For short, introductory courses on Windows 98 and Office 2000. Supported by numerous exercises and projects designed to appeal to a wide range of students, these practical and informative texts offer a step-by-step, hands-on guide to learning the software. Ericksen fills a much-needed void in the market. Full, four-color, spiral-bound texts on the latest releases of Microsofts best-selling applications. - Gives students up-to-date information on current applications in an attractive, and easy-to-use format. Completely visual, hands-on in orientation with minimal reading; the focus is on doing. Explains each task in detail, concluding with a practice exercise students can perform. Presents numerous screen shots, including dialog boxes and results of the exercises. - Gives students opportunities to practice tasks, and provides visual reinforcement. Concise, task-oriented objectives, guided exercises, and end-of-chapter summaries. - Helps keep students on track. Unique 'What/How/Why/Tips' organization. - Streamlines tasks for students, making skill mastery easy. End-of-chapter independent practice exercises, objective reviews, and key terms lists as well as end-of-part integrated Check Point activities. - Enables students to apply what they learn. Also available: SkillCheck skills-based assessment software (applications simulated testing. Supported by interactive, CD-ROM based tutorials developed by CBT Systems, these tutorials may be value packed with any text in the series. Each text in the Ericksen series is part of the Prentice Hall custom binding program, the Right PHit. All supplements for this series, including Instructors Manual, Solutions Disk, PowerPoint, and Data Disks as well as the Computerized Testing System, are available on one CD.