Product Description

For courses in Microsoft Office 97 and 2000 applications: Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint courseware for the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Exam.

MOUS Essentials were created specifically to meet the guidelines established by Microsoft for the Microsoft Office User Specialist (“MOUS”) Program. The authors provide an emphasis on step-by-step tutorials with large screen shots, outstanding student pedagogy, and plenty of exercises. The authors have included a number of new elements designed to help students prepare for the MOUS exams. The MOUS Essentials also include live computer-based training and assessment with Kelly MOUS PinPoint CD-ROM.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #648175 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 591 pages

From the Back Cover

Prentice Hall's MOUS Essentials were created specifically to meet the required guidelines established by Microsoft for the Microsoft Office User Specialist exams.

The authors follow the proven approach of Prentice Hall's Essentials series with an emphasis on step-by-step tutorials with large screen shots, outstanding student pedagogy, and plenty of exercises. This text also includes a number of elements designed to help students study for the MOUS exams. As an additional test preparation tool, the series also includes live computer-based training and assessment with the MOUS Kelly PinPoint CD-ROM.

Key Features

• All MOUS Essentials books are certified to the Expert Level by Microsoft as approved test preparation guides for the MOUS exams.
• A unique appendix entitled Preparing for MOUS Certification provides information on how to register, what is covered in the tests, how the tests work, and levels of certification.
• Each Project opens with Required Activities for both levels of the exam objectives. These activities are indicated throughout the Projects by icons distinguishing core vs. expert objectives.
• Exam Notes and Instide Stuff sidebars provide students with extra tips and tricks on preparing for and taking the MOUS exams.
• MOUS PinPoint software provides computer-based training and assessment tools for students to complete the projects and practice for the MOUS exams. MOUS PinPoint includes Project Review Tests along with "Show Me" training for each MOUS Exam Skill Set covered within the Project. In addition, each MOUS PinPoint has a capstone final exam that mirrors the actual MOUS exams.

About the Author

ROBERT L. FERRETT is the Director of the Center for Instructional Computing at Eastern Michigan University. His center provides computer training and support to faculty at the university. He has authored or co-authored nearly 40 books on Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Word Perfect, and Word, and was the editor of the 1994 ACM SIGUCCS Conference Proceedings. He is a series editor for the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 books. He has been designing, developing, and delivering computer workshops for nearly two decades. He has a BA in Psychology, an MS in Geography, and an MS in Interdisciplinary Technology from Eastern Michigan University. He is ABD in the PhD program in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University.

JOHN PRESTON is an Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University in the College of Technology where he teaches microcomputer application courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been teaching, writing, and designing computer training courses since the advent of PCs, and has authored and co-authored more than three dozen books on Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, and PowerPoint. He is a series editor for the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 books. He has received grants from the Detroit Edison Institute and the Department of Energy to develop Web sites for energy education and alternative fuels. He has also developed one of the first Internet-based microcomputer applications courses at an accredited university. He has a BS from the University of Michigan in Physics, Mathematics, and Education, and an MS from Eastern Michigan University in Physics Education. He is ABD in the PhD degree program in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University.

SALLY PRESTON is President of Preston & Associates, a computer software training firm, where she utilizes her extensive business experience as a bank vice president in charge of branch operations along with her skills in training people on new computer systems. She provides corporate training through Preston & Associates and through the Institute for Workforce Development at Washtenaw Community College, where she also teaches computer courses part-time. She has co-authored more than 20 books on Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word Perfect, and Word, including the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 series, as well as the Office 2000 Essentials and Access 2000 Essentials books. She is a series editor for the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 books. She has an MBA from Eastern Michigan University.

Customer Reviews

Excellent prepartion for the MOUS examination
A very useable book. Clearly set out with the relevant skills identified. Takes you through each part step by step and then gives you more advanced tasks to do. Pinpoint tests at the end are very helpful. Only criticism - you need to change your setup to inches or you will fail some of the tasks.

GREAT!
This book is wonderful! I love the step by step learning method and the numerous screen shots. I am not planning to take the MOUS exam, but purchased this book to teach myself Access. I would recomend this to anyone who wants to learn Access.

Step by Step means Step by Step
Great book, from beginning to end. I picked up this book as a starting point to learn access, I was soon enjoying building complex databases. I enjoyed the small bite sized projects. The Book and CD with Tutorials matched word for word, the CD has plenty of trainers and practice exams, a well thought out book. I have now went on to pass my MOUS exam for Access 2000 using only this very easy to read and understand book.