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The Excel 2003 CoursePak includes both the book and multimedia CD-ROM. This is our most popular and effective learning package. Add to cart $ 69.95 ISBN: 1-930581-88-2, 1-930581-76-9 See Related Products

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Our courseware exceeds the requirements of Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) requirements. Click here for a list MOS Excel 2003 skills.

Azimuth's Inter@ctiveLearning Series offers the highest quality interactive software training on the market. The Series has trained over 650,000 students throughout North American universities, colleges, and business schools where it is distributed by McGraw-Hill; the largest, most reputable book publisher in the world.

The product you are about to purchase is the same high quality software training system proven in hundreds of classrooms and offices worldwide. Once installed, it is available 24x7x365 and provides instant solutions to the most common problems you may encounter using MS Office.

Using computer simulations with full audio and a companion textbook, the Excel 2003 CoursePak leads you through the all essential software tasks. Interactive sessions test you each step of the way, skill by skill. Clear instructions demonstrate how to manipulate data in a worksheet, format elements, insert objects and charts, use macros, create formulas and functions, merge data lists and includes over 80 individual MOUS skills.

Once you have mastered the essential skills and gained confidence with the software, the higher-level skills are taught through detailed exercises in the textbook.

The Inter@ctiveLearning Series course is especially helpful for beginners with no software experience and offers intermediate users the advanced skills needed to perform in an office environment.

The Series covers all the essential business and software skills required by managerial and clerical employees working in a computer-based office environment.

Book Features

• Skills-oriented pedagogy moves step-by-step


• 2-page spread modular design for easy learning


• Richly illustrated with hundreds of screen shots


• Real-world cases teach business skills


• Practice skill sessions with student files


• Tips feature alerts students to common pitfalls

Online Testing

The Online Testing System (OTS) uses Flash-based simulations of the actual applications to test your students' abilities to perform the most popular software tasks. OTS is NOT a multiple choice exam but a truly interactive testing service. Students do not need to have installed Office 2003 on their computers in order to take the exam. Even students with Macintosh or Linux computers can use the Online Testing System.

Desktop Quick Reference Guides

Desktop Quick Reference Guides provide students a single-page take-away summary of the really important basic skills for each software tool. Heavily plasticized, these quick tip guides last for years and provide a helpful refresher for software skills.

Online Learning: Excel Courses

Students can learn anywhere, anytime using the online Inter@ctive Learning Series. The Inter@ctive Learning Series is available online either as interactive streaming media or as an e-Book. The content for the online media is exactly the same as the CD-ROMs, and the content for the e-Book is the same as for the printed books. Both are much less expensive online. The pedagogy follows our familiar, richly illustrated, skills-based, step-by-step approach.

Interactive Media Features (CD ROM and online)

• Skills-oriented pedagogy moves step-by-step


• Students follow a professional guide through each skill


• Fun and engaging multimedia simulations


• Built-in SmartQuiz testing of student skills


• Interactive practices built into software (not just a video)

Microsoft Office Specialist Requirements

The Microsoft Office Specialist credential is obtained by taking one or more exams at a certified testing center. These exams measure a student’s expertise with MS Office software, including the ability to integrate the different Office programs. For more information on the MOS certificate, visit the Microsoft Certification Program site.

Microsoft Office Specialist Excel Skill Sets

Creating Data and Content

• Enter and edit cell content


• Navigate to specific cell content
• Locate, select and insert supporting information
• Insert, position, and size graphics

Analyzing Data

• Filter lists using AutoFilter
• Sort lists
• Insert and modify formulas
• Use statistical, date and time, financial, and logical functions
• Create, modify, and position diagrams and charts based on worksheet data

Formatting Data and Content

• Apply and modify cell formats
• Apply and modify cell styles
• Modify row and column formats
• Format worksheets

Collaborating

• Insert, view and edit comments

Managing Workbooks

• Create new workbooks from templates
• Insert, delete and move cells
• Create and modify hyperlinks
• Organize worksheets
• Preview data in other views
• Customize Window layout
• Set up pages for printing
• Print data
• Organize workbooks using file folders
• Save data in appropriate formats for different uses

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