Christine Kent, technical and business writer

Microsoft Office 2007

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Are you looking for educational books with a difference?

You will find them here!

"When you have finished one of my books, you will feel confident to apply what you have just learned, and empowered to self-teach anything new you need to know. You will have become an independent learner!"

The ENJOY... series of Microsoft Office learner guides is self-paced learning for both home and business users.

The DISCOVER series of Microsoft Office learner guides is designed for classroom use. These books are suitable for any educational curriculum where software is taught within a work context .

You will also find lots of free information on my blog at christinekent.blogspot.com.

How to purchase books

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...personal copies or class sets

Print copy
To order a print copy from US, UK, or AUS/NZ click the Lulu button below.
(Other countries can order here to, but your postage may be high and possibly slow.)

PDF copy
To order a downloadable PDF, click here.

Educational
To organise an educational purchase, and negotiate a special price, contact me direct.

Other educational books

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...written by Christine Kent

The following books are written specifically to the Australian TAFE BSB01 and BSB07 curricula and are available through Software Publications.

BSBADM506A Manage Business Document Design and Development (ISBN 1-74123-072-1)

BSBADM407A Administer Projects (ISBN 1-74123-148-5)

BSBCMN419A Manage Projects (ISBN 1-74123-823-4)

BSBEBUS07A Bank Online (ISBN 1-74123-020-9)

BSBITU203A Communicate Electronically ISBN (1-74123-848-X)

BSBCMN315A Work Effectively with Diversity (ISBN 1-74123-717-3)

BSBMKG414A Undertake Marketing Activities (ISBN 1-74123-755-6)

BSBCUS402A Address Customer Needs (ISBN 1-74123-720-3)

Editing services

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Do you need an editor?

I fix documents that just don't work
Maybe you have written a document or thesis that just doesn't seem to be holding together. You need someone else to look at it and perhaps restructure it for you or suggest additional work you need to do. I will give you a high level assessment of the issues you are confronting and what it will take to finalise your document so that it does work. I might even be able to fix it for you.

I make poorly presented documents look good
Have you written a document or thesis using word processing software that looks ordinary or ugly? I will place it on a Word template for you and deliver a professionally presented document that is as close as you are going to get to a type-set document using Microsoft Office. I'll even give you one of my books so you can learn how to do it yourself in future.

I can edit PDF documents or convert them back to Word
...but make sure you have a good reason for why you don't have the original.

I help you help yourself
Where I can, whatever work I do for you, I will pass along skills so that you feel confident to do more for yourself in future - if that's what you want.

Click here to email me

Writing services

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Do you need a writer?

I specialise in small, quirky or off the wall tasks that require lateral thinking and creativity.

After 20 years as a technical and education writer, I can write just about anything in those fields, accurately and to a time deadline (and if I can't write it myself, I will know someone who can).

Run your idea by me. I will give you a quote myself, or refer you on to an appropriate person.

Click here to email me

Exercise Files

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...for Microsoft Word 2007 workbooks

Follow these links to download Exercise files for:

Enjoy... Microsoft Word 2007
Discover Simple Microsoft Word 2007 Documents
Discover Intermediate Microsoft Word 2007 Documents

Discover Intermediate MS Word 2007 Documents

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...a resource book for schools, colleges and training organisations.

The Discovery series is designed specifically for the Australian TAFE educational system, and is available through Software Publications.

Discover Intermediate Microsoft Word 2007 Documents fulfils the competency criteria for BSBITU303A Design and Produce Text Documents.

This workbook makes the most of the wonderful array of new and improved features in Microsoft Word 2007, that help the user produce professional looking documents with ease. Students are led through experimentation with templates, styles and themes, graphical features and layout tools, while completing a range of simple interactive projects. This is an intermediate level course.

ISBN 978-0-9804-8938-5

Discover Simple MS Excel 2007 Spreadsheets

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...a resource book for schools, colleges and training organisations

The Discovery series is designed specifically for the Australian TAFE educational system, and is available through Software Publications.

Discover Microsoft Excel 2007 fulfils the competency criteria for BSBITU202A Create and Use Spreadsheets.

This workbook guides students through the production of spreadsheets and charts, using a range of skills and software functions. They are encouraged to experiment with the new automated Excel features to produce high quality and effective spreadsheets and charts. Students are particularly encouraged to master the wonderful array of graphical features that are new to Excel 2007. This is an entry level course.

ISBN 978-0-9804-8937-8

Discover Simple MS Word 2007 Documents

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...a resource book for schools, colleges and training organisations

The Discovery series is designed specifically for the Australian TAFE educational system, and is available through Software Publications.

Discover Microsoft Word 2007 fulfils the competency criteria for BSBITU201A Produce Simple Word Processed Documents.

This workbook makes the most of the wonderful array of new and improved features in Microsoft Word 2007, that help the user produce professional looking documents with ease. Students are led through experimentation with templates, styles and themes, graphical features and layout tools, while completing three simple interactive projects. This is an entry level course.

ISBN 978-0-9804-8936-1

Enjoy... Microsoft Excel 2007

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Learn about Microsoft Excel 2007 with this entertaining and empowering approach.

Here is a new book that guides you through many of the new and exciting features of Excel 2007 and shows you how to use them in real world situations to produce accurate spreadsheets and graphically compelling charts.

All functions are taught in the context of completing a simple interactive project, so you are never left saying "well I know how to do that, but why on earth do I want to?"

ISBN 978-0-9804-8932-3

Enjoy... Microsoft Word 2007

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Learn all about Microsoft Word 2007 with this entertaining and empowering approach.

Are you tired of all those doorstop manuals full of features you have no idea how to use?

Have you looked at courses and workbooks only to realise they have missed some of the most intriguing new features of Microsoft Word 2007?

Here is a new book that guides you through many of the new and exciting features of Word 2007 and leads you through how to use them in real world situations to produce professional looking documents.

All functions are taught in the context of completing four simple interactive projects, so you are never left saying "well I know how to do that, but why on earth do I want to?"

Find commands quickly and efficiently with:

the Ribbon
the Quick Access Toolbar
tabs and contextual tabs

Automate much of your document formatting with

Templates
Themes
Styles

Customise your menus with

Galleries
Building Blocks
Quick Parts
Live Preview

Handle and manipulate photos, clip art and other graphical elements from within Word.

ISBN 978-0-9804-8930-9

Get your own - Open publication

Enjoy... Upgrading to Microsoft Word 2007

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Fast-track your transition from Word 2003 to 2007 with this guide for users who have some knowledge of earlier versions of Word.

This book will lead you through experimentation with many of the most commonly used features of Word 2007. It is full of tips, tricks and insider know-how.

The following topics are covered:

the new screen layout and working with the ribbon
move and customise the quick access toolbar
use and design content controls to create form fields
use, define and apply colour and font themes across Office products
use the new fontsuse the accessibility options including access keys
apply and define styles using the quick style gallery
apply, define and manage styles using the styles task panework with the new graphical options including smart art and in-document formatting and editing
get help by downloading and using the get started tab
create, apply and manage table styles
troubleshoot bullets and numbering
work with building blocks galleries
define quick parts
use live preview
use the mini toolbar
display and work with content controls, macros and xml on the developer tab

ISBN 978-0-9804-8931-6

About Christine Kent

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My educational books

...and what is special about them?

...particularly educational books on Microsoft Office Products?

"When you have finished the exercises in one of my books, you will feel confident to apply what you have just learned, and empowered to self-teach anything new you need to know. You will have become an independent learner!"

I am not a techo

I am an educator
For the first part of my work life I was a secondary school humanities teacher - I had nothing to do with computers, but I did learn how to teach students stuff they didn't want to know, and ensure we all had fun in the process.

I am a professional writer
For the second part of my work life I moved into adult training, initially writing computer based training, then on to writing and delivering training. From there I moved into managing the development and implementation of integrated documentation and training strategies for computer software installations in large corporate environments.

Now I work in publishing, as managing editor for an educational publishing house, and as an independent author of educational books.

I am a high level end user
Over my years working as a writer and manager in corporate workplaces, I have used the suite of Microsoft products extensively. I know what real users need to be able to do with office software programs in the real world.

My educational materials reflect this understanding and teach users what they need to know in order to do something they actually want to do.

Christine Kent

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My educational books... and what is special about them?

...particularly educational books on Microsoft Office Products?

"When you have finished the exercises in one of my books, you will feel confident to apply what you have just learned, and empowered to self-teach anything new you need to know. You will have become an independent learner!"

I am not a techo

I am an educator

For the first part of my work life I was a secondary school humanities teacher - I had nothing to do with computers, but I did learn how to teach students stuff they didn't want to know, and ensure we all had fun in the process.

I am a professional writer

For the second part of my work life I moved into adult training, initially writing computer based training, then on to writing and delivering training. From there I moved into managing the development and implementation of integrated documentation and training strategies for computer software installations in large corporate environments.

Now I work in publishing, as managing editor for an educational publishing house, and as an independent author of educational books.

I am a high level end user

Over my years working as a writer and manager in corporate workplaces, I have used the suite of Microsoft products extensively. I know what real users need to be able to do with office software programs in the real world.

My educational materials reflect this understanding and teach users what they need to know in order to do something they actually want to do.

Christine Kent's Word 2007 blog

Christine Kent's Word 2007 support services

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