From Beginner to Expert-The Skills you need in the Workplace,1) Each lesson contains short exercises designed for using Office XP in real life business settings.2) Exercises includes key terms, concise notes, conceptual descriptions of the Office features,and hands on mouse and keystrokes procedures.3) Exercises Directions offer step by step instructions to put the students skill to work.Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and How to use them together,1) All office applications can be used separately and integrated to create sophisticated professional looking documents.2) Use words to create letters, memos, report and web pages.3) Track financial data and create charts and graphs with excel.4) use access to store, retrieve and report on information.5) Develop multimedia presentations with PowerPoint.Learn by doing; Not reading,1) Learning Office XP launches the students into workplace setting. each exercise begins on the job with a brief descriptions of how you would use the features of that exercise in the office.2) Each exercise with on your own, an additional critical thinking exercise where students apply newly learned skills to create there own documents using there own information.Experiences the Internet No Modem needed!1) Students integrate the internet with Office applications without a modem or internet connection. By launching the simulations and following the steps in the book, students go to real web sites simulated on CD-Rom, find information and use the information in office documents.Putting Students Skills to the Challenge,1) A challenge lesson combines critical thinking, application integration and internet skills.2) Only basic step directions are given- Students use there own skills to complete the exercise.