Microsoft Excel can be an important spreadsheet application for lawyers. It effectively manages and organizes data in a variety of lists; for example, lists of cases, documents, and exhibits. Excel can also calculate interest on court judgments and determine dates to file deadlines. You can use it to transform data into professional tables and reports that can then be inserted into Word and PowerPoint documents. This overview course demonstrates Excel using different legal examples.

Key topics to be discussed:

• Create a new spreadsheet; Format and Align data
• Set up data lists; Organize lists with Sort, Filter and related commands
• Calculate data with Formulas
• Link spreadsheets together
• Create professional reports using Tables and PivotTables
• Insert Charts to illustrate data
• Copy Excel tables & reports into Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Add Headers & Footers
• Change page layout for effective viewing and printing