Business Data Reporting (Word and Excel)
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- 1: Introduction to Business Software and Communication
- This page highlights the business value of Microsoft Word and Excel in enhancing productivity and organization within professional settings. It discusses the integration of AI tools in modern software, emphasizing their impact on efficiency and decision-making. Additionally, it underscores the importance of understanding one's audience to develop tailored communication strategies for improved engagement and outcomes in business.
- 2: Microsoft Word Interface and Basics
- This page provides a comprehensive guide to Microsoft Word, including navigation, document formatting, collaborative editing, and design principles. It covers version tracking and concludes with a review chapter featuring key terms, summaries, questions, exercises, and case scenarios to enhance understanding.
- 2.1: Chapter Scenario
- 2.2: Navigating Microsoft Word
- 2.3: Formatting Document Layout in Microsoft Word
- 2.4: Formatting Document Content in Microsoft Word
- 2.5: Document Design
- 2.6: Chapter Review - Review Questions
- 2.7: Chapter Review - Practice Exercises
- 2.8: Chapter Review - Written Questions
- 2.9: Chapter Review - Case Exercises
- 3: Word Formatting
- This page discusses advanced Microsoft Word formatting features, focusing on graphics, text tools, and document management strategies. It includes contextual scenarios, key term reviews, a summary, and exercises to enhance comprehension and application of the content.
- 4: Advanced Document Preparation
- This page discusses document creation techniques in Microsoft Word and Google Docs, covering various document types, mail merge for mass communication, and form development. It concludes with key terms, summaries, review questions, practice exercises, and case studies to enhance understanding and retention.
- 4.1: Chapter Scenario
- 4.2: Creating Different Document Types in Microsoft Word
- 4.3: Working with Graphics and Text Tools in Microsoft Word
- 4.4: Collaborative Editing and Reviewing in Microsoft Word
- 4.5: Versions and Version History
- 4.6: Mail Merge in Microsoft Word
- 4.7: Creating Forms in Microsoft Word
- 4.8: Chapter Review - Review Questions
- 4.9: Chapter Review - Practice Exercises
- 4.10: Chapter Review - Written Questions
- 4.11: Chapter Review - Case Exercises
- 5: Basic Excel Skills
- This page introduces Microsoft Excel as a crucial tool for careers, focusing on its applications in inventory management and financial planning. It highlights the importance of mastering fundamental skills to boost productivity and covers essential topics like software overview, data management, formatting, and analysis. The chapter concludes with practice and assessment opportunities to reinforce learning.
- 6: Excel Tables and Data Analysis
- This page covers Chapter 5, which discusses importing, organizing, and analyzing data in Excel. It emphasizes tables for structuring data, like an employee database, and covers Excel's tools for data management, including cleaning, filtering, and reporting. Key topics include data understanding, table basics, intermediate skills, and the use of PivotTables and charts, along with practical exercises using a sample employee database.
- 7: Data Analysis With Excel
- This page covers using Excel for calculations and data analysis in a gradebook context, including skills like the Quick Analysis Tool, formula writing for percentages and pass/fail status, VLOOKUP for letter grades, and the TODAY function for date insertion. It also discusses conditional formatting and data bars for result highlighting, and provides printing setup guidelines. Techniques and worksheets offered will improve comprehension of these Excel functions and features.
- 8: Data Visualization
- This page discusses the significance of utilizing charts in Excel to enhance communication in documents and presentations. It notes that while some chart types may be more effective for certain messages, there are no rigid guidelines. The content will review various chart types, formatting techniques, and their integration with Word and PowerPoint, covering choices of chart types, formatting options, employing charts for data analysis, and preparing charts for printing.
- 9: Automating and Integrating Excel
- This page discusses methods for automating tasks in Microsoft Excel, including the use of macros, Power Query for data manipulation, and what-if analysis for scenario modeling. It also emphasizes Excel's integration with Word and PowerPoint, which boosts productivity by allowing for efficient data sharing and presentation.
- Back Matter
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