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Excel Ninja Challenge Guide

This document provides a summary of topics covered in a training on Excel skills. It includes 76 sections organized into 10 modules covering functions, formulas, formatting, filtering, sorting, dates, data validation, pivot tables and more. Section durations range from 1 to 7 minutes, with most between 2 to 5 minutes. The training aims to help users master shortcuts, tricks and techniques to work more efficiently in Excel.

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Excel Ninja Challenge Guide

This document provides a summary of topics covered in a training on Excel skills. It includes 76 sections organized into 10 modules covering functions, formulas, formatting, filtering, sorting, dates, data validation, pivot tables and more. Section durations range from 1 to 7 minutes, with most between 2 to 5 minutes. The training aims to help users master shortcuts, tricks and techniques to work more efficiently in Excel.

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SECTION SN TOPIC Duration

1 00 0000 Introduction 05:12


1 2 01 0101 How to use this section? 01:16
1 3 01 0102 The "ONE" Universal shortcut & a faster Copy-Paste technique 03:22
1 4 01 0103 AutoFill selected cell(s) with pre-defined formula/text/no. 01:15
1 5 01 0104 Navigating across Worksheets; Data Table selection & manoeuvring 04:32
1 6 01 0105 Adding/Deleting/Selecting Rows/Columns 03:06
1 7 01 0106 For "Formula" One Speedstars 06:18
1 8 01 0107 Formatting cells 04:37
1 9 01 0108 Using Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) 04:43
1 10 01 0109 Formula auditing magic 04:51
2 11 02 0201 MAX() in Financial Modeling 02:43
2 12 02 0202 LARGE() & SMALL() - for bidding/auction pricing strategies 02:37
2 13 02 0203 Advanced ROUND() Tricks with ROUNDUP() & ROUNDDOWN() - 1 of 2 03:42
2 14 02 0204 Advanced ROUND() Tricks with ROUNDUP() & ROUNDDOWN() - 2 of 2 06:36
2 15 02 0205 COUNT() vs. COUNTA() vs. COUNTBLANK() vs. COUNTIFS() 03:19
2 16 02 0206 SUMPRODUCT() for weighted average computation 03:33
2 17 02 0207 POWER() vs. Caret sign ( ^ ) 02:38
3 18 03 0301 Formatting Tricks incl. Special Custom Formats 05:16
3 19 03 0302 Format Painter - "Uninterrupted Click-ability" 01:55
3 20 03 0303 Defining Cell Style - for "one-click" universal change 04:00
3 21 03 0304 Transferring (Merging) Cell Style from one workbook to another 01:15
3 22 03 0305 Cell drag-n-drop Auto Fill Options + Activation Setting 01:19
3 23 03 0306 Cell drag-n-drop Auto Fill Options - Yr-end, Month-end, AlphaNumeric, Fill - Justify 02:46
3 24 03 0307 Cell drag-n-drop Auto Fill Options vs. EOMONTH() - End of Year/Quarter/Month 01:11
3 25 03 0308 Paste Special - Transpose vs. TRANSPOSE() 04:17
4 26 04 0401 Cell Referencing ($) - 1 of 2 03:01
4 27 04 0402 Cell Referencing ($) - 2 of 2 03:19
5 28 05 0501 Go To (Special) - Formulas with Errors 02:39
5 29 05 0502 Go To (Special) - Formulas without Errors 02:01
5 30 05 0503 Go To (Special) w. Ctrl+Enter 02:07
5 31 05 0504 Go To (Special) - Fill Intermittent Blank Cells - Case 1 05:58
5 32 05 0505 Go To (Special) - Fill Intermittent Blank Cells - Case 2 02:03
5 33 05 0506 Go To (Special) - Visible Cells w. Shortcut 02:23
6 34 06 0601 Vertical Sort - 1-level & 2-level 02:23
6 35 06 0602 Custom Sort 05:16
6 36 06 0603 Sort Trick - add alternate blank rows in-between existing rows 02:57
6 37 06 0604 Horizontal Sorting (Left to Right) - auto-realigning 100s of columns 03:28
6 38 06 0605 Filter - Basics 03:36

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SECTION SN TOPIC Duration
6 39 06 0606 Filter - Choosing the dataset correctly 01:25
6 40 06 0607 Filter analysis w. shortcuts 02:51
6 41 06 0608 Filter - SUBTOTAL() for calculations 05:04
6 42 06 0609 Filter - SUBTOTAL() 9 vs. 109 series 02:39
6 43 06 0610 Filter - Applying 2 or more Filters simultaneously on the same sheet 02:18
6 44 06 0611 Filter - Color Filter & Text Filter 01:12
6 45 06 0612 Advanced Filter - Basics 04:28
6 46 06 0613 Advanced Filter - Differential Criteria 04:09
6 47 06 0614 Advanced Filter - More parameters 03:08
7 48 07 0701 Dates - Important Concepts 1 of 2 03:15
7 49 07 0702 Dates - Important Concepts 2 of 2 04:04
7 50 07 0703 Date Formulas - DAY(), MONTH(), YEAR(), DATE() 02:14
7 51 07 0704 Date Formulas - TEXT() 03:05
7 52 07 0705 Date Formulas - WEEKDAY(), WORKDAY(), NETWORKDAYS() 03:51
7 53 07 0706 Date Formulas - WORKDAY.INTL() for deadline/due date calculations w. custom weekends/holidays 04:51
7 54 07 0707 Date Formulas - NETWORKDAY.INTL() for no. of business days calculations w. custom weekends/holidays 01:43
7 55 07 0708 Date Formulas - TODAY() and NOW() w. Shortcut 01:29
7 56 07 0709 Date Formulas - EOMONTH() for Financial Modeling, Budgets, Due Dates 03:40
7 57 07 0710 Date Formulas - EDATE() for Financial Modeling, Budgets, Due Dates 03:54
8 58 08 0801 Data Validation - Drop Down List using hard coded text & pre-defined range 02:36
8 59 08 0802 Data Validation - Drop Down List using named range 03:50
8 60 08 0803 Data Validation - Numbers w. Error Alert and Input Message 01:36
8 61 08 0804 Data Validation - Dates w. Error Alert and Circle Invalid Data 03:51
8 62 08 0805 Data Validation - Text Length w. Error Alert 01:35
8 63 08 0806 Data Validation - Custom w. formula logic 02:00
9 64 09 0901 Grouping/UnGrouping Columns and Rows - 1 of 2 02:57
9 65 09 0902 Grouping/UnGrouping Columns and Rows - 2 of 2 00:40
9 66 09 0903 Grouping Trick: Changing placement of Grouping Button 01:40
9 67 09 0904 Cell Gridlines: Turning On/Off 00:49
10 68 10 1001 Pivot Table - Why should you learn? 03:57
10 69 10 1002 Pivot Table - Pre-requisites 02:24
10 70 10 1003 Pivot Table - How to create one? 02:39
10 71 10 1004 Pivot Table - Exploring Pivot Table grid (Fields) 03:20
10 72 10 1005 Pivot Table - Value Field Settings - "Summarize Values By" - Sum, Average, Count, Max etc. 05:04
10 73 10 1006 Pivot Table - Value Field Settings - "Show Values As" - Percentage (%) of Grand Total 02:21
10 74 10 1007 Pivot Table - Value Field Settings - "Show Values As" - Percentage (%) of Column/Row Total 02:21
10 75 10 1008 Pivot Table - Grouping - Numbers 03:37
10 76 10 1009 Pivot Table - Grouping - Dates [Years, Months etc.] 04:07

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SECTION SN TOPIC Duration
10 77 10 1010 Pivot Table - Grouping - Text 03:35
10 78 10 1011 Pivot Table - Refresh vs. Refresh All, Change Data Source and creating Dynamic Table Data Source 06:17
10 79 10 1012 Pivot Table - Auto Refresh 00:41
10 80 10 1013 Pivot Table - Pivot Chart Shortcut and Sparklines 02:12
10 81 10 1014 Pivot Table - Drill Down option 00:59
10 82 10 1015 Pivot Table - Report Filter - Generating 100s of reports in few seconds 03:38
10 83 10 1016 Pivot Table - Slicer vs. Report Filter 02:32
10 84 10 1017 Pivot Table - Practice - Sales Data Analysis - 1 of 2I (%, Grouping, Chart, Report Filter Pages) 03:08
10 85 10 1018 Pivot Table - Practice - Sales Data Analysis - 2 of 2 (Slicer) 03:08
10 86 10 1019 Pivot Table - Practice - Closing Stock Analysis 06:59
11 87 11 1101 VLOOKUP() for Starters 07:51
11 88 11 1102 VLOOKUP w. TRUE vs. FALSE 07:15
11 89 11 1103 VLOOKUP w. TRUE - applications 05:59
11 90 11 1104 HLOOKUP() vs. VLOOKUP() 02:44
11 91 11 1105 MATCH() - Basics 03:37
11 92 11 1106 MATCH() match_type: -1 vs. 0 vs. 1 03:45
11 93 11 1107 2-D Lookup (Vertical + Horizontal) - VLOOKUP w. MATCH 05:52
11 94 11 1108 2-D Lookup - VLOOKUP w. MATCH - Framework 01:18
11 95 11 1109 2-D Lookup - VLOOKUP w. MATCH - Common Mistake #1 03:47
11 96 11 1110 2-D Lookup - VLOOKUP w. MATCH - Common Mistake #2 02:19
11 97 11 1111 2-D Lookup - VLOOKUP w. MATCH - Practice Exercise 06:11
11 98 11 1112 2-D Lookup (Horizontal + Vertical) - HLOOKUP w. MATCH 06:47
11 99 11 1113 INDIRECT() - Basics 04:17
11 100 11 1114 INDIRECT() w. Range Naming - Applications 06:00
11 101 11 1115 3-D Lookup - VLOOKUP() w. MATCH() w. INDIRECT() - Question 04:17
11 102 11 1116 3-D Lookup - VLOOKUP() w. MATCH() w. INDIRECT() - Answer 07:09
11 103 11 1117 Reverse Lookup - Question 03:26
11 104 11 1118 Reverse Lookup - INDEX() w. MATCH() - 1 of 2 08:12
11 105 11 1119 Reverse Lookup - INDEX() w. MATCH() - 2 of 2 06:05
11 106 11 1120 SUMIFS(): Conditional Summation (1 criteria) 04:26
11 107 11 1121 SUMIFS(): Conditional Summation (2 criteria) 04:10
11 108 11 1122 SUMIFS(): Conditional Summation (3 criteria) w. date range 05:18
11 109 11 1123 SUMIFS(): Condition based Selective Cumulative Running Total 05:29
11 110 11 1124 COUNTIFS() - Single/Multiple Criteria: Duplicate Count, Instance No. 06:08
12 111 12 1201 Text Formulas Change Case using UPPER(), PROPER() & LOWER() 01:41
12 112 12 1202 Text Formulas Remove Leading, Trailing & excess Intermittent spaces using TRIM() 01:43
12 113 12 1203 Text Formulas Using LEN() & TRIM() together 01:32
12 114 12 1204 Text Formulas T(), N() & VALUE() 03:15

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SECTION SN TOPIC Duration
12 115 12 1205 Text Formulas REPT() for artifical Column Chart in a Cell 01:14
12 116 12 1206 Text Formulas REPT() & LEN() for adding leading zeroes before incomplete Cheque Nos. 04:28
12 117 12 1208 Find & Replace Using Wildcard character ( * ) 03:07
12 118 12 1209 Find & Replace Using Wildcard character ( ? ) 03:07
12 119 12 1210 Find & Replace Neutralising Wildcard characters to remove them from data 02:37
12 120 12 1211 Find & Replace Word vs. Excel 06:04
12 121 12 1212 Find & Replace Cell Format 04:29
12 122 12 1213 Text to Columns Basics (Delimited) 02:49
12 123 12 1214 Text to Columns Basics (Fixed Width) + Hidden Trick 04:04
12 124 12 1215 Text to Columns Cleaning up numbers w. trailing minus sign 02:32
12 125 12 1216 Text to Columns Cleaning up numbers w. leading "Dr/Cr" text 02:01
12 126 12 1217 Text to Columns Correcting invalid Dates (DMY) 03:23
12 127 12 1218 Text to Columns Correcting invalid Dates (YMD) 03:17
12 128 12 1219 Text Formulas LEFT(), RIGHT() & SEARCH() - 1 of 2 04:17
12 129 12 1220 Text Formulas LEFT(), RIGHT() & SEARCH() - 2 of 2 02:25
12 130 12 1221 Text Formulas MID() & LEN() 03:41
13 131 13 1301 Logical formulas: ISNUMBER(), ISTEXT(), ISBLANK(), ISERROR(), ISFORMULA() 04:16
13 132 13 1302 Logical formulas: Basics of IF() and Nested IF() 05:17
13 133 13 1303 Logical formulas: AND(), OR() 05:13
13 134 13 1304 Logical formulas: Combining IF() w. AND() & OR() 03:34
14 135 14 1401 Conditional Formatting: Actual vs. Budget Comparison through Arrows 05:45
14 136 14 1402 Conditional Formatting: w. Drop-down list based Input 03:14
14 137 14 1403 Conditional Formatting: Data Bars, Color Scales, Icon Sets 02:29
14 138 14 1404 Conditional Formatting: Blanks, Errors, Values, Duplicates 05:01
14 139 14 1405 Conditional Formatting: Formula based (Colored rows based in user input) 04:10
14 140 14 1406 Conditional Formatting: Formula based w. AND() - 2-way input Coloring 05:20
14 141 14 1407 Conditional Formatting: Formula based w. COUNTIFS() - Highlighting inputs if from restricted list 04:12
15 142 15 1501 What IF Analysis Using Form Control Buttons from Developer Tab (Spin Bar, Scroll Bar) 05:07
15 143 15 1502 What IF Analysis Limitations of Spin Bar, Scroll Bar 04:01
15 144 15 1504 What IF Analysis Goal Seek 04:31
15 145 15 1505 What IF Analysis Data Tables Basics (Sensitivity Analysis) - 2 Inputs & 1 Output 08:20
15 146 15 1506 What IF Analysis Data Tables Basics (Sensitivity Analysis) - with PMT for Loan EMI 05:20
15 147 15 1507 What IF Analysis Data Tables Basics (Sensitivity Analysis) - 2 Inputs & multiple Output - Question 08:20
15 148 15 1508 What IF Analysis Data Tables Basics (Sensitivity Analysis) - 2 Inputs & multiple Output - Answer 08:20
16 149 16 1601 Subtotal - Creating a 1-level SubTotal on a Sorted list 05:32
16 150 16 1602 Subtotal - Deleting a SubTotal 01:16
16 151 16 1603 Subtotal - Creating a 2-level SubTotal on a Sorted list 04:26
16 152 16 1604 Subtotal - Coloring the Subtotal rows with different Color 01:43

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SECTION SN TOPIC Duration
16 153 16 1604A Subtotal - Trick to Merge blocks of cells with similar names 05:29
16 154 16 1605 Consolidate - 2 Dimensions 04:05
16 155 16 1606 Consolidate - 3 Dimensions 07:53
17 156 17 1701 Cell level Security 06:39
17 157 17 1702 Cell level Security Challenge 03:01
17 158 17 1703 Sheet level Security 05:36
17 159 17 1704 File level Security 02:45
18 160 18 1801 Printing - Rows to Repeat at Top (Print Titles) 02:18
18 161 18 1802 Printing - Gridlines 01:14
18 162 18 1803 Printing - Custom Header & Footer 02:52
18 163 18 1804 Printing - Page Order - Vertical vs. Horizontal 02:12
18 164 18 1805 Printing - Tricks for Financial Analysts - Check underlying formulas 01:48
18 165 18 1806 Printing - Tricks for Financial Analysts - Cell Comments 01:47
18 166 18 1807 Printing - Print Entire Workbook 00:59
19 167 19 1901 Comments - Shortcuts, Inserting Picture in Comment Box 04:21
19 168 19 1902 Split Windows, Viewing multiple Windows - For working with different workbooks, worksheets & scattered cell ran 07:06
19 169 19 1903 Hyperlinking (Ctrl+K) 03:33

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