Microsoft Office 2007: A Professional Approach [Spiral-bound]

Deborah Hinkle (Author), Kathleen Stewart (Author), Jon Juarez (Author), John Carter (Author), Pat Graves (Author), Amie Mayhall (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0073373516 | ISBN-13: 978-0073373515 | Publication Date: August 30, 2007 | Edition: 1

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.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 1425 pages
• Publisher: Career Education; 1 edition (August 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073373516
• ISBN-13: 978-0073373515
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The material itself..., August 29, 2008

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BeBe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office 2007: A Professional Approach (Spiral-bound)

The material of the book itself is easy to understand, and the directions for the exercises are easy to follow.

If you're purchasing this book for at home use, you might need to know that the book does not include the source files needed to complete some of the exercises.

If you're purchasing this as a student, you will need to purchase an access code for SimNet separately if you happen to need that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read the cover carefully before you buy., July 8, 2010

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Catharine B. (Fairview, Oregon) - See all my reviews

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I say read the cover, because "OFFICE" covers Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point, which is a great start for several applications. However it is not as thorough as the individual books for each application. It only has 13 chapters for Word instead of the 25 chapters you will find in the book "WORD," and 11 chapters in the Excel portion instead of the 23 chapters you will find in the book "EXCEL". (I don't know about the other sections). So it just depends on how much you want to know about each application.

What they do have is the exact (as far as I can tell) lessons of the full individual versions, only just about half as much information in each application's section.

From using Deborah Hinkle's books in college classes, I think they are excellent learning tools. They take you through step by step, with lots of screen shots. Very user friendly.

2.0 out of 5 stars A nice paperweight or boat anchor, March 11, 2011

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This review is from: Microsoft Office 2007: A Professional Approach (Spiral-bound)

REquired as a textbook, but really a bad format. Its too big, too heavy to carry around and a difficult format to learn from. This learning should be all on screen so your eyes stay in one place. Very fatiguing to continuously avert your eyes from book to screen to book to screen.
I removed the spiral binding and hole punched the pages. I placed each section into its own binder so that it would fit in my bookbag and not weigh it down. I used a book holder to tilt it up for less eye strain.
It is useless once the class is over. It is a series of exercises which is fine, but makes it a poor reference tool with no usefulness after the fact.