I need new ones for my class. Does anyone have any suggestions on which one
I should purchase. I cover Word, Excel and Power Point.

Chris Huber-Tennessee High wrote...
>I need new ones for my class. Does anyone have any suggestions on which one
>I should purchase. I cover Word, Excel and Power Point.

I'll admit I've never owned a book that covers Office as a whole, but
I've skimmed a few. As someone who uses Excel on a daily basis, Word
maybe once a month, and PowerPoint as seldom as possible (and have set
PPT point files to open in the viewer by default) my impression of
books covering all of Office is that their Excel coverage is so skimpy
and superficial that there's minimal benefit to be gained from them. A
dozen guided exercises in Excel (check register including interest
earned on positive balances for formulas, data from science class
experiments for charting - especially with trendlines, and a data
collection exercise for water usage for each student over the course of
a week for data forms, lists and pivot tables) or so would provide a
more useful basis for real world Excel usage.

Anyway, doesn't your district or state have a list of recommended texts?

Doesn't the old ones
give you any clues as
to where they came from?

That may be the source
for your solution.

My guess, however, is that
you may have to develop
your own curriculum based
on the level of instruction and
the time allocated.

Maybe those highly marketed
yellowish books for "idiots", no
disrespect intended, might be
something to look into.
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I need new ones for my class. Does anyone have any suggestions on which one
I should purchase. I cover Word, Excel and Power Point.