The Hinkle, Professional Approach Series for Office 2007 offers an entirely new way of mastering Office 2007 applications. Using unique exercises from realistic business situations, this step-by-step approach is supported by a colorful graphics program. The series is ideal for students new to the world of computers, yet in-depth enough to challenge more savvy users. Each lesson contains up to 25 skill applications and each unit contains up to 5 skill applications that take students from simple to complex situations. Each of the individual application books are approved courseware for the MCAS Certificaiton exams. This "Learn by Doing" text is very hands on and provides a clear learning path with learning objectives so students see the skills they know and they ones they don't. This text also correlates with SimNet Online, our online training and assessment program for Office 2007..

WORDUnit 1 Basic SkillsLESSON 1: CREATING A DOCUMENTLESSON 2: SELECTING AND EDITINGLESSON 3: FORMATTING CHARACTERSLESSON 4: WRITING TOOLSUNIT 1 APPLICATIONSUnit 2 Paragraph Formatting, Tabs, and Advanced EditingLESSON 5: FORMATTING PARAGRAPHSLESSON 6: TABS AND TABBED COLUMNSLESSON 7: MOVE AND COPYLESSON 8: FIND AND REPLACEUNIT 2 APPLICATIONSUnit 3 Page FormattingLESSON 9: MARGINS AND PRINT OPTIONSLESSON 10: PAGE AND SECTION BREAKSLESSON 11: PAGE NUMBERS,HEADERS, AND FOOTERSLESSON 12: STYLES AND THEMESLESSON 13: TEMPLATESUNIT 3 APPLICATIONSEXCELUnit 1 Introduction to ExcelLESSON 1: GETTING STARTED WITH EXCELLESSON 2: CREATING A WORKBOOKLESSON 3: USING EDITING AND STYLE TOOLSLESSON 4: EXPLORING HOME TAB COMMANDSUNIT 1 APPLICATIONSUnit 2 Working with Formulas and FunctionsLESSON 5: EXPLORING FORMULA BASICSLESSON 6: WORKING WITH FUNCTIONSLESSON 7: USING LOGICAL AND FINANCIAL FUNCTIONSLESSON 8: ROUNDING AND NESTING FUNCTIONSUNIT 2 APPLICATIONSUnit 3 Enhancing Worksheet AppearanceLESSON 9: BUILDING CHARTSLESSON 10: INSERTING SHAPESLESSON 11: USING IMAGES AND SMARTART GRAPHICSUNIT 3 APPLICATIONSPOWERPOINTUnit 1 Basic SkillsLESSON 1: GETTING STARTED IN POWERPOINTLESSON 2: DEVELOPING PRESENTATION TEXTLESSON 3: REVISING PRESENTATION TEXTUNIT 1 APPLICATIONSUnit 2 Presentation IllustrationLESSON 4: WORKING WITH GRAPHICSLESSON 5: CREATING TABLESLESSON 6: CREATING CHARTSLESSON 7: CREATING DIAGRAMS WITH SMARTART GRAPHICSUNIT 2 APPLICATIONSACCESSUnit 1 Understanding Access DatabasesLESSON 1 GETTING STARTED WITH A DATABASELESSON 2: VIEWING AND MODIFYING RECORDSLESSON 3: FINDING, FILTERING, SORTING, AND SUMMARIZING DATALESSON 4: CREATING NEW DATABASES AND TABLESUNIT 1 APPLICATIONSUnit 2 Designing and Managing Database ObjectsLESSON 5: MANAGING DATA INTEGRITYLESSON 6: DESIGNING QUERIESLESSON 7: ADDING AND MODIFYING FORMSLESSON 8: ADDING AND MODIFYING REPORTSUNIT 2 APPLICATIONSAPPENDICESGLOSSARYINDEX