GO! with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory » (3rd Edition)

Shelley Gaskin, Series Editor for the GO! Series, is a professor of business and computer technology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a master's degree in business education from Northern Illinois University and a doctorate in adult and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Gaskin has 15 years of experience in the computer industry with several Fortune 500 companies and has developed and written training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector. She is also the author of books on Microsoft Outlook and word processing.

Robert L. Ferret recently retired as the director of the Center for Instructional Computing at Eastern Michigan University, where he provided computer training and support to faculty. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 books on Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, WordPerfect, and Word. Before writing the GO! Series, Bob was a series editor and author for the Learn Series. He has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in geography, and a master’s degree in interdisciplinary technology from Eastern Michigan University. Bob’s doctoral studies were in instructional technology at Wayne State University. For fun, Bob teaches a four-week computers and genealogy class and has written genealogy and local history books.

Alicia Vargas is a faculty member in Business Information Technology at Pasadena City College. She holds a master's and a bachelor's degree in business education from California State University, Los Angeles, and has authored several textbooks and training manuals on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

The primary goal of the GO! Series, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation. This approach is based on clearly defining projects for readers in a way that’s easy to understand.

Creating Documents with Microsoft Word 2007; Formatting and Organizing Text; Using Graphics and Tables; Special Document Formats, Columns, and Mail Merge; Creating a Worksheet and Charting Data; Managing Workbooks and Analyzing Data; Using Functions and Tables; Getting Started with Access Databases and Tables; Sort and Query a Database; Forms, Filters, and Reports; Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007; Designing a PowerPoint Presentation; Enhancing a Presentation with Animation, Tables, and Charts; Using Access Data with Other Office Programs; Using Tables in Word and Excel; Using Excel as a Data Source in a Mail Merge; Linking Data in Office Documents; Creating Presentation Content from Office Documents

MARKET: For professionals seeking to learn and understand Microsoft Office 2007.

Word 2007

Word Chapter 5: Creating Documents with Microsoft Word 2007

Objective 1 Create and Save a New Document

Objective 2 Edit Text

Objective 3 Select, Delete, and Format Text

Objective 4 Print a Document

Objective 5 Navigate the Word Window

Objective 6 Add a Graphic to a Document

Objective 7 Use the Spelling and Grammar Checker

Objective 8 Preview and Print Documents, Close a Document, and Close

Word

Objective 9 Use the Microsoft Help System

Word Chapter 6 Formatting and Organizing Text

Objective 1 Change Document and Paragraph Layout

Objective 2 Change and Reorganize Text

Objective 3 Create and Modify Lists

Objective 4 Insert and Format Headers and Footers

Objective 5 Insert Frequently Used Text

Objective 6 Insert and Format References

Word Chapter 7 Using Graphics and Tables

Objective 1 Insert and Format Graphics

Objective 2 Set Tab Stops

Objective 3 Insert and Modify Text Boxes and Shapes

Objective 4 Create a Table

Objective 5 Format a Table

Word Chapter 8 Special Document Formats, Columns, and Mail Merge

Objective 1 Collect and Paste Text and Graphics

Objective 2 Create and Format Columns

Objective 3 Use Special Character and Paragraph Formatting

Objective 4 Create Mailing Labels Using Mail Merge

Objective 5 Insert Hyperlinks

Objective 6 Insert a SmartArt Graphic

Objective 7 Preview and Save a Document as a Web Page

Excel 2007

Excel Chapter 9 Creating a Worksheet and Charting Data

Objective 1 Create, Save, and Navigate an Excel Workbook

Objective 2 Enter and Edit Data in a Worksheet

Objective 3 Construct and Copy Formulas, Use the Sum Function, and Edit Cells

Objective 4 Format Data, Cells, and Worksheets

Objective 5 Close and Reopen a Workbook

Objective 6 Chart Data

Objective 7 Use Page Layout View, Prepare a Worksheet for Printing,

and Close Excel

Objective 8 Design a Worksheet

Objective 9 Construct Formulas for Mathematical Operations

Objective 10 Format Percentages and Move Formulas

Objective 11 Create a Pie Chart and a Chart Sheet

Objective 12 Use the Excel Help System

Excel Chapter 10 Managing Workbooks and Analyzing Data

Objective 1 Create and Save a Workbook from an Existing Workbook

Objective 2 Navigate a Workbook and Rename Worksheets

Objective 3 Enter Dates, Clear Contents, and Clear Formats

Objective 4 Move, Copy, and Paste Cell Contents

Objective 5 Edit and Format Multiple Worksheets at the Same Time

Objective 6 Create a Summary Sheet

Objective 7 Format and Print Multiple Worksheets in a Workbook

Objective 8 Design a Worksheet for What-If Analysis

Objective 9 Perform What-If Analysis

Objective 10 Compare Data with a Line Chart

Excel Chapter 11 Using Functions and Tables

Objective 1 Use SUM, AVERAGE, MEDIAN, MIN, and MAX Functions

Objective 2 Use COUNTIF and IF Functions, and Apply Conditional

Formatting

Objective 3 Use a Date Function

Objective 4 Freeze Panes and Create an Excel Table

Objective 5 Format and Print a Large Worksheet

Objective 6 Use Financial Functions

Objective 7 Use Goal Seek

Objective 8 Create a Data Table

Access 2007

Access Chapter 12 Getting Started with Access Databases and Tables

Objective 1 Start Access and Create a New Blank Database

Objective 2 Add Records to a Table

Objective 3 Rename Table Fields in Datasheet View

Objective 4 Modify the Design of a Table

Objective 5 Add a Second Table to a Database

Objective 6 Print a Table

Objective 7 Create and Use a Query

Objective 8 Create and Use a Form

Objective 9 Create and Print a Report

Objective 10 Close and Save a Database

Objective 11 Create a Database Using a Template

Objective 12 Organize Database Objects in the Navigation Pane

Objective 13 Create a New Table in a Database Created with a Template

Objective 14 View a Report and Print a Table in a Database Created

with a Template

Objective 15 Use the Access Help System

Access Chapter 13 Sort and Query a Database

Objective 1 Open an Existing Database

Objective 2 Create Table Relationships

Objective 3 Sort Records in a Table

Objective 4 Create a Query in Design View

Objective 5 Create a New Query from an Existing Query

Objective 6 Sort Query Results

Objective 7 Specify Criteria in a Query

Objective 8 Create a New Table by Importing an Excel Spreadsheet

Objective 9 Specify Numeric Criteria in a Query

Objective 10 Use Compound Criteria

Objective 11 Create a Query Based on More Than One Table

Objective 12 Use Wildcards in a Query

Objective 13 Use Calculated Fields in a Query

Objective 14 Group Data and Calculate Statistics in a Query

Access Chapter 14 Forms, Filters, and Reports

Objective 1 Create a Form

Objective 2 Use a Form to Add and Delete Records

Objective 3 Create a Form by Using the Form Wizard

Objective 4 Modify a Form in Design View and in Layout View

Objective 5 Filter Records

Objective 6 Create a Report by Using the Report Tool

Objective 7 Create a Report by Using the Blank Report Tool

Objective 8 Create a Report by Using the Report Wizard

Objective 9 Modify the Design of a Report

Objective 10 Print a Report and Keep Data Together

PowerPoint 2007

PowerPoint Chapter 15 Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Objective 1 Open, View, and Save a Presentation

Objective 2 Edit a Presentation

Objective 3 Format a Presentation

Objective 4 Create Headers and Footers and Print a Presentation

Objective 5 Create a New Presentation

Objective 6 Use Slide Sorter View

Objective 7 Add Pictures to a Presentation

Objective 8 Use the Microsoft Help System

PowerPoint Chapter 16 Designing a PowerPoint Presentation

Objective 1 Format Slide Elements

Objective 2 Insert and Format Pictures and Shapes

Objective 3 Apply Slide Transitions

Objective 4 Reorganize Presentation Text and Clear Formats

Objective 5 Create and Format a SmartArt Graphic

PowerPoint Chapter 17 Enhancing a Presentation with Animation, Tables,

and Charts

Objective 1 Customize Slide Backgrounds and Themes

Objective 2 Animate a Slide Show

Objective 3 Create and Modify Tables

Objective 4 Create and Modify Charts

Integrated Projects

Chapter 18 Using Access Data with Other Office Programs

Objective 1 Export Access Data to Excel

Objective 2 Create a Formula in Excel

Objective 3 Create a Chart in Excel

Objective 4 Copy Access Data into a Word Document

Objective 5 Copy Excel Data into a Word Document

Objective 6 Insert an Excel Chart into a PowerPoint Presentation

Chapter 19 Using Tables in Word and Excel

Objective 1 Plan a Table in Word

Objective 2 Enter Data and Format a Table in Word

Objective 3 Create a Table in Word from Excel Data

Objective 4 Create an Excel Worksheet from a Word Table

Chapter 20 Using Excel as a Data Source in a Mail Merge

Objective 1 Prepare a Mail Merge Document for Mailing Labels

Objective 2 Choose an Excel Worksheet as a Data Source

Objective 3 Produce and Save Merged Mailing Labels

Objective 4 Open a Saved Main Document for Mail Merge

Chapter 21 Linking Data in Office Documents

Objective 1 Insert and Link an Excel Object in Word

Objective 2 Revise a Linked Excel Worksheet and Update Links in Word

Objective 3 Open a Word Document That Includes a Linked Object and

Update Links

Chapter 22 Creating Presentation Content from Office Documents

Objective 1 Insert a Word Outline into PowerPoint

Objective 2 Import Excel Data into a PowerPoint Chart

Objective 3 Insert a Hyperlink into a PowerPoint Slide