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Advanced Microsoft Excel Certification Training

CertOcean's Advanced Microsoft Excel training is a live, instructor-led online course. You learn in 16 live sessions (30 hours in total) with an expert instructor, work through 8 curriculum modules with hands-on assignments and keep lifetime access to the class recordings.

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  • 8 modules47 topics
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Course overview

About the Advanced Microsoft Excel training

Advanced Excel training takes you beyond basic spreadsheets to the functions, data tools and automation that analysts rely on. You learn to clean and validate data, analyze it with PivotTables, charts and statistics, automate routine work with macros, and protect your workbooks.

Each module includes hands-on case studies, and you finish with a project that applies everything you learned.

This course includes

  • Course formatSelf-paced learning that gives you in-depth knowledge of every advanced Excel topic in the course.
  • Real-life case studiesAt the end of the course, you work on a project that applies the techniques you learned.
  • AssignmentsEach module includes a case study to complete before you move to the next module.
  • Lifetime accessKeep lifetime access to all videos, discussion forums and other learning content in the LMS.
  • 24/7 expert supportOur support team is available 24x7 to answer technical questions quickly through a ticket-based system, for life.
  • CertificationComplete the final project, reviewed by our expert panel, to receive CertOcean's Advanced Excel certificate.

What you'll learn in this course

  • Apply custom and conditional formatting to make data easy to read
  • Use advanced Excel functions and formulas
  • Work with advanced data tools to clean, validate and organize data
  • Analyze data with PivotTables and pivot charts
  • Automate repetitive tasks by recording macros
  • Protect workbooks and restrict access to sensitive data

What is advanced Excel training?

Advanced Excel training teaches the Excel skills beyond the basics that analysts and finance teams use daily. This course covers lookup and logical functions, data validation, PivotTables and pivot charts, advanced filters, what-if analysis, macros and data security.

What will you learn in this advanced Excel course?

After this advanced Excel training, you will be able to:

  • Use the newer features of Microsoft Excel
  • Customize the Quick Access Toolbar and apply conditional formatting
  • Apply advanced functions and formulas to work faster
  • Run what-if analysis to test scenarios
  • Use data validation to control what users can enter
  • Build PivotTables and pivot charts, and add slicers and timelines for interactivity
  • Automate routine tasks with macros
  • Protect Excel files with passwords
  • Work faster with Excel keyboard shortcuts

Why learn advanced Excel?

Advanced Excel skills let you do in minutes what takes hours with basic spreadsheets. With this course you can:

  • Use advanced functions and formulas for complex calculations
  • Clean and organize data with Excel's data tools
  • Analyze data with advanced charts, PivotTables and statistics
  • Automate repetitive work with macros

Who should take advanced Excel training?

This advanced Excel course is a good fit for:

  • Data analysts
  • Financial analysts
  • Excel users who want to go further
  • Graduates looking for jobs in analytics or consulting

What are the prerequisites for the advanced Excel course?

There are no prerequisites for this advanced Excel course. A basic understanding of Microsoft Excel helps.

Curriculum

Advanced Microsoft Excel course syllabus

8 modules · 47 topics · 30 hours of live training

Overview of Advanced Excel 4 topics
  • Learning goal: Get to know the newer features of Microsoft Excel and the advanced concepts this course covers.
  • What is new in Microsoft Excel
  • Advanced Excel concepts covered in the course
  • Useful Excel keyboard shortcuts
Custom and Conditional Formatting in Excel 6 topics
  • Learning goal: Customize the Quick Access Toolbar and use custom and conditional formatting to make data easy to read.
  • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Custom number formatting
  • Conditional formatting
  • Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Apply conditional formatting
Advanced Excel Functions and Formulas 8 topics
  • Learning goal: Apply advanced functions and formulas, and find and fix formula errors.
  • Logical functions
  • Text functions
  • Lookup and reference functions, such as VLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH
  • Formula auditing: tracing errors and evaluating formulas
  • RANDBETWEEN
  • Named ranges
  • Use logical and lookup functions
Advanced Data Tools in Excel 7 topics
  • Learning goal: Clean, validate and organize data, and test scenarios with what-if analysis.
  • Text to Columns
  • Data validation
  • What-if analysis
  • Removing duplicates
  • Cleaning data with sorting and filtering
  • Apply data validation to a sample dataset
Data Analysis with PivotTables, Charts and Statistics 7 topics
  • Learning goal: Analyze data with charts, PivotTables and basic statistics in Excel.
  • Charts, chart formatting, secondary axes and scatter plots
  • PivotTables, pivot charts and sparklines
  • Advanced filters
  • Basic statistics such as average and correlation
  • Regression and ANOVA in Excel
  • Analyze data with PivotTables, charts and regression
Introduction to Excel Macros 6 topics
  • Learning goal: Record, run and edit macros to automate routine tasks.
  • What macros are
  • Recording macros
  • Running macros
  • Editing macros
  • Record, edit and run macros
Data Security in Excel 6 topics
  • Learning goal: Restrict and protect your data at the cell, sheet and workbook level.
  • Protecting cells
  • Protecting sheets
  • Protecting workbooks
  • Allowing specific users to edit ranges
  • Protect cells, sheets, a workbook and ranges in a sample workbook
Working with Advanced Excel: Project Preparation 3 topics
  • Learning goal: Bring all the advanced techniques together to prepare for the certification project.
  • Applying advanced Excel tools and techniques together
  • Preparing for the final project

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  • FormatLive online
  • Sessions16 live sessions
  • Total30 hours
  • BatchesWeekend and weekday
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Starts Monday, November 16

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  • Certificate of completionIssued by CertOcean when you finish the training and assignments.
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Why learners choose CertOcean

Rated Excellent · 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot
The training curriculum was great. CertOcean provided me everything required to obtain my CISM. They're excellent!
Laxmi Haya Vadan KaramcheduUnited States · CISMVerified
Very resourceful company, I passed my PMP exam at first attempt, highly recommended.
IjeomaCanada · PMPVerified
Great training support! Helped me pass several certifications.
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How much does the Advanced Microsoft Excel course cost?

The Advanced Microsoft Excel training costs $149, down from the regular $179 (you save 17%). It is a one-time payment in US dollars, and you can pay securely by card or PayPal.

How long is the Advanced Microsoft Excel course, and when does it start?

The course runs for 30 hours of live, instructor-led online training across 16 sessions. Weekend and weekday batches are available, and the next batch starts on Monday, November 16, 2026.

Why take an advanced Excel certification course?

An advanced Excel certification course proves you can use Excel at the level employers expect for analyst roles.

  • Companies in every industry hire analysts with strong Excel skills.
  • Advanced Excel skills help you work faster and produce better reports.
  • Excel is one of the most requested software skills in job postings.
Will I get a certificate after the Advanced Microsoft Excel training?

Yes. You receive a CertOcean certificate of completion when you finish the training.

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