Welcome to the Microsoft Office 2007 Fundamentals Projects Binder! The projects in this binder cover the primary features and commands of Office 2007 and provide valuable opportunities to apply or extend skills learned in an accompanying textbook. The 150 projects in this binder can be used with any Microsoft® Office 2007 textbook to add reinforcement to the content of the text. After completing an Office 2007 text such as Microsoft® Office 2007 Fundamentals, students should be able to complete the projects on their own, referring to the accompanying textbook as needed.

The authors have included a wide variety of projects to interest students and to provide additional learning opportunities in the areas of cross-curricular subjects, business, school, environment, and government. Most projects include a data file for students to work with, but some projects allow students to create a new file or use a template to create a new file with the data given. Other projects allow students to create documents using their own data or information found through the student’s own research. Each project begins with a scenario that depicts a real-life example of how people use Office 2007 to complete tasks in professional, school, and personal life. Although some scenarios may be continued in a subsequent project, each project can stand alone, so instructors may assign as many or as few projects as they like and in any order. Some projects have Critical Thinking activities that encourage the student to go a step further using select commands.

Every effort is made throughout this binder to use Microsoft terminology when working with the programs. The first few times a student uses a tool within a program, the student might need to refer to the accompanying book or the Help system to refresh their memory about the steps involved.

To complete all projects and Critical Thinking activities, this binder will require approximately 40 hours.