K2's Mastering Advanced Excel Functions Webcast [MAE4]
Time: 10:00am-1:30pm
Subject:
Computer Software & ApplicationsCredit Hours:
4.00Price:
Member: $180.00
Non-member: $250.00
Discussion Leader:
Lawrence A. "Mac" McClelland
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Mac McClelland, an attorney and accounting professional, is an associate of K2 Enterprises of Hammond, Louisiana, and Network Management Group of Hutchinson, Kansas.
Mac was formerly the director of the Centre for Financial Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he lived and worked for seven years from 1990 to 1997. He was also a member of the faculty of the Advanced Business Programme, ranked in the top 100 MBA programs in the world by The Economist, specializing in business strategy and strategic management accounting.
He gained his practical experience in information systems with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and has an established practice in business and technology consulting. Mac has taught hundreds of continuing professional education seminars to accountants and business managers in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and Southeast Asia. His presentations are highly rated, and he has won several awards for teaching excellence.
Mac has been published in leading business and practitioner journals, including Tax Ideas, Computers in Accounting, Journal of Accounting Education, Chartered Accountants Journal of New Zealand, and the top-rated Journal of Accounting Research.
closeWebsite registration for this course closes on December 15, 2024. To register after this date please contact the society at akcpa@ak.net or 907-562-4334.
Full Description
K2s Mastering Advanced Excel Functions Webcast (MAE4)December 16th, 2024 / 10:00 am 1:30 pm
Live Webcast / Zoom
Are you ready to move past Excels simple functions, such as SUM? If so, participate in this session to learn about many of Excels advanced functions, including XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and SWITCH. Youll also learn about the revolutionary Dynamic Arrays feature.
With approximately 500 functions now available in Excel, some newer and more powerful tools are easy to overlook. But, if you do that, your productivity will suffer. In this session, you will learn how to take advantage of many of Excels more advanced features some new and some legacy to elevate your productivity to higher levels.
In this session, you will learn about many of Excels newer tools, including XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, SWITCH, and STOCKHISTORY. Also included in this session are discussions of advanced financial functions, such as IPMT and PPMT, and how to retrieve summarized data easily using GETPIVOTDATA and CUBEVALUE. Additionally, you will learn how to make sophisticated calculations easier with Dynamic Array formulas, harness the AGGREGATE function's power, and create more accurate forecasts with Excels FORECAST.ETS function. No matter your experience working with Excel, participating in this course will help you work more efficiently and effectively in Excel.
Major Topics:
- Powerful new functions and features in Excel, such as XLOOKUP and Dynamic Arrays
- How to use legacy features and functions such as AGGREGATE
- Creating effective forecasts in Excel
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing this course, you should be able to:
- List examples of best practices for constructing formulas in Excel spreadsheets
- Identify situations in which each of the following functions might be useful: SUMIFS, SWITCH, and STOCKHISTORY
- Distinguish between the XLOOKUP function and legacy Excel functions such as VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX, and MATCH
- Cite examples of when using Dynamic Arrays would be useful
- Differentiate between Excels AGGREGATE and SUBTOTAL functions
- Identify conditions in which the FORECAST.ETS function is preferable to the FORECAST function
Designed For: Business professionals who work with Excel and want to extend their knowledge of advanced features and functions to become more accurate, effective, and efficient with spreadsheets
CPE Credits: 4, Computer Software & Applications
Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Fundamental knowledge of Excel 2019 and newer
Acronym: MAE4
Discussion Leader: Lawrence A. "Mac" McClelland
