Advanced Excel & Office Professional

ZEF's Advanced Excel & Office Professional training is a practical programme of 2–3 months covering advanced formulas, data validation, pivot tables, dashboards, Word, PowerPoint and office automation. It is designed for people who want to be the go-to Office expert at work.

Why 2 to 3 months? Every batch covers the same modules, practical work and assessments. Full-time weekday batches finish in about 2 months; part-time evening or weekend batches, and learners who need extra practice before the final assessment, take up to 3 months.

Benchmarked against the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Excel Expert and Word/PowerPoint Associate objectives.

• 8 modules
• 8 hands-on tasks

1. 1Advanced Formulas4 topics

   Topics

   • Logical functions
   • XLOOKUP and INDEX/MATCH
   • Text and date functions
   • Dynamic arrays

   You Will Be Able To

   • Solve business problems with advanced formulas

   Hands-on

   • Build a formula-driven salary and attendance sheet
2. 2Data Validation and Cleaning4 topics

   Topics

   • Validation rules and drop-downs
   • Removing duplicates
   • Power Query basics
   • Protecting sheets

   You Will Be Able To

   • Keep data clean and consistent

   Hands-on

   • Clean and validate a messy customer list
3. 3Pivot Tables4 topics

   Topics

   • Pivot tables and charts
   • Grouping and calculated fields
   • Slicers
   • Summarising large data

   You Will Be Able To

   • Summarise large datasets quickly

   Hands-on

   • Analyse a year of sales with pivots
4. 4Dashboards4 topics

   Topics

   • Chart choice
   • Dynamic charts
   • KPI layout
   • Interactive dashboards

   You Will Be Able To

   • Build a clear management dashboard

   Hands-on

   • Create a monthly KPI dashboard
5. 5Word and PowerPoint4 topics

   Topics

   • Styles, templates and mail merge
   • Long documents
   • Presentation design
   • Presenting data

   You Will Be Able To

   • Produce professional documents and presentations

   Hands-on

   • Create a report and a matching presentation
6. 6Reporting4 topics

   Topics

   • Report structure
   • Linking Excel to Word and PowerPoint
   • Printing and PDF
   • Version control

   You Will Be Able To

   • Prepare accurate, well-formatted reports

   Hands-on

   • Produce a monthly report pack
7. 7Office Automation4 topics

   Topics

   • Recording macros
   • VBA basics
   • Power Automate basics
   • Templates

   You Will Be Able To

   • Automate repetitive office tasks

   Hands-on

   • Automate a weekly report with a macro
8. 8Practical Project3 topics

   Topics

   • Planning a business workbook
   • Testing
   • Documentation

   You Will Be Able To

   • Deliver a complete office solution

   Hands-on

   • Capstone: workbook, dashboard and report for a real business

You complete a timed practical skills test and a final project that combines Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Assessors check accuracy, efficiency and professional presentation. Your result is Competent or Not yet competent, with a chance to retake.

1. Assessment 1After modules 1–3
2. Assessment 2After modules 4–6
3. Final assessmentAfter all 8 modules, for your certificate

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