MS Excel Intermediate Course
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Course Overview
This Intermediate course builds on the Basic Functions and Formulas covered in our Excel Beginner Course and introduces you to new concepts such as Non-standard Series Generation, Absolute Cell References, Excel Tables and Charts.
A common thread throughout is an emphasis on best practices to Store, Organise and Manipulate your data, plus we look at the two popular advanced features of VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables.

Course Content
Emphasizing the importance of storing your data in a Tabular Range and some Tips and Tricks on how to fix incorrectly stored Data.
Sorting: The difference between Quick and Multi Level sorting.
Filtering: We’ll recap the basics and then look at some Advanced Data Type Filters including filtering by Date component, Numerical Thresholds and even filtering by Colour.
Simple ways to Create and Edit Graphs. Which Graph Types to use for which Data; Adding / Editing Graph components; creating Multiple Series Graphs, plus some fundamental Do’s and Don’ts when creating Graphs.
An introduction to Conditional Formatting as an alternative to graphs. Plus, the additional benefits such as picking out Duplicates or highlighting Values above or below a specific threshold.
The many advantages of converting an Excel Range to a Table. Once you’ve seen this you will never look back.
The most effective way to analyse data in Excel. We show you the basics and the key things to be aware of when working with them.
An Advanced function but only second to AutoSum in popularity. We show you the basics and the most efficient way to use it.
Using Basic Text Formulas, Flash Fill and Text-to-Columns to Split and Merge Data. Plus, some key guidelines as to when best to use which method.
Over 40 Keyboard Shortcuts covered throughout the course to increase those efficiencies.
A printable 1-pager, of all these shortcuts and more, is provided with the follow-along Workbook.
What's Included?
- A detailed follow-along Excel Workbook with Summary Notes
- Self-marking quick questions to test your progress as you learn
- Practical Tasks that will enable you to put your newly acquired Excel Skills into practice
- Course completion Certificates
- Lifetime access to course material and updates
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Excel Intermediate Course Reviews
Excellent work and experience
Elizabeth Malepe – Sodecia Automotive
Mark was an excellent teacher, I have learnt a lot from him, and I cannot wait for the advance course.
He is very patient and good in what He does.
Excellent
Lusani Dzaga – Sodecia
Intermediate excel training
Exciting!
Very good course - I really enjoy it. Thank you!
Learnt a lot
Very helpful, with someone who had no knowledge to where I am now with excel.
Informative, practical, empowering, comprehensive
Saiesha Ramkisoon – Forward Finance Flow (Pty) Ltd
Excellent intermediate-level course! The content was well-structured and easy to follow, with practical examples that truly enhanced my understanding of Excel. I now feel much more confident using advanced functions, pivot tables, and data analysis tools. The hands-on exercises were particularly helpful in reinforcing the concepts. Highly recommend this course to anyone looking to take their Excel skills to the next level!
Informative, easy to follow, self learning
Yana Bruno – Versofy
Great course with very easy to follow videos.
Gave me a great refresher and also showed me really neat tricks.
Concise, well laid out, valuable
Kayla Rautenbach – Versofy Solar
Very good and thorough
learned a lot especially shortcuts
CRIZILLE LAMPREC – PLASSON SA
nice overview on all the aspects of excel
very well presented and explained