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So you decide to enroll in this course and take it, what's the best way to get a solid grasp of the

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materials?

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Simply watching videos doesn't convey knowledge.

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So this course is designed around you performing the steps along the way with me to assist you in doing

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this.

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Each person has the workbook attached as a resource for you to download and follow along.

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You can use the download from the course introduction all the way through the course, or you can pick

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up the workbook specific to each lesson from any individual lesson if you happen to skip around.

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Except for one lesson of the exercise, everything in this course builds off of one data set.

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These files can be found under the resources dropdown associated with each video.

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You'll see them labeled based upon the video names.

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And each of these is the workbook that's from the beginning of the video prior to any changes being

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made.

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Alternatively, for this specific lesson, which is unpublished, as I'm obviously recording it right

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now, there's a zip file that contains all of the files for all of the lessons.

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Downloading this file will give you access to all of the files with the appropriate file names rather

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than the original DOT Excellence Act's.

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Once you've downloaded it, navigate to the file within your directories, right, click on it and within

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your options, you'll find and extract all command, choose that and follow the prompts.

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And it'll give you a folder with all of the files that you need for this course.

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The files are organized into two folders for lessons and exercises within the lessons folder.

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The files are ordered in conjunction with the course and even includes the PowerPoint presentation later

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on.

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The exercise folder contains just the starting file for the exercise, along with the solution that

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I created for the exercise.

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If you get stuck and something in the supporting videos are unclear, you can always compare your efforts

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against mine to see what might be different.

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If you do follow along with each of the lesson tasks, the exercise should be only a mild challenge

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that forces you to apply the concepts on your own.

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Once you've done that, hopefully you'll see some ways that you can apply power pivot in your day to

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day efforts.

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With that, let's go ahead.

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Begin the course.