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Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Comprehensive, 2/E
Robert T. Grauer, University of Miami
Keith Mulbery, Utah Valley State College
Judy Scheeren, Westmoreland County Community College

ISBN-10: 013503227X
ISBN-13: 9780135032275

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Spiral Bound; 784 pp
Published: 01/23/2008

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For Introductory and Advanced courses in Microsoft Excel 2007 or courses in Computer Concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Excel 2007.

 

The goal of the Exploring series is to move students beyond the “point and click” to help them understand why and when they would perform a skill in MS Office Excel.    

 

For Introductory and Advanced courses in Microsoft Excel 2007 or courses in Computer Concepts with a lab component for Microsoft Excel 2007.

The goal of the Exploring series is to move students beyond the “point and click” to help them understand why and when they would perform a skill in MS Office Excel.  

Beyond the Point and Click—College students today are much more computer-savvy than students were just five years ago. With this in mind, the new edition of Exploring moves students beyond the basics of the software at a faster pace, without sacrificing coverage of the fundamental skills that everybody needs to know.  This ensures that students will be engaged from Chapter 1 and stay engaged throughout the book.
 
Diversity--Students have diverse career goals, so Exploring provides examples (and the accompanying Instructor Resources) from an array of fields that will be relevant to every student in the course: health sciences, hospitality, urban planning, business and more.
 
Studying Made Easy--Students read, prepare, and study differently than they used to. Rather than reading a book cover-to-cover, students want to quickly and easily identify what they need to know and then learn it efficiently.  These key features bring students into the content quickly and make the text easy to use:

•    Beyond the Basics—Advanced skills are introduced earlier in the text since students are learning basic skills faster.
•    Objective Mapping--This brief index of skills and concepts located in each Chapter Opener allows students to skip what they know and quickly identify the material they need to review.
•    Pull Quotes--Entice students into the theory/concepts by highlighting the most interesting points.
•    White Pages/Yellow Pages--Clearly distinguish the theory (white pages) from the skill covered in the Hand-On exercises (yellow pages).
•    Case Study Related Icons--Help students identify skills specific to the case study.
•    Conceptual Animations--Literally illustrate how Exploring connects the theory with the skills.
•    More Exercises--Offer the instructor even more options for assessment.  Each chapter has approximately 12-15 projects per chapter, ranging from MC to open-ended projects.   
•    Mini-Cases with Rubrics--Give both the instructor and the student a guide to a solution.  Each Mini Case can be customized and has its own rubric.
•    Cumulative Capstone Exercise—These exercises tie application to real-life professional situations in the arts, hospitality, legal, and health care industries.
•    Capstone Production Tests (one in the text and one in the IRCD)--Allow instructors to assess all the skills in the chapter with a single project.
•    Student Reference Foldout Card--Includes text explanations and screenshots of Microsoft Office 2007 Ribbons for Excel.

Myitlab—An online solution that allows instructors to easily deliver their intro or advanced course on Microsoft Office 2007 with defensible assessment and customized training.

Chapter Reference Cards—A unique instructor’s resource, these 4-page, color cards outline KEY objectives in each chapter (like a PHIT Tip for instructors). They help instructors anticipate where students get stuck and how to get them back on track, and help bridge the gap between the instructor and student when discussing more difficult topics.

Case Study Lecture Demonstration Document—Provides instructors with a lecture sample based on the chapter-opening case that will guide students to critically use the skills covered in the chapter, with examples of other ways the skills can be applied.

·         Beyond the Basics–Advanced skills are introduced earlier in the text since students are learning basic skills faster.

·         Objective Mapping--This brief index of skills and concepts located in each Chapter Opener allows students to skip what they know and quickly identify the material they need to review.

·         Pull Quotes--Entice students into the theory/concepts by highlighting the most interesting points.

·         White Pages/Yellow Pages--Clearly distinguish the theory (white pages) from the skill covered in the Hand-On exercises (yellow pages).

·         Case Study Related Icons--Help students identify skills specific to the case study.

·         Conceptual Animations--Literally illustrate how Exploring connects the theory with the skills.

·         More Exercises--Offer the instructor even more options for assessment.  Each chapter has approximately 12-15 projects per chapter, ranging from MC to open-ended projects.   

·         Mini-Cases with Rubrics--Give both the instructor and the student a guide to a solution.  Each Mini Case can be customized and has its own rubric.

·         Cumulative Capstone Exercise–These exercises tie application to real-life professional situations in the arts, hospitality, legal, and health care industries.

 

OFFICE
Chapter 1 Office Fundamentals

EXCEL
Chapter 1 Introduction to Excel
Chapter 2 Formulas and Functions
Chapter 3 Charts
Chapter 4 Working with Large Worksheets and Tables
Chapter 5 Data to Information
Chapter 6 Data Tables and Amortization Tables
Chapter 7 Data Consolidation, Links, and Formula Auditing
Chapter 8 What-If Analysis
Chapter 9 Collaboration and Workbook Distribution
Chapter 10 Templates, Styles, the Web, and Macros

CAPSTONE EXERCISES
Using Excel in the Legal Profession, Health Care,
the Arts, and Hospitality

GLOSSARY
MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER KEYS
INDEX

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