GROUPs to present today..

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13 Maximum group number
Session-1
Introduction to the course
Beginning with Excel 2007 / 2010
Excel environment
Navigation in Excel
Formula in Excel - elementary
Use of $ in copying formula.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE AND EXCEL
Mobiles OFF.
WRIST WATCH alarms OFF.
Laptops OFF. Laptops SOUND on MUTE.
ANY OTHER sound making device OFF.
May keep a water bottle with you, if necessary.
ATTENDANCE is YOUR PROBLEM with PGP office (not mine).
NO ENTRY in class AFTER 8:44:59 AM / 10:14:59 AM. Also, NO EXIT till class ends.
ALL be seated in your seat at 8:44:59 AM / 10:14:59 AM.
MUST bring laptop to every class, kept off, turn on WHEN instructed.
SEE then DO IT YOURSELF (DIY). NO INDIVIDUAL HELP / GUIDANCE in CLASS.
WARNING: Found 'facebooking'etc in class, will be reported to the Administrative committee (=severe penalty).
Where/how do you see yourself 2 years from today, 5 years after PGP?
KEEP YOUR FOCUS THERE!!
Reference books for EXCEL (no prescribed text book):
eBrary - accessible from IIM Indore, around 800,000 eBooks (about 50 pg download per user per day limit).
Microsoft Business Intelligence Tools for Excel Analysts (2014).
Excel Dashboards and Reports for Dummies (2nd Edition) (2014).
Marketing Analytics : Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel (2014).
Excel 2013 eLearning Kit For Dummies (2013).
Excel Data Analysis : Your Visual Blueprint for Analyzing Data, Charts, and PivotTables (2013).
Wiley Finance Series : Upstream Petroleum Fiscal and Valuation Modeling in Excel : A Worked Examples Approach (2013).
101 Excel 2013 Tips, Tricks and Timesavers (2013).
Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf : Excel Dashboards and Reports (2nd Edition) (2013).
Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 (2013).
Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies (3rd Edition) (2013).
Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf : Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA (2013).
Simplified : Excel 2013 Simplified (2013).
Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies (3rd Edition) (2013).
Excel 2013 All-in-One For Dummies (2013).
Excel VBA Programming for Dummies (3rd Edition) (2013).
Excel 2013 (2013).
Wiley Finance : Next Generation Excel : Accounting and Financial Modeling in Excel for Analysts and MBA's (2nd Edition) (2013).
Balanced Scorecards and Operational Dashboards with Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (2013).
Excel 2013 for Dummies (2013).
Also, free EXCEL eBooks download available from Internet - several websites. Just search / Google.
Like swimming and cycling - needs HANDS ON practice. Difficult to learn in beginning.
WARNING: ONLY first 2 sessions will be slow - to allow time for learning nitti gritties yourself in hostels - very rapid thereafter.
About the course:
Daily bring your charged laptops to class. Keep it switched off.
Evaluation: SATISFACTORY / UNSATISFACTORY.
Groups to present exercises given (by email or photocopy). Randomly called (using Random number generator).
Daily: Each group has to be ready with their EXCEL solution to present for that day's exercises. Bring it on pen drive.
Daily: Each group has to email there solution to faculty before 23:59:59 hrs.
When I show or demonstrate - pay full attention, no repeatition !
After every class:
Re-visit the solutions and models discussed.
Complete additional problems from eBook.
On weekends:
Prepare for ALL the classes to come in the coming week.
Go through the relevant book chapters.
Go through the case material readings and problems.
Develop your own solutions.
(And, if there is time after catching up on sleep, also have a bath!).
History of spreadsheet
Importance for accountants, finance managers.
Initial packages - Lotus 123.
Packages available today - several (see Wikipedia)
Open source: "Calc" is very popular - more features than Excel!
Paid packages: Microsoft Office's Excel.
For the course: we shall use Excel 2007 or later.
THE MOST IMPORTANT COURSE - as pointed out by IIM Alumni - EXCEL (preferably with VBA).
What is a:
Workbook.
Worksheet.
Row.
Column.
Cell.
Range.
MAX ROWS = 65536.
MAX COLS = IV = (9*26)+22 256
Cell addressing - A1, F13, HD367, IV65536.
Range addressing - A12 to C24 is addressed as A12:C24
Moving around in the worksheet.
Home - beginning of row.
Page down - 1 page down. Page up?
Arrow keys.
Mouse clicking.
START YOUR LAPTOPS NOW.
CTRL + arrow keys? Try out and tell me !!
CTRL + PgUp or PgDn keys? Try out and tell me !!
Fill some cells with any data (a few columns and a few rows).
Try moving around with the arrow keys, page up/down keys, CTRL+arrow keys.
Entering data.
Autofilling numbers, dates, parts of dates.
Selecting a cell.
Selecting multiple continuous cells.
Selecting multiple non-continuous cells.
Selecting many cells:
Shift + page up, page down, arrow keys.
Shift + mouse click.
ESC key - to escape!
Entering text and numbers:
Just type!!
Default is a number. Use ' to make it text.
Example: 2
2
Numbers are right-aligned, text is left-aligned by default (user can change).
Dates:
03-Nov-08 = 39755
Dates are stored as numbers internally, beginning at January 1, 1900.
Cell formatting is important!!
Entering a formula: Nos. Formula
Use = 10
20 30
Relative and absolute referencing: Formula
10 21 31
11 22
12 23
13 24
14 25
15 26
Select first cell of formula, carefully reach the bottom right of that cell, click + drag down.
See the formula that has been copied to cells below. Is it modified?
This is relative referencing.
21
10 31
11
12
13
14
15
Select first cell of formula, carefully reach the bottom right of that cell, click + drag down.
See the formula that has been copied to cells below. Is it modified?
This is absolute referencing for cell E47, it remains same all the way down.
Understanding the use of $.
Some common functions:
EVERY formula begins with =
Symbols used.=, +, -, /, *, (, ), ", and comma itself.
Read help for the functions MAX(), SUM(), AVERAGE(), MIN().
Practice the examples given therein.
ATTENDANCE is YOUR PROBLEM with PGP office (not mine).
NO ENTRY in class AFTER 8:44:59 AM / 10:14:59 AM. Also, NO EXIT till class ends.
MUST bring laptop to every class, kept off, turn on WHEN instructed.
SEE then DO IT YOURSELF (DIY). NO INDIVIDUAL HELP / GUIDANCE in CLASS.
WARNING: Found 'facebooking'etc in class, will be reported to the Administrative committee (=severe penalty).
Where/how do you see yourself 2 years from today, 5 years after PGP?
eBrary - accessible from IIM Indore, around 800,000 eBooks (about 50 pg download per user per day limit).
Marketing Analytics : Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel (2014).
Excel Data Analysis : Your Visual Blueprint for Analyzing Data, Charts, and PivotTables (2013).
Wiley Finance Series : Upstream Petroleum Fiscal and Valuation Modeling in Excel : A Worked Examples Approach (2013).
Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf : Excel Dashboards and Reports (2nd Edition) (2013).
Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 (2013).
Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf : Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA (2013).
Wiley Finance : Next Generation Excel : Accounting and Financial Modeling in Excel for Analysts and MBA's (2nd Edition) (2013).
Balanced Scorecards and Operational Dashboards with Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (2013).
Also, free EXCEL eBooks download available from Internet - several websites. Just search / Google.
Like swimming and cycling - needs HANDS ON practice. Difficult to learn in beginning.
WARNING: ONLY first 2 sessions will be slow - to allow time for learning nitti gritties yourself in hostels - very rapid thereafter.
Daily bring your charged laptops to class. Keep it switched off.
Groups to present exercises given (by email or photocopy). Randomly called (using Random number generator).
Daily: Each group has to be ready with their EXCEL solution to present for that day's exercises. Bring it on pen drive.
Daily: Each group has to email there solution to faculty before 23:59:59 hrs.
When I show or demonstrate - pay full attention, no repeatition !
Prepare for ALL the classes to come in the coming week.
Go through the case material readings and problems.
(And, if there is time after catching up on sleep, also have a bath!).
Packages available today - several (see Wikipedia)
Open source: "Calc" is very popular - more features than Excel!
For the course: we shall use Excel 2007 or later.
THE MOST IMPORTANT COURSE - as pointed out by IIM Alumni - EXCEL (preferably with VBA).
Formula used:
=(9*26)+22
Why is this as text?
Because a blank space has been used (can use ' also)!
Range addressing - A12 to C24 is addressed as A12:C24
CTRL + PgUp or PgDn keys? Try out and tell me !!
Fill some cells with any data (a few columns and a few rows).
Try moving around with the arrow keys, page up/down keys, CTRL+arrow keys.
Here, entered as a number.
Here, entered as text (by using a ' in beginning which does not show!).
Numbers are right-aligned, text is left-aligned by default (user can change).
January 1, 1900 = 1
Dates are stored as numbers internally, beginning at January 1, 1900.
Formula entered:
=E33+E34
=C37+E37
Select first cell of formula, carefully reach the bottom right of that cell, click + drag down.
See the formula that has been copied to cells below. Is it modified?
Select first cell of formula, carefully reach the bottom right of that cell, click + drag down.
See the formula that has been copied to cells below. Is it modified?
This is absolute referencing for cell E47, it remains same all the way down.
Symbols used.=, +, -, /, *, (, ), ", and comma itself.
Read help for the functions MAX(), SUM(), AVERAGE(), MIN().
WARNING: Found 'facebooking'etc in class, will be reported to the Administrative committee (=severe penalty).
eBrary - accessible from IIM Indore, around 800,000 eBooks (about 50 pg download per user per day limit).
Wiley Finance : Next Generation Excel : Accounting and Financial Modeling in Excel for Analysts and MBA's (2nd Edition) (2013).
Also, free EXCEL eBooks download available from Internet - several websites. Just search / Google.
WARNING: ONLY first 2 sessions will be slow - to allow time for learning nitti gritties yourself in hostels - very rapid thereafter.
Groups to present exercises given (by email or photocopy). Randomly called (using Random number generator).
Daily: Each group has to be ready with their EXCEL solution to present for that day's exercises. Bring it on pen drive.
THE MOST IMPORTANT COURSE - as pointed out by IIM Alumni - EXCEL (preferably with VBA).
Why is this as text?
Because a blank space has been used (can use ' also)!
Here, entered as text (by using a ' in beginning which does not show!).
Select first cell of formula, carefully reach the bottom right of that cell, click + drag down.
Select first cell of formula, carefully reach the bottom right of that cell, click + drag down.