Excel 2026 Advanced: Smarter Excel Formulas for Modern Work

Excel 2026 Advanced focuses on the work behind more complex spreadsheets: writing formulas, checking calculations and maintaining a workbook that other people may use. It is designed for experienced Excel users, including analysts and professionals working with reporting or models.

Working across worksheets and workbooks leads into tracing precedents and dependents, showing formulas and using the Watch Window. Worksheet and workbook protection, password encryption and named ranges add tools for organizing and managing a file.

Develop the formula and reference skills

• Conditional logic with IF, AND, OR and nested formulas.
• Conditional aggregation with COUNTIF(S) and SUMIF(S).
• Lookups with VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP and INDEX with MATCH.
• Error handling, date calculations and text functions.
• REPLACE, SUBSTITUTE, LEFT, RIGHT, MID and SEARCH.
• Static and dynamic references with INDIRECT.

Explore what-if analysis

Goal Seek, Data Tables, Scenarios and Solver extend the course into examining alternatives within a workbook. A dashboard preview introduces another reporting context. These topics sit alongside the formula-auditing and maintenance focus of the course.

Learners should already be comfortable working with Excel formulas and functions. Review the recorded interface against the Excel version you use.

Adapt for advanced spreadsheet education

With PLR, you can modify, rebrand and resell the course. You could tailor it for experienced office users or place it after your own beginner and intermediate training. Examples from your audience’s reporting work can help connect the functions with practical decisions.