GO! with Office 2007, Introductory (2nd Edition) [Spiral-bound]

Shelley Gaskin (Author), Robert L. Ferrett (Author), Alicia Vargas (Author), Suzanne Marks (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0132418878 | ISBN-13: 978-0132418874 | Publication Date: January 24, 2008 | Edition: 2

Teach the course YOU want in LESS TIME!  The primary goal of the GO! Series, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation, with an approach that is based on clearly defined projects for students and a one-of-a-kind supplements package for instructors.

Coverage of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, and Integrated Projects.

For professionals seeking to learn and understand Microsoft Office 2007.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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.

 

Suzanne Marks is a faculty member in Business Technology Systems at Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in business education from Washington State University, and was project manager for the first IT Skills Standards in the United States.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 1280 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (January 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132418878
• ISBN-13: 978-0132418874
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.9 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good start; not ready for university use, March 18, 2010

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Christopher Aune "Certified Personal Coach/Ex... (Cincinnati (Batesville IN)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GO! with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory (3rd Edition) (Spiral-bound)

Great book and cd resources; but the online testing and training resources are so full of glitches that they should be avoided. This book and online resource was required for a 101 course, and more than one-third of the class bailed in the first three weeks because of the online glitches.

I've been using MS Office for a decade; and I thought I'd update on Microsoft Office 2007. The online resources are so full of glitches that it teaches you to fear the next step. Flip side: This could be a truly great resource if they get the glitches out. (May 2010)

BEWARE: New copies come with an access code to online training and testing. However, if you buy a used copy for a college course, the access code is already used, and you must allow $65 for a new access code. Don't be fooled!

If you're trying to earn a grade, the online training and tests have too many glitches. The many little glitches (no stoppers) irritate and confound students, eat up hours, and impact your grade. Big no-no, Pearson.

Instructors would hope this program would make grading easy; but that is not the case. Since the glitches affect the grading, the instructor spends excess time correcting the program errors, multiplied by number of students.

I hope the Pearson Company finishes the job on this course (debugs it), because this could be great course. But I wouldn't subject college students to its peculiarities until it's fixed.

- Christopher

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK, August 11, 2009

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H. Stephens (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GO! with Office 2007, Introductory (2nd Edition) (Spiral-bound)

I have found this series to be well written but kind of tedius. They have you do the same thing over and over. Maybe its to drill it in but it gets quite boring.
They also need to give full size examples of what the given document is supposed to look like at the end of the chapter. They make it microscopic so you can hardly read it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Concise, well-written, over-priced, December 1, 2009

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Charles M. Paugh (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GO! with Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory (3rd Edition) (Spiral-bound)

This particular text is well-written and concise but geared for use in the high school or community college setting not as a professional, office-setting reference manual. It is my opinion that the price point on the book is unethically overpriced and should not be selling for more than $30-40 at most -- compared to other books in the same market.