excel, an essential computer tool used in business. An important objective of the course is that the students can use Excel in other courses.

Demonstrations and practical exercises in the use of formulas and functions and data tables. Presentation of models using formatting and graphics. Analysis and management of data, including external data, filtering and use of pivot tables.

Demonstrations and practical exercises in making simple financial models. To the extent possible models used will deal with relevant aspects  from the first autumn parallel. 

Knowledge:

The candidate has:

• knowledge about the different components of Excel

The candidate can:

• use the help tool in Excel
• create, save and open Excel work books
• input data into cells
• format cells
• create formulas and use Excel functions
• copy data and formulas
• create graphs and charts in various formats based on numerical data
• make simple financial models
• sort and filtering data
• import data from external sources
• make PivotTables

Skills:

The candidate can:

• develop efficient and structured models in Excel
• work fast with Excel