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ESP essentials - agenda

Format: seminar with hands on sessions - computers will be provided
Duration: one day
Arrival and refreshments: 9:00 am Start: 9:15 am Finish: 4:30 pm

Your power-packed agenda.  

Understand the need for standards:

  • Comparison of good and bad spreadsheets.

Discover the ESP add-in:

  • Attach the add-in.
  • Use the add-in.

Apply conventions to range names:

  • See the benefits of range names.
  • Navigate with names and use them in formulae.
  • Discover the AbleOwl naming conventions.
  • Create, modify and delete range names.
  • Use names to toggle frozen panes.
  • Quickly hide and unhide rows, columns and sheets.
  • Create print area names with comments and use Print Manager.

Create a standard workbook:

  • Create a new workbook as a copy of a standard workbook.

Change Guide sheet entries:

  • Include reference information.
  • Enter Input-Process-Output information.

Change Params sheet entries:

  • Understand the purpose and benefits of the Params sheet.
  • Discover the Params sheet entries and their uses.
  • Insert a new parameter and name it with the AbleOwl ESP convention.

Format with named styles:

  • See the benefits of named styles.
  • Master the use of the Style box.
  • Discover the AbleOwl ESP convention for named styles.
  • Use the Styles Manager.
  • Use ESP add-in buttons to apply named styles.
  • Copy styles to a workbook that does not have them.
  • Create a style.
  • Change the default workbook to include the styles.

Insert data sheets and arrange the flow:

  • Understand sheet tab naming, colouring and positioning conventions.

Use good typographical style:

  • Discover rules for indentation, lines, fonts, colour, shading, underlines, case, alignment, bold, titles positioning, row heights, column widths, rotation, merged cells

Apply ESP to an existing workbook:

  • Merge styles.
  • Insert standard non-data sheets.
  • Set the colour palette.
  • Insert column titles component.
  • Position Menu sheet hyperlink picture.
  • Narrow row and put bottom border above total.

Who should attend:

  • Regular users of Excel who are familiar with the basics of formula construction, formatting and printing. See the agenda above.

Learn in a positive environment

  • Be assured the advice you get is well-proven and utilised.
  • Feel free to ask questions.
  • Get time away from the office and constant interruptions.
  • Enjoy a friendly environment where you don’t feel you’re holding others up.
  • Instantly apply what you’ve learned on return to work.

The courses cover Microsoft Excel releases XP(2002) through 2010.
Where there are differences among the covered releases, they are pointed out.


Course cancellation policy:

A course booking is considered final when an invoice is sent, and can be cancelled up to ten working days before the course. After that, payment is expected in full and no refund will be given.
All cancellations must be notified in writing, i.e. post, fax or email.
Another delegate may be substituted at any time.


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