Microsoft Office 2010: Introductory

Microsoft Office 2010: Introductory provides a project-based, step-by-step approach to teaching the Office 2010 applications.

About This Edition

Introduce your students to the new generation of Microsoft Office with the new generation of Shelly Cashman Series books! For the past three decades, the Shelly Cashman Series has effectively introduced computer skills to millions of students. With Office 2010, we’re continuing our history of innovation by enhancing our proven pedagogy to reflect the learning styles of today’s students. In Microsoft Office 2010: Introductory, you’ll find features that are specifically designed to engage students, improve retention, and prepare them for future success. Our trademark step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach now encourages students to expand their understanding of the Office 2010 software through experimentation, exploration, and planning ahead. Brand-new end-of-chapter exercises prepare students to become more capable software users by requiring them to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to create real-life documents.

New Features

• Expanded coverage of PowerPoint and Outlook to provide a thorough introduction to these applications and give exposure to the numerous enhancements made with Office 2010.
• Chapter topic redistribution offering concise chapters that ensure complete skill coverage and lead to more manageable chapters.
• New pedagogical elements that enrich material, creating an accessible and user-friendly approach, allowing easy navigation through the skills in each chapter.

Additional Features

• A step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach allows educators to successfully teach to all learning styles and make sure that students retain information to be used in their personal and professional lives.
• A new opening chapter presents essential Office 2010 and Windows® 7 skills, preventing repetitive coverage of basic skills in the applications chapters, and providing students with a strong base for further learning.
• Expanded coverage of PowerPoint and Outlook to provide a thorough introduction to these applications and give exposure to the numerous enhancements made with Office 2010.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Computers
Microsoft Office 2010 and Windows 7

Microsoft Word 2010
CHAPTER ONE Creating, Formatting, and Editing a Word Document with Pictures
CHAPTER TWO Creating a Research Paper with Citations and References
CHAPTER THREE Creating a Business Letter with a Letterhead and Table

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
CHAPTER ONE Creating and Editing a Presentation with Clip Art
CHAPTER TWO Enhancing a Presentation with Pictures, Shapes, and WordArt
CHAPTER THREE Reusing a Presentation and Adding Media

Microsoft Excel 2010
CHAPTER ONE Creating a Worksheet and an Embedded Chart
CHAPTER TWO Formulas, Functions, and Formatting
CHAPTER THREE What-If Analysis, Charting, and Working with Large Worksheets

Microsoft Access 2010
CHAPTER ONE Databases and Database Objects: An Introduction
CHAPTER TWO Querying a Database
CHAPTER THREE Maintaining a Database

Microsoft Outlook 2010
CHAPTER ONE Managing E-Mail Messages with Outlook
CHAPTER TWO Managing Calendars

Appendices
APPENDIX A Project Planning Guidelines
APPENDIX B Publishing Office 2010 Web Pages Online
APPENDIX C Saving to the Web Using Windows Live DkyDrive