Excel For Adults

No two students operate a computer at the same speed. Adults – often slightly computer-phobic – do not have the same dexterity as college students who were raised with playstations and ipads. Adults tend to have greater difficulty sitting through a single six to seven hour training session. Adults also like more information in more detail over a longer period of time, with more examples and more practice exercises to help internalize the material.

Our one day class moves at a fast pace and if you’re new to computers, have visual acuity concerns, or are slow with the mouse or keyboard – you will have difficulty keeping pace in the one day format.

For example, the standard windows font is 8 point Tahoma. If you have difficulty reading this text then consider Excel for Adults. The Excel for Adults class will increase the font size 20%, like the rest of the text on this page

In response to frequent requests, we now offer a multi-day Excel class in midtown that allows participants more opportunities to practice and implement what they learn. Small classes kept under 5 students allow your instructor to provide individual attention to each participants questions and concerns, in addition to moving at a slower pace.

Courses are hands-on and include practice exercises. Excel for Adults includes a 150 page color manual!

Frequently Asked Questions

• What time does class start?
  Weekday classes start at 1:30pm
  Weeknight classes start at 6pm
• Do I need to bring a computer?
  We provide a Windows computer.
• Do I receive a certificate?
  Yes, upon completion you will receive an attractive gold foil certificate.
• Are there any prerequisites?
  Ability to use a mouse and a keyboard.
• Where are you located?
  31 West 34th Street. Near Penn Station, NJ Transit, and the N, Q, R, W, B, D, F, 1, 2, 3, A, C, E trains.

About The Instructor

Glenn Harris is a Microsoft Certified Technical Trainer and Office Master Instructor with 20 years of classroom experience. He has published many training manuals on Microsoft products. Excel Class is the only class that offers programmed self-assessment labs and online access to videos of Glenn teaching class (to himself).

Excel Adults Outline

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• Lesson 1: Terminology
  • Start Excel
  • Open Excel Workbooks
  • Worksheets
  • Cells
  • Ribbon
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • Zoom
• Lesson 2: Navigation
  • Navigate cells
    • Keyboard navigation techniques
    • Mouse navigation techniques
  • Navigate sheets
    • Keyboard navigation techniques
    • Mouse navigation techniques
  • Goto
• Lesson 3: New workbooks
  • Templates
  • Blank
  • Add sheets
  • Name sheets
  • Move sheets
  • Copy sheets
  • Tab color
  • Freeze panes
  • Table
  • Insert/delete rows/columns
• Lesson 4: Edit Text
  • Data entry techniques
  • Cut, Copy, Paste
  • Shortcuts
  • Autofill
  • Undo
• Lesson 5: Formulas
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • PEMDAS and the order of operations
  • Autosum
  • Average
  • Absolute references
  • Today Function
  • Payment Function
  • SumIfs
  • Vlookup
  • PivotTables
• Lesson 6: Format
  • Column widths and row heights
  • Font
    • Name
    • Size
    • Bold
    • Borders
    • Cell fill color
    • Font color
  • Alignment
    • Horizontal and vertical
    • Orientation and rotation
    • Wrap text
    • Merge and center
    • Number formatting
    • Currency and accounting
    • Percentages
    • Decimals
    • Dates
    • Zip codes
    • Tables
• Lesson 7: Print
  • Views
  • Orientation
  • Rows to repeat
  • Headers and footers
  • Export a PDF
• Lesson 8: Charts
  • Create charts
  • Column charts
  • Pie charts
  • Apply chart styles
  • Change colors
  • Format axis
  • Add data labels
  • Move chart
  • Switch row and column
  • Edit data series
• Lesson 9: Excel resources
• Appendices:
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Paste special