Improve Spreadsheets by Building Controls in Excel

OL1442  |  On Demand Course  |  Update  |  Self-Study

Description

In today's data-driven world, spreadsheets serve as the backbone of business and personal productivity. However, creating complex and error-prone spreadsheets can lead to critical mistakes and inefficiencies. This course aims to equip you with the knowledge and tools to build robust spreadsheets, implementing a range of controls and safeguards to ensure data integrity, streamline processes, and maximize accuracy. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Credits

Number of Credits Type of Credits
2.00 Auditing

Designed For

Any Excel user that wants to learn how to create controls within Excel to improve accuracy

Highlights

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

  • Learn best practices when designing your spreadsheets
  • How to create a proper worksheet structure
  • Learn to use Excel's built in features to find errors
  • How to create your custom controls to prevent and find errors
  • Using links to quickly move to controls
  • Using Conditional Formatting to highlight errors

Objectives

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

  • Apply best practices when creating your spreadsheets
  • Determine which controls you need to develop for your spreadsheets
  • Use controls to build more accurate spreadsheets

Prices

Member (Early Bird)
$89.00
Non-Member (Early Bird)
$129.00
Member
$89.00
Non-Member
$129.00
Your Price: $129.00

This is your base price and does not reflect any additional session fees, optional add-ons, or guest registrations.

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Instructors

Bryan L. Smith, CPA, CITP, CISA

Bryan serves as a trusted adviser to CPAs in public accounting, as well as business and industry, on all aspects of information technology. Bryan's expertise includes in-depth knowledge of paperless work flow solutions, the impact of technology on internal controls, strategic IT infrastructure design and information security best practices. As a nationally recognized author and presenter on information technology issues impacting CPAs, Bryan is passionate about the opportunities for CPAs to benefit from safe and secure computing.

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