Synopses & Reviews
KEYBOARDING ESSENTIALS 2nd Edition: FORMATTING and DOCUMENT PROCESSING, LESSONS 61-120, focuses on mastery of formatting letters, memos, reports, and business documents using the functions of Microsoft Word 2007! Additional skill building is included to increase your keyboarding speed and accuracy. Word processing skills are isolated and introduced prior to document formatting lessons, while proofreading skills are reinforced within the documents. The document formatting lessons are devoted solely to documents and teach no additional word processing so you can focus on formatting mastery.
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"We have always used South-Western keyboarding books. To us at Columbus State Community College, they are the "signature" keyboarding books. We have always liked the layout and color schemes presented."
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"I do like the way the books are organized. It is easy to find information by using the index and/or table of contents. I love the reference pages in the back of the book. I teach my students to always look things up. By having the info in one place, makes it easy for my students. I like the exercises that force a student to look up formatting. So many times the students just want to type right from the book without making decisions."
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"The flow seems to be sequential and the directions were good. The software is so different, but I was able to locate what I needed to do the work. It is going to be a huge learning curve for faculty and students who are accustomed to using a previous version of Word. I think the amount of functions covered per lesson were appropriate--not too many or too few."
About the Author
Dr. Susie H. VanHuss is the retired Executive Director of University of South Carolina Foundations and Distinguished Professor Emerita of Management. Dr. VanHuss previously served as Professor and Head of the Management Department within the university's Moore School of Business. She received her B.S. from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and her M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her teaching specialties include business communications, administrative systems, and personnel management. Dr. VanHuss is a prolific author whose work for South-Western includes textbooks in communications, keyboarding and word processing, and office technology. She has received a Gold Book Award commemorating the sale of a million copies of one of her textbooks. In addition, she has written numerous journal articles and has served on the editorial review boards of several leading business education journals. Dr. Connie M. Forde is a full professor in the Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership, and Workforce Development at Mississippi State University where she teaches and advises in the technology teacher education and information technology services degree programs and the master's and doctoral programs in technology. She has served as co-author on the College Keyboarding team for several editions as well as co-authored a number of word processing and integrated applications simulations. Dr. Forde is a recognized speaker and contributor to the professional literature. Additionally, she has served as president of both the National Business Education Association and the Southern Business Education Association. Dr. Donna L. Woo is an Instructor and Department Coordinator for Information Systems/Office Automation for Cypress College and Associate Director of Education at Pacific College. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Business Education at Michigan State University and has her Ed.D. from Nova University. Donna is a Kellogg Fellow, a member of Phi Kappa Phi, and Delta Pi Epsilon. Her industry experience includes working for IBM and General Motors. She authored several word processing textbooks and has worked on several editions of College Keyboarding. Dr. Linda Hefferin is a Professor in Business Management at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Illinois.
Table of Contents
61. Skillbuilding and Editing Review 62. Skillbuilding and Editing Review 63. Skillbuilding and Editing Review 64. Block Letter Format (Skillbuilding) Practice Date and Time 65. Special Letter Parts; Review Block Format 66. Modified Block Letter Review 67. Letters with Special Features 68. Two-Page Letters 69. Memo Format Review 70. Memo from Template 71. E-Mail with Hyperlinks 72. Assessments 73. Skillbuilding and Word Processing Essentials 74. Unbound Report with Title Page and Reference Page 75. Report with Table of Contents 76. Report with Styles 77. Unbound Report with Footnotes 78. Report with Endnotes 79. Report with Sections 80. Assessment 81. Skillbuilding and Table Review: Create and Edit Tables 82. Table Review: Edit and Format 83. Tables 84. Tables in Landscape; rotate text 85. Assessment 86. Skillbuilding and Word Processing 87. Registration Forms 88. Invoices and Purchase Orders or More Forms 89. Financial Documents (Leader Tabs and Borders) 90. Budget 91. Assessment 92. Skillbuilding and Graphics 93. Skillbuilding and Columns 94. Announcements and Letterheads with Graphics 95. Newsletter with Columns 96. Newletter with Graphics 97. Press Release 98. Assessment 99. Skillbuilding and Mail Merge 100. Practice Merge 101. Edit Data File 102. Merge with Envelopes and Labels 103. Assessment 104. Agenda 105. Minutes 106. Itinerary 107. Name Badges and Labels 108. Assessment 109. Lease 110. Contract and Agreement 111. Medical Forms (SOAP) 112. More Medical Forms 113. Resume 114. Letter of Application (Personal Letter) 115. Follow up Letters 116. Assessment 117. Business Plan 118. Business Plan 119. Review 120. Assessment