Includes Access! An easy-to-use guide for busy teachers, students, and other professionals. Using an activity-based approach, you will learn how to use Microsoft Office XP. In a matter of minutes, you will be creating grade books, fliers, place cards, merging parent letters, writing rsums, creating slideshows, and building Web pages. What sets this book apart from other Microsoft books is its rich variety of activities, its step-by-step tutorials, comprehensiveness, organization, and extensive use of visuals. The information can be understood at a glance with minimal reading of text. To simplify, I have intentionally avoided long explanations and provided the readers with clear illustrations and a wide assortment of activities. The activities are ones that you most frequently use in the classroom. This book assumes no prior experience with Microsoft Office and is designed to meet the needs of the computer novice. The book is arranged in a logical teaching order. However, the topics are generally not dependent on one another, and can be taught in the order the instructor desires. Also included are helpful tips, objectives, and notes to the reader, and a CD-ROM with examples. Tutorials include: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Template CD Requires Microsoft Office XP software.