Speed Tips Part 1

Astute Excel: Speed Tips Part 1

Presented by David H. Ringstrom, CPA

If you’d like to discover features and techniques you can use to speed up your work in Excel, this is the perfect course for you! In his jam-packed session, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, explains a variety of time-saving features and shares helpful tips, such as how to filter data faster, streamline repetitive tasks, create keyboard shortcuts, access folders and workbooks easily, and more.

Topics Covered:

• Overcoming user interface annoyances by making simple adjustments to Excel’s options.

• Learning how the Table feature empowers you to improve the integrity of Excel spreadsheets.

• Inserting totals into lists with a few mouse clicks by way of Excel’s SUBTOTAL function.

• Seeing how to customize the default workbook that all new workbooks will be based on going forward.

• Streamlining repetitive tasks by way of Excel’s Quick Access Toolbar.

• Understanding how the Table feature automates formula management within lists.

• Leveraging Excel’s Quick Access Toolbar to create a shortcut that enables you to filter lists with a keystroke instead of multiple mouse actions.

• Restoring “classic” Print Preview functionality in Excel 2010 and later.

• Gaining control of long lists of data by filtering instead of sorting.

• Simplifying repetitive tasks by creating your own keyboard shortcuts.

• Streamlining filtering of lists in Excel 2013 and later by using the Slicer feature with tables.

• Surfacing hidden Excel commands instantly by way of the Tell Me feature in Excel 2016.

Learning Objectives:

• Recall how to create your own custom keyboard shortcuts.

• Identify how to unlock hidden functionality by double-clicking on certain aspects in Excel.

• Describe how to easily compile large lists of data by filtering vs. sorting.