Communicating the story in your data can often be more challenging than the analysis itself. Deciding which charts will best communicate with your audience and then producing them quickly and efficiently should be quick and easy.
However, for many of us, it can become a frustrating and time-consuming challenge that leaves us feeling exhausted and dissatisfied with the results.
Our Excel for Intermediate Users: Charts in Detail one-day course has been designed to help you not only master chart creation, but also elevate your data storytelling skills. Whether you are crafting a dashboard for decision-makers or refining simple visuals to highlight trends, this training course will help you produce polished, professional charts with confidence.
Course overview
This one-day intermediate level course focuses on identifying and creating the most effective charts to communicate your data insights with your audience.
We’ll help you to turn spreadsheets into impactful stories that really resonate. Plus:
This course is for Excel users who are already comfortable creating basic charts and want to explore how to use them more effectively for reporting and presentations. It’s ideal for anyone who creates presentations, works in data analysis, or wants to impress team leaders and clients with powerful visuals.
Making sure you’ve booked the right course isn’t always easy. Luckily we have a handy survey to help you decide.
And if you’re still unsure, call our friendly team on 020 7375 7300 and we’ll help you work out what you need.
Duration
1 day
Classroom size
8 approx.
Location
Online | Classroom
Certificate
Certificate of attendance
Experience
Intermediate
This course will be taught in the latest version of the software. We can train this in older versions if needed – please get in touch for more information and availability.
What charts “Say”:
Creating charts in Excel:
Formatting charts:
Other chart types and when to use them, including:
Using advanced chart features:
Interactive charts with lists and Pivot Charts:
This course is only available as a one-to-one or private group booking.
For pricing and availability, send us a message using the form, leave us a message on 020 7375 7300, or speak to an Account Manager straight away using our Live Chat service in the bottom right of your screen!
If you have three or more learners, a private group training could be cheaper.
We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.
We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.
If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course.
We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.
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Both available for public and private dates.
The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between.
All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven’t received this email then please contact our team.
Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.
Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.
All public classroom sessions take place at Happy’s HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.
The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.
Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.
If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor).
For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal.
We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.
If you are eligible for a discounted rate you will see this on the final stage of the shopping cart after you have either logged in or set up your account (if you are a new user). Discount codes can also be added on this final page.
If you have any issues, get in touch with our friendly team for help.
For our public dates, if you give us at least 14 days’ notice, you can rebook on another date or cancel your place at no extra cost. For less than 14 days, there is a charge – please see our Terms and Conditions for full details. If a colleague can take your place, no extra fee applies (even if it’s at the last minute).
For private group bookings, there is no charge if you give us at least 28 days’ notice. Cancellations after this time will incur 100% of the cost of the course. Please speak to your Account Manager or email speak to our friendly team.
We are based at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. We are just 5 minutes’ walk from Aldgate and Aldgate East.
Please see our Contact Us page for a map and directions, or search on Google Maps for Happy Ltd.
For private group bookings, we can hold this course at Happy, inhouse at your workplace, or at a location of your choice, as long as you have a suitable space
After attending your course, you will receive a certificate of attendance.
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