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Research Camp: Excel 1 - Easy Excel

Research Camp: Excel 1 - Easy Excel

Presenter(s):
Julie Marcoux

In this hands-on workshop, you will use a carefully crafted Excel instructional file to learn to clean and transform messy external data into beautifully formatted and printer-friendly data. You will also practice using Excel’s built-in tools to explore data. This beginner-friendly module covers navigating, selecting, formatting, filtering, and conditional formatting. Prerequisite: Excel 2016+ for desktop. 

After attending or viewing the workshop session, you will be able to: 

  • Navigate and select cells, rows, columns, and spreadsheets including with the use of keyboard shortcuts. 
  • Format cells, cell ranges, rows, columns, and tables of data using cell styles, spreadsheet themes, font tools, the format painter, and several options from the format cells menu. 
  • Employ the filter tool and the conditional formatting tool to explore data. 
  • Recognize the most appropriate data structures to use to leverage Excel’s in-built tools and functions, identify and resolve sources of potential problems. 

Location: Rowe Building 3080

Related LibGuide: Research Camp for Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, and Grad Students by Lindsay McNiff

Date:
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Rowe Building Room 3080
Audience:
  Graduate Students  
Categories:
  Research Camp     Workshops  

Registration is required. There are no seats available but a waiting list is available.

Event Organizer

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Lindsay McNiff

Learning & Instruction Librarian
Killam Library, room 3627
lindsay.mcniff@dal.ca
902-494-4460
 

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