Lynda Excel 2010 Managing Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks

Author: Dennis Taylor
Duration (hr:min): 01:29  
Released on: 2011
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Windows only

Managing Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks, author Dennis Taylor shows how to share data between multiple worksheets and workbooks and gives tips for adding, moving, and navigating worksheets and workbooks efficiently. This course covers how to make global changes, create simple formulas that connect worksheets, make super-efficient 3D formulas to calculate summary totals from multiple worksheets, and use pivot tables to summarize data from multiple workbooks. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

• Navigating across worksheets and workbooks
• Displaying multiple worksheets or workbooks simultaneously
• Inserting, deleting, moving, and copying sheets
• Changing sheet names and tab colors
• Showing and hiding worksheets
• Creating linkage formulas among workbooks
• Locating and managing links

Content:

Introduction - 00:01:46

• Welcome - 00:01:27
• Using the exercise files - 00:00:19

1. Mastering the Utility Tasks Associated with Multiple Worksheets - 00:29:15

• Learning basic navigation - 00:11:36
• Inserting and deleting new sheets - 00:04:47
• Copying and moving sheets within a workbook - 00:05:59
• Changing tab colors and renaming sheets - 00:02:47
• Using the Hide function on worksheet tabs - 00:04:06

2. Working with Multiple Worksheets - 00:13:26

• Displaying multiple worksheets from the same workbook - 00:06:35
• Copying, moving, and inserting data on different sheets - 00:02:43
• Applying global changes to worksheets - 00:04:08

3. Linking Worksheets with Formulas - 00:16:29

• Creating linkage formulas - 00:04:09
• Creating 3D formulas for worksheets with identical layouts - 00:05:31
• Summarizing multiple worksheets with PivotTables or Consolidate - 00:06:49

4. Working with Multiple Workbooks - 00:11:25

• Navigating between open workbooks -00:02:04
• Displaying multiple worksheets from different workbooks - 00:04:04
• Copying and moving data and entire worksheets across different workbooks - 00:05:17

5. Linking Formulas Across Multiple Workbooks - 00:16:19

• Creating formulas that link worksheets in different workbooks - 00:04:01
• Locating and managing links between multiple workbooks - 00:04:54
• Summarizing data from multiple workbooks with PivotTables or Consolidate - 00:07:24

Conclusion - 00:00:32

• Final thoughts - 00:00:32