Microsoft Excel 2013 (MOS) Expert Part 2

(77-428-complete)/ISBN:978-1-61691-586-5

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Prepare for the Microsoft 77-428 exam with the MOS Excel 2013 Expert Part 2 course and lab. The lab is cloud-based, device-enabled, and can easily be integrated with an LMS. The Microsoft Office training course covers the Excel expert exam objectives and provides skills to manage and share workbooks, apply custom formats and layouts, and more. The Microsoft Excel certification course and lab also include topics such as custom business templates, multiple axis financial charts, and more.

Here's what you will get

The Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel 2013 Expert certification is an industry-recognized credential. It is a standalone certification from Microsoft with the exam code 77-428. The Microsoft Excel expert exam validates the candidate's ability to create, manage, and distribute professional spreadsheets for a variety of specialized purposes and situations, as well as customize their Excel environment to enhance productivity.

Lessons

11+ Lessons | 73+ Exercises | 46+ Quizzes | 43+ Flashcards | 43+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

5+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 30+ Post Assessment Questions | 60+ Practice Test Questions

Hand on lab

9+ LiveLab | 57+ Video tutorials | 30+ Minutes

Video Lessons

5+ Videos | 03+ Minutes

Here's what you will learn

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Lessons 1: Linking and Consolidating Worksheets

  • Linking Workbooks
  • Creating External Reference Formulas
  • Working with External Reference Formulas
  • Avoiding Potential Problems with External Reference Formulas
  • Consolidating Worksheets

Lessons 2: Protecting Your Work

  • Types of Protection
  • Protecting a Worksheet
  • Protecting a Workbook
  • VB Project Protection
  • Related Topics

Lessons 3: Making Your Worksheets Error Free

  • Finding and Correcting Formula Errors
  • Using Excel Auditing Tools
  • Searching and Replacing
  • Spell-Checking Your Worksheets
  • Using AutoCorrect

Lessons 4: Using Custom Number Formats

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

Lessons 5: Using and Creating Templates

  • Exploring Excel Templates
  • Understanding Custom Excel Templates

Lessons 6: 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 7: Performing Spreadsheet What-If Analysis

  • A What-If Example
  • Types of What-If Analysis

Lessons 8: Analyzing Data Using Goal Seeking and Solver

  • What-If Analysis, in Reverse
  • Single-Cell Goal Seeking
  • Introducing Solver
  • Solver Examples

Lessons 9: Creating Formulas for Financial Applications

  • The Time Value of Money
  • Loan Calculations
  • Investment Calculations
  • Depreciation Calculations

Lessons 10: Introducing Pivot Tables

  • About Pivot Tables
  • Creating a Pivot Table Automatically
  • Creating a Pivot Table Manually
  • More Pivot Table Examples
  • Learning More

Lessons 11: Analyzing Data with Pivot Tables

  • Working with Non-Numeric Data
  • Grouping Pivot Table Items
  • Creating a Frequency Distribution
  • Creating a Calculated Field or Calculated Item
  • Filtering Pivot Tables with Slicers
  • Filtering Pivot Tables with a Timeline
  • Referencing Cells within a Pivot Table
  • Creating Pivot Charts
  • Another Pivot Table Example
  • Producing a Report with a Pivot Table
  • Using the Data Model
  • Learning More about Pivot Tables

Hands-on LAB Activities (Performance Labs)

Protecting Your Work

  • Checking a workbook for compatibility issues
  • Adding a digital signature

Making Your Worksheets Error Free

  • Displaying formulas instead of values
  • Enabling the error checking rules for formulas
  • Evaluating and correcting a formula
  • Configuring error checking rules for formulas

Creating Formulas That Count and Sum

  • Using multiple criteria in the COUNTIFS function
  • Using multiple criteria with the SUMIFS function

Creating Formulas for Financial Applications

  • Configuring a calculation option for formulas

Exam FAQs

There are no technical prerequisites for this certification exam.

USD 100

The exam consists of performance based questions and is conducted in a live or simulated environment. MOS 2013 presents the candidate with a project to build with tasks and steps that build on each other.

The exam contains 40-60 questions.

50 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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