Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 2016 Level 1 builds students’ introductory skills in Excel 2016, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features

Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

With Benchmark Series: Microsoft Word 2016 Level 3 students continue to learn Expert-level Microsoft Word skills through a graduated progression of guided tutorials and independent challenges. Working on realistic projects helps students build their technical knowledge and reinforce their problem-solving skills. Independent challenges help students build confidence and expertise.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Access 2016 Level 2 builds students’ intermediate-to-advanced skills in Access 2016, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features

Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Access 2016 Level 1 builds students’ introductory skills in Access 2016, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features

Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 2016 Level 2 builds students’ intermediate-to-advanced skills in Excel 2016, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features

Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

With Paradigm’s Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 2016 Levels 1 and 2, students build mastery skills in Excel 2016.

Key Features
  • Mentoring instructional style guides students step-by-step in creating, formatting, and maintaining Excel workbooks for numbers-based data analysis.
  • Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

With Paradigm’s Benchmark Series: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, students build mastery skills in PowerPoint 2016. Students receive step-by-step instructions indesigning and creating effective slide shows that inform and motivate audiences.

Key Features
  • Mentoring instructional style guides students step-by-step in designing and creating effective slide shows that inform and motivate audiences.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 2016 Level 1 builds students’ introductory skills in Excel 2016, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features

Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Word 2016 Level 2 builds students’ introductory skills in Word 2016, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features

Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

The Signature Series presents comprehensive instruction on Microsoft Word, offering a graduated progression of learning venues from guided tutorials to independent challenges. This text provides the critical support students need to learn and retain the Word 2013 skills required in college and the job market. Working on realistic projects helps students build their technical knowledge and reinforce their problem-solving abilities.

Key Features

Students progress from guided tutorials to independent challenges.Interdisciplinary unit assessment activities reinforce writing and problem-solving skills within the context of creating Word documents.

Expanded set of chapter exercises offers instructors greater choice in selecting assignments.


Paradigm’s new Benchmark Series: Microsoft Office 2013 offers a case-based, certification approach to learning Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Students build a working knowledge and introductory skill level in each application.

Case-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.

Capstone integrated project capitalizes on the power of the Office suite.

Includes model answer images for in-chapter projects.

With Paradigm's new Benchmark Series: Microsoft Access 2013 Levels 1 and 2 , students build mastery skills in the Access 2013 application. Its project-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.


Benchmark Series: Microsoft Word Level 2 builds students' intermediate-to-advanced skills in Word 2010, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently
  • Project-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Paradigm's new Benchmark Series: Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, students build mastery skills in the PowerPoint 2010, Its project-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.
  • Teaches key skills for using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8
  • Mentoring instructional style guides students step-by-step in designing and creating effective slide shows that inform and motivate audiences.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently.
  • This text aligns to the Microsoft Office Specialist objectives.

Paradigm's new Benchmark Series: Microsoft Office 2010 offers a project-based, case-study approach to learning Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Students build a working knowledge and introductory skill level in each application.
  • Project approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently.
  • Capstone integrated project capitalizes on the power of the Office suite.
  • NEW! Includes model answer images for in-chapter projects.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel 2013 Level 2 builds students’ intermediate-to-advanced skills in Excel 2013, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.

Key Features
  • Case study assessments of chapter and unit levels test students’ abilities to solve problems independently.
  • Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Access 2010 Level 2 builds students' intermediate-to-advanced skills in Access 2010, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently
  • Projects-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills

Benchmark Series: Microsoft Excel Level 2 builds students' intermediate-to-advanced skills in Excel 2010, and helps develop critical thinking and decision-making skills.
  • Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently
  • Project-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

With Paradigm's new Benchmark Series: Microsoft Word 2010 Levels 1 and 2, students build mastery skills in the Word 2010 application. Its project-based approach creates a realistic context for learning practical skills.

Teaches key skills for using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8; Mentoring instructional style guides students step-by-step in creating letters, reports, research papers, brochures, newsletters, and other documents; Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently. Case study assessments at chapter and unit levels test students' abilities to solve problems independently; This text aligns to the Microsoft Office Specialist objectives.