Excel tutorials wanted - I am a student

[desidude]

Hello,

I am a student preparing for job interviews in the Spring. I will be applying for a job in the management consulting field.

I have checked with my university, but they do not have anything more than a basic MS office tutorial covering beginners excel.

I would like to learn how to create and use Pivot tables, as well as other intermediate & advanced excel functionality.

Can anyone please refer me to any online tutorials, books, print books, etc. that I can use.

I am a broke student in debt, so please be kind to share resources that are complimentary.

Thanks,
Rajesh

 

[hiker95]

desidude,

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Below is a mixture of Excel and VBA for Macros.


Training / Books / Sites:

How to Learn to Write Macros
http://articles.excelyogi.com/playin...ba/2008/10/27/

How to use the macro recorder
http://articles.excelyogi.com/

Click here and scroll down to Getting Started with VBA.
http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/ExcelMain.htm

If you are serious about learning VBA try
http://www.add-ins.com/vbhelp.htm

Excel Tutorials and Tips - VBA - macros - training
http://www.mrexcel.com/articles.shtml

See David McRitchie's site if you just started with VBA
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Debra Dalgleish has some notes how to implement macros here:
Excel VBA -- Adding Code to a Workbook
http://www.contextures.com/xlvba01.html

David McRitchie has an intro to macros:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Ron de Bruin's intro to macros:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

Creating custom functions
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA011117011033.aspx

Writing Your First VBA Function in Excel
http://www.exceltip.com/st/Writing_Your_First_VBA_Function_in_Excel/631.html

http://www.excel-vba.com/
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
http://www.exceltip.com/excel_links.html

(livelessons video)
Excel VBA and Macros with MrExcel
ISBN: 0-7897-3938-0
http://www.amazon.com/Excel-Macros-M...7936479&sr=1-1

http://www.xl-central.com/index.html

http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/ExcelMain.htm

Dependent validation lists. Debra has a neat little tutorial here.
http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html

Data Validation > Drop-Down Lists - Dependent
http://www.bettersolutions.com/excel/EGH188/QE229212022.htm

Cascading queries
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/ne...ing_dropdowns/

http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal05.html

Excel Data Validation - Add New Items
http://www.contextures.com/excel-data-validation-add.html

Programming The VBA Editor - Created by Chip Pearson at Pearson Software Consulting LLC
This page describes how to write code that modifies or reads other VBA code.
http://www.cpearson.com/Excel/vbe.aspx

Locating files containing VBA
Searching Files in Subfolders for VBA code string:
http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/arch...a-code-string/

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-978054.php

Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA, by John Walkenbach

VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel, by Bill Jelen "Mr.Excel" and Tracy Syrstad

Excel Hacks 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools, by David & Traina Hawley

VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel 2007, by Bill Jelen "Mr.Excel" and Tracy Syrstad

Excel 2007 Book: you can try this...there is a try before you buy ebook available at this link…
http://www.mrexcel.com/learnexcel2.shtml

DonkeyOte: My Recommended Reading:
Volatility
http://www.decisionmodels.com/calcsecretsi.htm

Sumproduct
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

Introduction to Array Formulas
http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=296012

Using Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts in Microsoft Excel
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotstart.htm

Email from XL - VBA & Outlook VBA
http://www.rondebruin.nl/sendmail.htm
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=40

Excel Function Dictionary
http://www.xlfdic.com/

Excel 2007 function name translations
http://www.piuha.fi/excel-function-name-translation/

Dynamic Named Ranges
http://www.contextures.com/xlNames01.html

Where to paste code in VBE VBA
Introducing the Excel VBA Editor
http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=2417&o=101881&l=dis&q=Where+to+paste+code+in+the+Excel+VBA+Editor

VBA for Excel (Macros)
http://www.excel-vba.com/excel-vba-contents.htm

VBA Lesson 11: VBA Code General Tips and General Vocabulary
http://www.excel-vba.com/vba-code-2-1-tips.htm

Excel VBA -- Adding Code to a Workbook
http://www.contextures.com/xlvba01.html

Basics of array formulas
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...7E7E9CA63304D3

Array formula data extract formulas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp7I5u1MqiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZWAiNJLNo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=132ZdpxBm1U

Unique Record Counting and Data Extract formulas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUrI8hoj8BA

 

[Haldoug]

Without sounding like a commercial, and I have no relations with Bill Jelen, Mr. Excel has an amazing offering of books. I would look at Guerilla Data Analysis (SKU 3) and Pivot Table Data Crunching (SKU 118)

Another Excel resourse (just to prove I am not a Mr. Excel plant) is
A. Learn Excel 2007 Expert Skills with the Smart Method, by Mike Smart, The Smart Method Ltd, First Edition, 2009.

It is available through Amazon.

 

[edokhotnik]

Hiker95's post above lists several excellent links for Mike Girvin' Excel is Fun YouTube Channel. Here is the link for all his playlists.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ExcelIsFun#g/search

 

[desidude]

Thanks for the replies so far. I will look through these. I do not think I need to code macro, but definitely need to learn the business tools, e.g. pivot tables.

Is there any online text/multimedia/workbook that covers Pivot tables in detail?

I need to start with that asap and may not have time to procure a hard copy book.

Please keep the suggestions coming.

Thanks,
Rajesh

 

[taigovinda]

Post #2 provides a great resource for pivot tables... probably no better place to start.

 

[xenou]

A List of Pivot Table links at Jon Peltier's site (contributed by Debra Dalgleish) is here:
http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotlinks.htm

(you can bookmark Jon's site if you want to learn more about charts someday

 

[Neji]

Hi edokhotnik,

Really appreciate your youtube link for excel tutorial.

Thank you.

 

[PaddyD]

And there's no better way to learn than to do, so if you're serious about it I'd recommend trying to answer some of the questions here...most of the high-volume posters here started out by asking questions, then got hooked...