Presenter Sanjeewa Wijayathilaka MIIE(SL), ACIArb Commercial Manager (wasl LLC) Wednesday, 27 th April at Hilalco Conference Hall, Abu Dhabi Institution of Incorporated Engineers Sri Lanka UAE Branch Continuing Professional Development Event - 01/2011 Microsoft Excel for Construction and Engineering Professionals to excel Topic Professionalism Beyond Boundaries
Institution of Incorporated Engineers Sri Lanka UAE Branch Objectives Professionalism Beyond Boundaries Be consistent in presenting reports using Custom Views Find useful information using Advanced Filters Speedy routine calculations using Macros Present information using Charts Save time using Shortcut keys
Institution of Incorporated Engineers Sri Lanka UAE Branch Session Outline Professionalism Beyond Boundaries Navigating/cruising in workbook Time & Date Functions Cell Formatting Logical & Mathematical Functions Statistical Functions Text Functions Lookup Functions Manipulating Worksheets Paste Special Options Pivot Tables Charts - Gantt Chart Creation Hyperlinks Linking & Embedding Sorting and Filtering Data Tracking and Reviewing Changes Data Validating Auditing Macros Passwords & Security Issues Shortcut Keys
Institution of Incorporated Engineers Sri Lanka UAE Branch Special Characters – Key Strokes Professionalism Beyond Boundaries M² - ALT 0178 M³ - ALT ° - ALT 0176 Ø – ALT 0216 One Quarter - ¼ - ALT 0188 Half - ½ - ALT 0189 Three Quarters - ¾ - ? Where are these special characters available ?
Institution of Incorporated Engineers Sri Lanka UAE Branch Shortcut Keys (Combinations) Copy to the Right Ctrl+R Copy to Down Ctrl+D To view formulas Ctrl+~ Sum up rows above Alt += Minimize a window WINKEY+M or ALT+SPACE+n Maximize a window ALT+SPACE+x Enter data to a range of cells Ctrl + Enter Select current Column / Row entirely Ctrl+Space Bar Shift+Space Bar Go to top of the spreadsheet/ Bottom of spreadsheet Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End Calculate all worksheet/ Active worksheet F9, Shift F9 Quick format : Finance with 2 decimal points(with comma) Ctrl+Shift+1(to 7) Cell format : Bold/Italic/Underline Ctrl+B/I/U Access Cell Format Ctrl+1 Insert Comments Shift+F2 Insert Functions Shift+F3 Print Ctrl+P Select All Ctrl+A Undo Ctrl+Z Repeat Ctrl+Y / F4
Institution of Incorporated Engineers Sri Lanka UAE Branch Some useful references Professionalism Beyond Boundaries
1. NAVIGATING/CRUISING IN WORKBOOK
2. TIME & DATE FUNCTIONS
3. CELL FORMATTING
4. LOGICAL & MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS 5. STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS
6. TEXT FUNCTIONS
7. LOOKUP FUNCTIONS 8. MANIPULATING WORKSHEETS & 9. PASTE SPECIAL OPTIONS CONTRACTOR 1 CONTRACTOR 2 CONTRACTOR 3 SUMMARY ACCOUNT BALANCE
10. PIVOT TABLES SUMMARY CHART 1
11. CHARTS - GANTT CHART CREATION GANTT CHART SIMPLE CHART
12. HYPERLINKS CONTRACTOR 1 CONTRACTOR 2 CONTRACTOR 3 SUMMARY ACCOUNT BALANCE
15. TRACKING & REVIEWING CHANGES & 16. DATA VALIDATING
17. AUDITING
18. MACROS 19. PASSWORDS & SECURITY ISSUES