Product Benefits: - NEW EMPHASIS HIGHLIGHTS "WHY" EACH STEP IS NECESSARY. When students complete projects, they learn WHY each step in the process is necessary. In addition to providing this important rationale, this edition clearly explains what the students will be doing and how they can most effectively accomplish each task.
- NEW MINI-ROADMAPS KEEP STUDENTS FOCUSED ON THEIR PROGRESS THROUGH CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS. These helpful Mini Roadmaps in each chapter visually show students where they are in the process of completing the chapter's project.
- EXPANDED EMPHASIS ON CRITICAL THINKING PREPARES STUDENTS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. Consider This boxes in each chapter provide thought-provoking questions and problem-solving activities. Chapter-ending Consider This: Plan Ahead boxes and Consider This: Your Turn assignments engage students in critical thinking and problem-solving skills and prompt readers to create their own solutions. In addition, every student assignment ends with a question that requires students' personal thoughts and opinions.
- NEW EMPHASIS ON PERSONALIZATION ASKS STUDENTS TO INCLUDE PERSONAL DETAIL IN SOLUTIONS. This personal addition to every chapter project and assignment ensures that each student's solution is unique.
- NEW LABS FOCUS ON INTEGRATING CLOUD AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES WITH MICROSOFT® EXCEL. These meaningful hands-on labs highlight important aspects of maximizing Excel and challenge students to use general guidelines to learn and investigate independently.
- NEW ANALYZE, CORRECT, IMPROVE ASSIGNMENTS DIRECT STUDENTS IN REFINING THEIR SKILLS. In these practical assignments that simulate actual business challenges, students analyze an Excel workbook, correct errors, and make improvements based on the knowledge that they have acquired from the chapter content.
- NEW APPENDICES OFFER FLEXIBILITY IN MORE ADVANCED ASSIGNMENTS. Now you have the option to include SAM Projects, Capstone Projects, and MOS Certification tasks as part of your course, depending on your students' interests and needs.
- STEP-BY-STEP, SCREEN-BY-SCREEN APPROACH HELPS STUDENTS RETAIN AND APPLY SKILLS. Your students have the explanatory and navigational information they need when they need to know it. This proven approach addresses all learning styles to help students recall and practice these skills in their personal and professional lives.
- EMPHASIS ON PROJECT PLANNING FRAMES EACH CHAPTER. Each chapter centers around a practical problem that readers need to solve. This highly successful approach encourages critical thinking and problem solving as students determine how to proceed at various points in the chapter.
- EXTENSIVE END-OF-CHAPTER ACTIVITIES REINFORCE CONCEPTS AND STRENGTHEN PRACTICAL EXCEL SKILLS. You'll find a variety of class-tested reinforcement opportunities for students at the end of each chapter. Activities are specifically developed to encourage students to apply and expand their understanding of today's most important Excel skills.
Table of Contents: Student Success Guide.
Office 2013 and Windows 8: Essential Concepts and Skills.
Office 365 Essentials.
Excel Chapter 1: Creating a Worksheet and a Chart.
Excel Chapter 2: Formulas, Functions, and Formatting.
Excel Chapter 3: Working with Large Worksheets, Charting, and What-If Analysis.
Excel Chapter 4: Financial Functions, Data Tables, and Amortization Schedules.
Excel Chapter 5: Working with Multiple Worksheets and Workbooks.
Excel Chapter 6: Creating, Sorting, and Querying a Table.
Excel Chapter 7: Creating Templates, Importing Data, and Working with SmartArt, Images, and Screen Shots.
Excel Chapter 8: Working with Trendlines, PivotTable Reports, PivotChart Reports, and Slicers.
Excel Chapter 9: Formula Auditing, Data Validation, and Complex Problem Solving.
Excel Chapter 10: Using Macros, Controls, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with Excel.
Excel Chapter 11: Collaboration Features for Workbooks.
Appendix A: SAM Projects.
Appendix B: Capstone Projects.
Appendix C: MOS Certification.
Index.
Quick Reference. |
