The Top Ten Excel Functions Everyone Should Know

Excel functions can greatly enhance your ability to perform tasks in day-to-day activities in Excel. While there are hundreds of functions available, there are 10 functions that all Excel users should know. Whether you are an office worker, a small business owner using Excel to keep track of your finances or just a casual user, these Excel functions can be very important time savers and enhance your ability to create better-performing spreadsheets!

• Learn many statistical functions including SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, and COUNT
• Use IF and its counterparts COUNTIF, SUMIF, and AVERAGEIF
• Understand VLOOKUP
• Calculate dates using TODAY, NOW, and NETWORKDAYS
• Learn many functions to manipulate text once imported including LEFT, RIGHT, LEN, TRIM, and CONCATENATE
• Use IFERROR when errors can’t be avoided

This webinar will get you started with functions.  You will learn not only HOW to use these functions, but WHY they do what they do.  Knowing the “why” helps you to do more with Excel.  Attendees should have basic knowledge of creating Excel calculations using basic mathematical operators and know the difference between relative and absolute cell references. This course is for beginner to intermediate Excel users.

• Business Owners
• CEOs / CFO's / CTOs
• Managers
• Accountants
• CPA's
• Financial Consultants
• IT Professionals
• Auditors
• Human Resource Personnel
• Bookkeepers
• Marketers
• Anybody with large amounts of Data
• Anybody who uses Microsoft Excel on a regular basis, and wants to be more efficient and productive

Cathy Horwitz is an independent consultant specializing in Microsoft Office instruction.  She has over 30 years of experience as a Microsoft Office instructor.  Cathy is proficient in all levels of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access.  Cathy holds a degree in Psychology and a Master in Business Administration degree with an emphasis in Human Resources.

Cathy worked for Zenith Data Systems for 17 years.  She worked for a Zenith distributor when personal computers were first introduced.  Zenith established a computer division and began manufacturing and selling personal computers.  Cathy was involved in software training from the very beginning.  She has been training as an independent consultant since 1993.  

Cathy’s strengths include customizing classes based on the needs of individual students and providing realistic business examples to compliment training.  She is a high energy trainer with a flair for training the adult student.

When not training, Cathy enjoys gardening and refinishing vintage furniture.