MOUS: Office XP Study Guide [Hardcover]

Gini Courter (Author), Annette Marquis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 20, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0782141137 | ISBN-13: 978-0782141139 | Edition: 1

Here's the book you need to prepare for the seven MOUS exams employers are demanding the most--Word 2002 Core, Word 2002 Expert, Excel 2002 Core, Excel 2002 Expert, PowerPoint 2002 Core, Outlook 2002 Core, and Access 2002 Core.
* In-depth coverage of official exam objectives
* Clear explanations of complex Office tasks
* Practical examples and detailed instructions
Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:
Word Core and Expert
Inserting and Modifying Text
Creating and Modifying Paragraphs and Tables
Formatting and Managing Documents
Creating and Modifying Graphics
Using Mail Merge
Excel Core and Expert
Working with Cells and Cell Data
Managing and Modifying Workbooks
Creating and Revising Formulas
Importing and Exporting Data
Analyzing and Summarizing Data
PowerPoint Core
Creating and Modifying a Presentation
Inserting and Modifying Text and Visual Elements
Working with Data from Other Sources
Managing and Delivering Presentations
Workgroup Collaboration
Access Core
Creating and Using Databases and Tables
Creating and Modifying Queries
Creating and Modifying Forms
Defining Relationships
Producing Reports
Outlook Core
Creating and Viewing Messages
Scheduling
Managing Messages
Creating and Managing Contacts, Tasks, and Notes

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Here’s the book you need to prepare for the seven MOUS exams employers are demanding the most—Word 2002 Core, Word 2002 Expert, Excel 2002 Core, Excel 2002 Expert, PowerPoint 2002 Core, Outlook 2002 Core, and Access 2002 Core.

• In-depth coverage of official exam objectives
• Clear explanations of complex Office tasks
• Practical examples and detailed instructions

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

Word Core and Expert
Inserting and Modifying Text
Creating and Modifying Paragraphs and Tables
Formatting and Managing Documents
Creating and Modifying Graphics
Using Mail Merge

Excel Core and Expert
Working with Cells and Cell Data
Managing and Modifying Workbooks
Creating and Revising Formulas
Importing and Exporting Data
Analyzing and Summarizing Data

PowerPoint Core
Creating and Modifying a Presentation
Inserting and Modifying Text and Visual Elements
Working with Data from Other Sources
Managing and Delivering Presentations
Workgroup Collaboration

Access Core
Creating and Using Databases and Tables
Creating and Modifying Queries
Creating and Modifying Forms
Defining Relationships
Producing Reports

Outlook Core
Creating and Viewing Messages
Scheduling
Managing Messages
Creating and Managing Contacts, Tasks, and Notes

About the Author

Gini Courter and Annette Marquis are co-owners of TRIAD Consulting, LLC, a firm specializing in computer applications training and database development, including customized solutions using Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server. Courter and Marquis are the authors of numerous books, including Mastering Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition, Mastering Microsoft Outlook 2000, and Office 2000 User Specialist Study Guide, all from Sybex.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 944 pages
• Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (August 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782141137
• ISBN-13: 978-0782141139
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.9 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,327,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I passed all my exams using this book!, August 2, 2003

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"gtcwoman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: MOUS: Office XP Study Guide (Hardcover)

This book is not intended to be a general reference and it says so right at the beginning. Its purpose is to prepare people to take the MOUS (now MOS) exams and it does just exactly that. I used this book to take my Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access exams and passed them all! The explanations in this book were clear and to the point. The exercises really helped focus on the things I needed to learn and provided a context for why I would want to use the features in the first place. I highly recommend this book if you want to be sucessful in your exams.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I found this book to help for teaching and work., October 27, 2002

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MOUS: Office XP Study Guide (Hardcover)

As an instructor of desktop applications such as Microsoft Office, I need to be able to answer question from students outside the realm of the classroom manual. Trying to keep up on the changes can sometime be very difficult to manage, that's why this book is so important to my everyday job.

The book is covering Word 2002 Core & expert, Excel 2002 Core & expert, PowerPoint 2002, Outlook 2002 and Access 2002 core only and throughout the 900 plus pages there is more information on each topic, showing me things that I never knew or easier ways to do things I already know.

Packed with over 350 exercises, I found out ways cut time, increase productivity and most importantly enhance both my work environment as well as the classroom. While I am not planning to take any exams in the near future, I wouldn't rule it out for next year.

The book is laid out objective by objective based on the exam, and the authors have certainly made very effort to make the learning process easy to follow while providing good detail in the infromation presented.

Overall some of the more advanced user may find very little addtional information, however for those with beginner to intermendiate skills this is certinaly a very good manual to have around.

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not good enough, September 16, 2002

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Elma Van Der Ryst "evdryst" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MOUS: Office XP Study Guide (Hardcover)

This book addresses only the exam objectives for the MOUS certifications. So far so good, it doesn't purport doing anything else. Unfortunately, it is written in a step by step technique that has you do loads of simple things that has nothing to do with the objective under discussion. Of course it is easy enough to read over these steps without performing the tasks, but the real nuggets of knowledge are buried somewhere in the ramble. In short, it wastes your time on tesks that should be second nature to you if you're buying this type of book (yet it isn't robust enough to serve as a step by step).

I lost faith in the author when she wrote: "Interestingly, when we inserted this new movie clip, PowerPoint resized the existing text. Just click Undo if you have this same problem. The text returns to its original size and the clip is placed in the middle of the slide.". "...this same problem."?? This is an AutoCorrect feature! Either she does not know this or she is "talking down" to the reader.. bad either way.

Additionally, this book covers most of the objectives, but not all in enough detail so that you'd sail through the exam without a hitch. (I have written the PowerPoint exam before and failed, through no fault of mine - half the features weren't installed (Grrrr, some ATCs!), so I can remember some of the questions asked.

Unfortunately I don't have another text to recommend, this is the first one I've tried. Good luck with the exams!