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David Ringstrom, CPA, author, Microsoft Excel trainer and consultant
David H. Ringstrom is a CPA and owner of Accounting Advisors, Inc., an Atlanta-based spreadsheet and database consulting firm that he started in 1991. David teaches 180 live webinars annually on Microsoft Excel, along wit
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In this course Excel expert David H. Ringstrom, CPA focuses on what he considers to be the 10 best new features in Excel 2013, along with his three most disliked features. Each feature discussed in this course is not available in Excel 2010 or earlier, so you learn how to take advantage of the new capabilities. This course is helpful if you are already using Excel 2013, or it can help you determine if you should move from an earlier version to the latest version.
Topics covered:
- Explore the new Recommended Charts feature in Excel 2013.
- Compare user interface changes in Excel 2013 that vastly simplify chart-related tasks.
- Discover the new Recommended Pivot Tables feature in Excel 2013.
- Understand how to use the Slicers feature in Excel 2013 to streamline analyzing data within tables.
- Capitalize on new features in Excel 2013 that empower anyone to quickly analyze data.
- Discover the Flash Fill feature in Excel 2013, as well as alternatives to use in earlier versions of Excel.
- Discover how to disable worksheet animation in Excel 2013.
- Cut through the tangles introduced by Excel 2013's revamped File menu.
- Overcome annoyances in Excel 2013 by making simple adjustments to Excel's options.
This course helps you determine whether the new functionality of Excel 2013 is worth the effort and cost of upgrading, and you learn about how a number of new Excel features work in practice.
Learning Objectives
- Explore how to streamline data analysis by way of the Recommended Pivot Tables and Recommended Charts features
- Recognize how to disable worksheet animation and other annoying aspects of Excel 2013
- Discover how to use IFNA and FORMULATEXT worksheet functions.
Last updated/reviewed: June 9, 2021
25 Reviews (86 ratings)Reviews
Anonymous
(cfo - consultant)
Good info
I finally know why when I click the X to exit a file - it completely logs me out of Excel - If you only have 1 workbook open you are SOL if you click the X
Anonymous
(Controller)
This course does a nice job of highlighting the new features in Excel 2013, as well as providing cautions of the not so helpful changes.
Gregg Gillaspy
(Owner at Gregg Gillaspy, CPA, CFP)
Excellent Excel course!!! David Ringstrom is one of my favorite webinar leaders. I wish I had just half of his knowledge on Excel.
Norman West
(Financial Manager at Lockheed Martin)
Good course. As always, Mr. Ringstrom covers a lot of ground and teaches some interesting Excel techniques.
Ted Feher
(Owner at Feher, PC (CPA))
Fast, lots of info but easy to understand. Downloads are very useful. Always something new to learn .
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
Great course, useful tips, and the instructor explains everything in a way that is easy to follow.
Anonymous
(Senior Accounting Manager)
welld done, great pointers for trouble shooting and utilizing excel's more recent adjustments
Sandra Casiraghi
(Accounting Manager at Christus Health)
Very clear explanations, speed of class is good - not too fast, but especially, not too slow.
Eric Oosta
(Senior Associate at Grant Thornton LLP)
Once again, a really great program. Enjoyed learning about the flash fill function.
Anonymous
(Vice President / Technology and Planning)
Flash fill example was very good. I hope there's a similar course fro Excel 2016.
Chris Grimes
(Rules Master at Cisco)
This is a good review of some new features that users might not be aware of.
Anonymous
(Senior Accounts Receivable Representativ..)
The course was good, I helped me learn about the other features in excel.
Anonymous
(Senior Auditor)
Great class! The handouts are the icing on the cake!
Anonymous
(Independent Consultant)
not as good as some of the other Excel classes
Anonymous
(CPA/Investment Advisor)
Good overview of updates in the 2013 version
Anonymous
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a lot of good information, very helpful tips
Fay Chen
(Finance Business Partner at Sophos)
Good to learn new features of Excel 2013.
Matt Osmundsen
(Director of Financial Planning at Baldwin Technology Company, Inc.)
Great course! Very informative.
Sheilah Brown
(Controller at SMB LTC)
Great overview of the subject.
Love the overview.
Anonymous
(Farm and Nursery Manager)
Nicely done course
Terri Salazar-Rodriguez
(None at None)
Good examples.
Hossam Ali Elsherief
(General Accountant & senior Auditor at Authorized Policy Insurance Brokers)
Good Course
Anonymous
(Regional Director)
nice class
Douglas Ronald
(---- at ------------)
good!
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Basic proficiency with Excel
Advanced Preparation: None
Education Provider Information
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