Appropriate for all introductory level courses in personal computing and office productivity applications.
Designed for students who are new or relatively new to computers, this is a total-immersion, hands-on tutorial in the basics of working with PCs and using todays #1 productivity tool, Microsoft Office 2003. It walks students step by step, mouse-click by mouse-click, keystroke by keystroke through all the basic tasks associated with running a Windows XP computer and using Microsoft Office 2003's key applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. It also contains step-by-step coverage of using the Internet and e-mail, and of maintaining a computer. The well-illustrated, spiral-bound manual contains easy-to-read, appealingly formatted procedural explanations, step-by-step exercises, and many screen shots— all in a carefully organized multi-part lesson format. Each lesson is comprised of several exercises built around using Microsoft Office in real-life business settings. Coverage includes: navigating the Windows desktop and Start menu; managing documents; basic Microsoft Office application concepts; editing, formatting, page setup, proofreading, and clip art; calculating with Excel worksheets; building PowerPoint presentations; creating Access databases and entering and retrieving data from them; working on LANs, using e-mail and the Web, PC maintenance, anti-virus software, backup/restore, and more. Also included: a full chapter on desktop publishing newsletters and other documents with Microsoft Office Word.
- ISBN10 0131476734
- ISBN13 9780131476738
- Publish Date 5 August 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 512
- Language English