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Bite-sized Looking up data Course (one day)

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Topics covered on this course

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  • Using VLOOKUP  

    Subtopics

    1. Usng for exact matches
    2. Using with range names
    3. Trapping errors
    4. Using for non-exact matches
  • Using XLOOKUP  

    Subtopics

    1. Understanding the input ranges
    2. Searching for wildcards
    3. Advantages over VLOOKUP
  • Using INDEX and MATCH  

    Subtopics

    1. Finding data using MATCH
    2. Using INDEX to pick out cells
    3. Combining INDEX and MATCH

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

And some benefits specific to online training:

  • Courseware posted to you in advance
  • Separate pre-course check-up included
  • Our clever Wordsworth system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

We've been in business over 30 years - we must be doing something right!

Bite-sized Looking up data course dates

The table below lists the Bite-sized Looking up data courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

We don't currently have any Bite-sized Looking up data courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Looking up data course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Bite-sized Looking up data courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Looking up data course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Bite-sized Looking up data courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Looking up data course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any online Bite-sized Looking up data courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Looking up data course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Excel training

Here are some comments we've received about our Excel training . You can see all of our 400 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"Our trainer was engaging, friendly, professional, helpful and informative."

Terrie Hall

Volumatic Ltd

"Thoroughly enjoyed this course and I found it all useful. I went into the course already thinking I knew a lot about VBA having self trained myself a couple of years back - however, I learnt so many efficiencies and new methods that I look forward to trying out my learning in new tasks over the next weeks and months. A shout out also to our trainer who I thought was not only very knowledgeable but also a genuinely lovely person. He really wanted us to get the most out of the course and I loved how engaged he was with us a group at all times of the day (including lunch)."

Sean Rowley

Nationwide Building Society

"I really enjoyed my Excel course. The fact that the course was interactive and we followed along made it a lot more engaging than just being spoken to. Highly recommend!"

Laura Gallimore

Mitsubishi Electric UK

"Our trainer was great, really engaging and knew his stuff while still being personable."

Christopher Hall

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)

"Our trainer was excellent, very patient, clear and responsive. Very good having the face to face training in our venue."

Juliette Summerfield

Volumatic Ltd

"I enjoyed the course and I thought that our trainer was fantastic. He delivered the training in a very structured manner and took the time to explain the use cases and context behind the different functions and formatting techniques. It was also great to bounce some personal excel issues off of him and get solutions."

Kieran Walton

Two Circles

About this Bite-sized Looking up data course

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What you'll need to bring

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

  1. A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
  2. A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed.  This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

  • For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
  • For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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What other Excel courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the Excel courses that we run:

Course name Days
Excel Introduction One day
Excel Intermediate One day
Excel Advanced 2 days
Power Query For Excel One day
Excel Business Modelling 2 days
Excel VBA macros 2 days
Advanced VBA 2 days
Fast track Excel VBA 3 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

We don't have any courses listed of direct relevance to this one.

What are your venues for your classroom Excel courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
Excel training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bevis Marks, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
Excel training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.
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