Learning Office 2000 (Office 2000 Learning Series) [Hardcover]

Jennifer Fulton (Author), Nancy Kaczmarczyk (Author), Sue Plumley (Author), Suzanne Weixel (Author), Rick Winter (Author)

Book Description

Series: Office 2000 Learning Series | Publication Date: June 1999

Learning Microsoft Office 2000 teaches the skills needed for proficiency in each application of the Office 2000 suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Covers new Office 2000 features such as Personal Menus and updated Open/Save dialog box. Each lesson introduces a software topic quickly, without extraneous narration, then teaches you the functions with step-by-step directions. Screen captures, illustrated keystrokes, and mouse directions make learning easy. Follow-up exercises provide skill application while also honing critical thinking. Spiral-bound. 544 pages.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: D D C Pub (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562437364
• ISBN-13: 978-1562437367
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 10 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,071,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Random organization, separates the teaching from the doing, August 20, 2000

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W. Richardson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Learning Office 2000 (Office 2000 Learning Series) (Hardcover)

I teach computer applications to 8th graders, and this book is a disappointment to me and my students. It is geared more toward the business worker. The order in which it teaches skills is completely random. For example, it teaches advanced operations such as how to create envelopes and labels before it teaches the most basic functions such as how to format text. It also focuses too much on the Internet capabilities of MS Office 2000 (useless "bloatware" if you ask me).

Another problem is the presentation of the lessons. It lists the steps to complete a task, then has an exercise to be completed. It would be much more helpful if the students were able to DO the steps while the book explains them, THEN have exercises to do on their own. Instead, the book separates the teaching from the doing. This is a very ineffective way to learn.

Finally, the confusing language it sometimes uses doesn't help either. My students constantly ask for clarification. Stay clear of this one. There must be better books out there.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Major Failure, November 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Learning Office 2000 (Office 2000 Learning Series) (Hardcover)

Amen to the other review that speaks of what an abyssmal disappointment this book is. The idea is sound. It's the actual practice that does not work . Tech support was very friendly and helpful, but hours were wasted calling them for clarification on what was incomprehensible in what is supposed to be a step by step guide. Contains huge holes and poorly edited. Finally giving up I sent it back and was promised a refund a week ago. Still waiting. Avoid this one.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thankfully there's DDC around!, November 30, 1999

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I should be at the gym (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Learning Microsoft Office 2000 (Spiral-bound)

Mary Wright, Tech Editor: "For the past 7 years, I have been developing and administering computer skills courses to adults who are both educationally and economically disavantaged. It has been extremely challenging to locate computer training textbooks that can be geared to the functionally illiterate. DDC Publishing is the only publishing company that truly understands and meets the computer educational needs of this market."