Excel 2025 Unlocked: Your Complete Guide from Basics to Smart Automation

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Excel 2025 Unlocked is your ultimate ticket to mastering Excel—whether you're just starting out or looking to elevate your skills with smart automation. This dynamic webinar series is crafted to guide you through Excel's evolution, covering everything from the basics of formulas and formatting to advanced techniques like creating dynamic dashboards, automating tasks with Power Query, and streamlining your workflows with the latest features of 2025.
Whether you're a business professional, a data enthusiast, or just someone who wants to make Excel do the heavy lifting for you, this program will completely change the way you approach spreadsheets.
Session Highlights
Excel – Reporting Simplified – Learn Pivot Tables from Scratch
- Harness the full potential of Pivot Tables to transform raw data into meaningful and enlightening reports and summaries.
- Learn the optimal data structuring techniques to maximize the effectiveness of Pivot Tables.
- Master the art of designing and formatting Pivot Table reports for clarity and comprehension.
- Explore diverse data summarization methods, including totals, counts, and percentages.
- Convert Pivot Tables into visually engaging charts.
Master Excel with AI: Streamline Your Workflow Using ChatGPT
- Introduction to ChatGPT and its integration with Excel
- Automating repetitive tasks in Excel with AI
- Generating complex formulas and functions using ChatGPT
- Enhancing data analysis and visualization with AI-driven insights
- Best practices for maximizing the synergy between Excel and ChatGPT
- Real-world applications and case studies
Excel – Advanced Formulas and Functions to Skyrocket Your Productivity
IF: Unlock the power of automation! IF lets you breeze through data entry by determining, “If this condition holds true, input this value; otherwise, input another.” It’s your shortcut to smart decision-making in a single cell.
COUNTIFS: Be the data detective you were meant to be! Count the occurrences of specific values (dates, numbers, text) within vast ranges. Ever wondered how many times Customer X paid late? COUNTIFS reveals the answer in seconds.
SUMIFS: Become a productivity pro! Sum up numbers that meet your custom criteria. Imagine effortlessly calculating the total hours dedicated to Project 123. SUMIFS delivers results without the headache.
IFERROR: Bid farewell to unsightly errors! IFERROR is your trusty companion, banishing those dreaded #DIV/0 and #N/A errors from your spreadsheets. It’s the secret weapon for pristine, error-free data.
XLOOKUP: Say hello to “VLOOKUP on steroids”! XLOOKUP is Excel’s new sensation, simplifying data retrieval from tabular lists. It’s your express lane to quick, precise, and hassle-free data searching.
UNIQUE: Transform clutter into clarity! Generate a unique list of items effortlessly in a single step. Ideal for decluttering data, creating concise inventories, or simplifying your data analysis.
FILTER: Unleash the power of dynamic lists! FILTER, the juggernaut of Excel’s latest functions, swiftly crafts dynamic lists tailored to your criteria. It’s your shortcut to efficient data management.
SORT: Keep your data organized like a pro! SORT swiftly arranges your items alphabetically or numerically, and when paired with UNIQUE, it becomes an unstoppable force for data management.
GETPIVOTDATA: Pivot tables, meet your match! GETPIVOTDATA makes referencing cells inside pivot tables a breeze. Navigate complex data structures with confidence.
SUBTOTAL: Storing list-based data in a table is best practice. But what if you need to generate a total, count or average from filtered data In the Table? The SUBTOTAL function is just what you need.
Excel – Formulas and Functions 101
- Creating basic excel formulas & function: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication
- Using parentheses in formulas – the what and why
- Copying a formula – the gotchas you need to know about
- Make formulas logical and understandable by assigning names to your important cells
- An introduction to functions: SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT and SUBTOTAL
- The SUMIF and COUNTIF function: Add up and count based on criteria
- Use TODAY, DATEDIF and NETWORKDAYS to calculate and manipulate dates
- Use CONCATENATE and TEXTJOIN to combine text from multiple cells
Excel – Building a Dashboard – Transforming Raw Data into Visual Insights
- Grasp the fundamental principles of effective dashboard design.
- Acquire the skills to craft interactive, visually engaging dashboards using Excel.
- Uncover best practices for data visualization that enhance clarity and impact.
- Harness the power of dashboards to inform and guide strategic business decisions.
- The importance of dashboards for data analysis and decision-making
- Structuring data for dashboard use (Tables and Pivot Tables)
- Crafting Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Summaries with Formulas
- Dashboard Elements: Charts, Slicers, Tiles/Cards
Why You Should Attend
You should go to Excel 2025 Unlocked because Excel has changed — and your use of it should too. This isn't just another class; it's your chance to close the gap between basic skills and true expertise. Maybe you're fed up with doing the same tasks over and over, not sure how to deal with messy data, or just want to keep pace with Excel's new tools. This event will teach you to work quicker better, and with more self-assurance. In a few focused lessons, you'll pick up practical, up-to-date skills that will make a big difference in your everyday work — and help you stand out in any job setting.
Speaker(s)
Mike Thomas is a leading UK-based IT Trainer and Content Creator renowned for his expertise in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Power BI.
Throughout his distinguished 35-year career, Mike has delivered thousands of courses and produced an extensive library of written and video tutorials, available on his blog and YouTube channel.
As a Microsoft MVP and Fellow of The Learning and Performance Institute, Mike has collaborated with numerous global and UK-based companies, providing tailored training and developing innovative Microsoft Office solutions that streamline business processes.
His passion for teaching, knowledge-sharing and technology makes him a sought-after speaker and trainer, continually inspiring others to harness the full potential of Microsoft Office tools.
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