Provides a collection of exercises for using Microsoft Office XP, including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
Learning Microsoft® Office XP
through Applications & Exercises From Beginner to Expert?The Skills YOU Need in the Workplace - Each lesson contains short exercises designed for using Office XP in real-life business settings.
- Exercises include key terms, concise notes, conceptual descriptions of the Office features, and hands-on mouse and keystroke procedures.
- Exercise Directions offer step-by-step instructions to put the students' skills to work.
Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint?And How to Use Them Together - All Office applications can be used separately or integrated to create sophisticated professional-looking documents.
- Use Word to create letters, memos, reports, and Web pages. Track financial data and create charts and graphs with Excel.
- Use Access to store, retrieve, and report on information.
- Develop multimedia presentations with PowerPoint.
Learn by Doing; Not Reading - Learning Office XP launches the students into the workplace setting. Each exercise begins On the Job with a brief description of how you would use the features of that exercise in the office.
- Each exercise ends with On Your Own, an additional critical-thinking exercise where students apply newly learned skills to create their own documents using their own information.
Experience the Internet?No Modem Needed! - Students integrate the Internet with Office applications without a modem or Internet connection. By launching the simulation and following the steps in the book, students go to real Web sites simulated on the CD-ROM, find information, and use the information in Office documents.
Putting Student Skills to the Challenge - A Challenge Lesson combines critical thinking, application integration, and Internet skills.
- Only basic step directions are given?students use their own skills to complete the exercise.
Bonus Items on the CD-ROM Data Files
? Students do less typing and more application.
Additional Lessons, Typing Tests with Automatic Scoring, and Keyboarding Course
? Learn basic Office XP skills and develop advanced skills using more complex Office features.
? Keyboarding course helps those new to typing or in need of skill-building drills.
Learn Business and Financial Terms
? CD-ROM includes a glossary of terms used in the exercises, the workplace, and the financial arena.
Computer Literacy Basics
? Computer Literacy bonus exercises cover computers, computer care, and computer history.
We'll Teach You Word
? Fonts
? Labels & Envelopes
? Centering & Aligning
? Columns
? Mail Merge
? Graphics
Excel
? Worksheets
? Labels
? Formulas
? Functions
? Charts
? Enhancements
Access
? Database Objects
? Wizards
? Filters
? Queries
? Views
PowerPoint
? Presentations
? Slides
? Graphics
? Organization
? Charts
? Handouts
