Microsoft Excel 2013 (MOS)

(77-420-complete)/ISBN:978-1-61691-566-7

This course includes
Lessons
TestPrep
Lab

Here's what you will get

The Microsoft Office Specialist certification is targeted at professionals who can create and manage worksheets and workbooks with Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and have experience with previous versions of Microsoft Office Excel. They should also be able to perform tasks like creating tables, applying formulas and functions, creating charts, and objects. The Microsoft 77-420 exam is an upgrade of Microsoft Office Excel 2010.

Lessons

26+ Lessons | 109+ Exercises | 75+ Quizzes | 143+ Flashcards | 143+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

15+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 40+ Post Assessment Questions | 80+ Practice Test Questions

Hand on lab

33+ LiveLab | 93+ Video tutorials | 49+ Minutes

Video Lessons

155+ Videos | 15:06+ Hours

Here's what you will learn

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Lessons 1: Introducing Excel

  • Identifying What Excel Is Good For
  • Seeing What's New in Excel 2013
  • Understanding Workbooks and Worksheets
  • Moving Around a Worksheet
  • Using the Ribbon
  • Using Shortcut Menus
  • Customizing Your Quick Access Toolbar
  • Working with Dialog Boxes
  • Using Task Panes
  • Creating Your First Excel Workbook

Lessons 2: Entering and Editing Worksheet Data

  • Exploring Data Types
  • Entering Text and Values into Your Worksheets
  • Modifying Cell Contents
  • Applying Number Formatting

Lessons 3: Essential Worksheet Operations

  • Learning the Fundamentals of Excel Worksheets
  • Controlling the Worksheet View
  • Working with Rows and Columns

Lessons 4: Working with Cells and Ranges

  • Understanding Cells and Ranges
  • Copying or Moving Ranges
  • Using Names to Work with Ranges

Lessons 5: Introducing Tables

  • What Is a Table?
  • Creating a Table
  • Changing the Look of a Table
  • Working with Tables

Lessons 6: Worksheet Formatting

  • Getting to Know the Formatting Tools
  • Using Different Fonts to Format Your Worksheet
  • Changing Text Alignment
  • Using Colors and Shading
  • Adding Borders and Lines
  • Adding a Background Image to a Worksheet
  • Using Named Styles for Easier Formatting
  • Understanding Document Themes

Lessons 7: Understanding Excel Files

  • Creating a New Workbook
  • Opening an Existing Workbook
  • Saving a Workbook
  • Organizing Your Files
  • Other Workbook Info Options
  • Excel File Compatibility

Lessons 8: Using and Creating Templates

  • Exploring Excel Templates
  • Understanding Custom Excel Templates

Lessons 9: Printing Your Work

  • Basic Printing
  • Changing Your Page View
  • Adjusting Common Page Setup Settings
  • Adding a Header or Footer to Your Reports
  • Copying Page Setup Settings across Sheets
  • Preventing Certain Cells from Being Printed
  • Preventing Objects from Being Printed
  • Creating Custom Views of Your Worksheet

Lessons 10: Introducing Formulas and Functions

  • Understanding Formula Basics
  • Entering Formulas into Your Worksheets
  • Editing Formulas
  • Using Cell References in Formulas

Lessons 11: Creating Formulas That Manipulate Text

  • A Few Words about Text
  • Text Functions

Lessons 12: Creating Formulas That Count and Sum

  • Counting and Summing Worksheet Cells
  • Basic Counting Formulas
  • Advanced Counting Formulas
  • Summing Formulas
  • Conditional Sums Using a Single Criterion
  • Conditional Sums Using Multiple Criteria

Lessons 13: Getting Started Making Charts

  • What Is a Chart?
  • Understanding How Excel Handles Charts
  • Creating a Chart
  • Hands On: Creating and Customizing a Chart
  • Working with Charts
  • Understanding Chart Types
  • Learning More

Lessons 14: Learning Advanced Charting

  • Selecting Chart Elements
  • User Interface Choices for Modifying Chart Elements
  • Modifying the Chart Area
  • Modifying the Plot Area
  • Working with Titles in a Chart
  • Working with a Legend
  • Working with Gridlines
  • Modifying the Axes
  • Working with Data Series

Lessons 15: Visualizing Data Using Conditional Formatting

  • About Conditional Formatting
  • Specifying Conditional Formatting
  • Conditional Formats That Use Graphics
  • Creating Formula-Based Rules
  • Working with Conditional Formats

Lessons 16: Creating Sparkline Graphics

  • Sparkline Types
  • Creating Sparklines
  • Customizing Sparklines
  • Specifying a Date Axis
  • Auto-Updating Sparklines
  • Displaying a Sparkline for a Dynamic Range

Lessons 17: Enhancing Your Work with Pictures and Drawings

  • Using Shapes
  • Using SmartArt
  • Using WordArt
  • Working with Other Graphic Types

Lessons 18: Customizing the Excel User Interface

  • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Customizing the Ribbon

Lessons 19: Using Custom Number Formats

  • About Number Formatting
  • Creating a Custom Number Format
  • Custom Number Format Examples

Lessons 20: Using Data Validation

  • About Data Validation
  • Specifying Validation Criteria
  • Types of ValidationCriteria You Can Apply
  • Creating a Drop-Down List
  • Using Formulas for Data Validation Rules
  • Understanding Cell References
  • Data Validation Formula Examples

Lessons 21: Creating and Using Worksheet Outlines

  • Introducing Worksheet Outlines
  • Creating an Outline
  • Working with Outlines

Lessons 22: Excel and the Internet

  • Saving a Workbook on the Internet
  • Saving Workbooks in HTML Format
  • Opening an HTML File
  • Working with Hyperlinks

Lessons 23: Importing and Exporting Data

  • Importing Data
  • Exporting Data

Lessons 24: Introducing Visual Basic for Applications

  • Introducing VBA Macros
  • Displaying the Developer Tab
  • About Macro Security
  • Saving Workbooks That Contain Macros
  • Two Types of VBA Macros
  • Creating VBA Macros

Appendix

Appendix B

  • Video Tutorials

Hands-on LAB Activities (Performance Labs)

Introducing Excel

  • Moving a worksheet
  • Allowing editing on limited cells in a protected workbook
  • Creating a blank workbook
  • Disabling AutoRecover
  • Enforcing immediate calculation of formulas

Essential Worksheet Operations

  • Password protecting a workbook
  • Password protecting a workbook structure and worksheet

Working with Cells and Ranges

  • Using the Go To feature
  • Using the Cut and Paste functions
  • Deleting data in a cell range
  • Editing a comment

Introducing Tables

  • Formatting a cell range as a table
  • Sorting a table

Worksheet Formatting

  • Banding rows using an Excel table style
  • Applying a cell style to a cell range

Understanding Excel Files

  • Maintaining backward workbook compatibility

Using and Creating Templates

  • Creating a workbook using a template

Printing Your Work

  • Printing an individual worksheet
  • Inserting a watermark

Introducing Formulas and Functions

  • Displaying and evaluating formulas
  • Using the MIN and MAX functions
  • Using the AVERAGE function
  • Using the RATE function
  • Using the CONVERT function
  • Changing default error checking rules
  • Calculating the surface area of a sphere

Creating Formulas That Manipulate Text

  • Using the CONCATENATE function

Creating Formulas That Count and Sum

  • Using the SUBSTITUTE function

Visualizing Data Using Conditional Formatting

  • Applying color scales
  • Banding rows by conditional formatting
  • Banding columns by using conditional formatting

Using Custom Number Formats

  • Using the ROUND function

Excel and the Internet

  • Inserting a hyperlink

Exam FAQs

There are no technical prerequisites for the certification exam.

USD 100

The exam consists of performance based questions and is conducted in a live or simulated environment. 

The exam contains 40-60 questions.

90 minutes

The passing score varies from exam to exam and is provided on the score report.

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exam retake policy

  1. If a candidate does not achieve a passing score on an exam the first time, the candidate must wait 24 hours before retaking the exam.
  2. If a candidate does not achieve a passing score the second time, the candidate must wait 2 days (48 hours) before retaking the exam a third time.
  3. A two-day waiting period will be imposed between each subsequent exam retake.
  4. There is no annual limit on the number of attempts on the same exam.
  5. If a candidate achieves a passing score on an Office exam, the candidate may take it again.

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Customer Review

The course and labs provide complete coverage of the 77-420 exam and give knowledge of the essential components of Excel 2013 with practical examples. The course and lab contain a good balance between the basics that every Excel user needs to know and more complex topics that will appeal to power users.