Completely updated with all new business case scenarios,  the New Perspectives Series’ Microsoft Office 2007 books will help your students master Office skills through our challenging, problem-solving approach.  The New Perspectives Series pedagogy combines theory with step-by-step instructions to teach students both the how and the why behind skills.

Our Office 2007 books offer two new features to enhance learning. InSight boxes offer expert advice and best practices to help students better understand how to work with the software. A new Tip feature in the margins helps students harness the flexibility of Office 2007 by providing hints for more efficient use of the software. 

New Reality Check exercises  have been added based on customer feedback requesting practical, real-world exercises that students can put to use right away. The Reality Check exercises are comprehensive, open-ended assignments that give students the opportunity to practice skills by creating everyday documents such as resumes and budgets. An example from the Excel tutorials asks students to create a sample budget workbook, using realistic income and expense figures.

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Everyone knows you can’t wholly judge a book by its cover, but often the cover does say something about the content inside. The New Perspectives Series is all about preparing students to become sophisticated software users, which is why our cover art has traditionally had a cosmopolitan air. For Office XP, our covers feature photographs of beautiful architecture from around the world. We’ve updated this look with Office 2003 by showing photographs of art installations that can be viewed from multiple angles.

Our vision for our Microsoft Office 2007 covers started with the basic idea of a kaleidoscope, and how this simple tool offers a unique way of viewing everyday objects. Similarly, the New Perspectives Series teaches students not only basic software skills, but also gives them the context to understand the methodology behind them.

From this idea, we searched for an artist who could help translate our vision into art.  The images found on the cover of our new books are photographs taken of objects found in nature.

The artist then manipulated the photographs through a series of graphic design techniques, creating awe-inspiring kaleidoscopic images like this one:

Finally, our art director placed these images in a new book cover design that reflects the clear organization and refined approach of the tutorials inside our new Microsoft Office 2007 books.

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