ESSENTIAL MICROSOFT OFFICE XP
Tutorials for Teachers

A Free Electronic Book

Written by Bernard John Poole, Lorrie Jackson, & Rebecca L. Randall

Table of Contents

Introduction

Lesson 1: Introduction to Word

Lesson 2: More on Word Processing

Lesson 3: The Office Drawing Tools

Lesson 4: Introduction to the Excel Spreadsheet

Lesson 5: More on the Use of the Spreadsheet

Lesson 6: Mail Merge and Related Operations

Lesson 7: Introduction to the Access Database

Lesson 8: More on Database Use

Lesson 9: PowerPoint Presentations

Lesson 10: PowerPoint Beyond the Basics

Index

Shortcuts and Quick Key Commands

This free 255-page electronic book includes a set of tutorials to help pre-service and in-service teachers learn the suite of applications included in Microsoft Office XP. The tutorials, with skill consolidation exercises, are designed to teach MS Word (including mail merge), Excel (including graphing and charting), Access (including reporting), and Powerpoint in the context of the K-12 classroom. They also include a lesson on the Office drawing tools.

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