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GO! Microsoft 365: PowerPoint 2019, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (March 1, 2019) © 2020

  • Shelley Gaskin Pasadena City College
  • Debra Geoghan Bucks County Community College
  • Alicia Vargas Pasadena City College
  • Nancy Graviett St. Charles Community College

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For advanced courses in Microsoft® PowerPoint.

Seamless digital instruction, practice, and assessment

For over 20 years, the GO! series has helped students master Microsoft 365 with a learn-by-doing approach, teaching workplace skills through instructional projects. Outcomes-based and critical thinking projects offer practice using Office 365 apps to solve real-world business problems. Easy-to-follow steps keep students on track and instruction and tips appear precisely when needed.

Updated to Office 365, GO! with Microsoft® Office 365®, PowerPoint2019, Comprehensive, adds tips for Mac users, revised instructional projects, and is compatible with 2019.

Hallmark features of this title

Built for the real world

  • Chapter projects based on learning outcomes and objectives teach workplace skills in the context of real-world tasks.
  • MOS objectives noted by icons throughout help students prep for MOS certification exams.

Project-based learning

  • Skills developed in outcome-based, problem-solving,  and critical-thinking projects are applied and reinforced by end-of-chapter projects.
  • GO! Collaborate with Google® projects practice applying skills to an environment popular in the workplace.

Strategic guidance throughout

  • Confusion-free, color-coded instructions lead step-by-step through projects, with screenshots of essential steps.
  • Learning is enhanced by visuals, like Office icons and boxes that highlight key concepts and Mac Tips

New and updated features of this title

In-step with technology as it evolves

  • REVISED: Coverage of Microsoft Office 365, 2019 Edition keeps students current with up-to-date skills.
  • NEW: A combined Office Features and Windows chapter provides a concise overview of key features, reinforcing knowledge needed to complete projects.

Training for today's workplace

  • EXPANDED: New critical thinking quizzes accompany Instructional A & B Grader Projects, requiring students to use problem-solving and analysis (soft skills employers look for) to demonstrate their understanding.
  • ENHANCED: Connections between business cases and instruction have been strengthened to reinforce the what, why, and how of skills application.
  • REVISED: All projects have been updated to provide meaningful hands-on experience.
  • NEW: Mac tips are now included within the text so that all students can learn effectively.

Features of MyLab IT GO! 2019

  • ENHANCED: With Microsoft Office  Grader projects students work live in Excel, Word, Access, or PowerPoint supported by immediate, autograded feedback. Learning aids are now included in A & B Grader project reports for instant remediation.
  • NEW: Grader projects are built for PC and Mac users (excluding Access and any project features Mac does not support).
  • REVISED: Microsoft Office Simulations align 1:1 with activities in the text. Students can walk through simulations to reinforce software navigation with the support of learning aids. They can even retrace their steps using Student Action Visualization (video) to play back and correct any missteps.
  • NEW: Office App Digital Badges verify proficiency to potential employers. Earned for completing Capstone Grader projects with a 90%+ score, badges can be displayed to strengthen student resumes on platforms like LinkedIn and elsewhere.
  • EXPANDED: Additional videos come with the collection of GO! Learn How training videos, GO! to Work videos (showing Microsoft Office uses in various jobs), GO! for Job Success videos (teaching employability skills), and Where We're Going videos (providing instructional project overviews).
  • NEW: Semester Updates within the eText, Grader projects, and other resources within MyLab IT keep you current with Office 365 updates.

MICROSOFT OFFICE

  • Chapter 1: Microsoft Office Common Features and Windows 10 Features and File Management
    1. Explore Microsoft Office
    2. Create a Folder for File Storage
    3. Download and Extract Zipped Files and Enter, Edit, and Check the Spelling of Text in an Office Program
    4. Perform Office Commands and Apply Office Formatting
    5. Finalize an Office Document
    6. Use the Office Help Features
    7. Explore Windows 10
    8. Prepare to Work with Folders and Files
    9. Use File Explorer to Extract Zipped Files and to Display Locations, Folders, and Files
    10. Start Programs and Open Data Files
    11. Create, Rename, and Copy Files and Folders

POWERPOINT

  • Introducing Microsoft PowerPoint 2019
  • Chapter 1: Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint
    1. Create a New Presentation
    2. Edit a Presentation in Normal View
    3. Add Pictures to a Presentation
    4. Print and View a Presentation
    5. Edit an Existing Presentation
    6. Format a Presentation
    7. Use Slide Sorter View
    8. Apply Slide Transitions
  • Chapter 2: Formatting PowerPoint Presentations
    1. Format Numbered and Bulleted Lists
    2. Insert Online Pictures
    3. Insert Text Boxes and Shapes
    4. Format Objects
    5. Remove Picture Backgrounds and Insert WordArt
    6. Create and Format a SmartArt Graphic
  • Chapter 3: Enhancing a Presentation with Animation, Video, Tables, and Charts
    1. Customize Slide Backgrounds and Themes
    2. Animate a Slide Show
    3. Insert a Video
    4. Create and Modify Tables
    5. Create and Modify Charts
  • Chapter 4: Formatting a Presentation Using Slide Masters, and Reviewing, Comparing, Combining, and Protecting Presentations
    1. Modify Slide Masters
    2. Create a Custom Template
    3. Create and Edit Comments
    4. Compare and Combine Presentations
    5. Prepare a Presentation for Distribution
    6. Protect a Presentation
  • Chapter 5: Applying Advanced Graphic Techniques and Inserting Audio and Video
    1. Apply Picture Corrections
    2. Add a Border to a Picture
    3. Change the Shape of a Picture
    4. Add a Picture to a WordArt Object and Merge Shapes
    5. Enhance a Presentation with Audio and Video
    6. Use PowerPoint Designer
    7. Add a Photo Caption and Alt Text
    8. Crop a Picture
  • Chapter 6: Delivering a Presentation
    1. Apply and Modify Slide Transitions
    2. Apply Custom Animation Effects
    3. Modify Animation Effects
    4. Insert Hyperlinks
    5. Create Custom Slide Shows
    6. Present and View a Slide Presentation
  • Chapter 7: Presentations Using Tables and Pie Charts
    1. Add a Table to a Presentation
    2. Add or Delete Table Rows, Columns, and Cells
    3. Modify a Table
    4. Insert a Section
    5. Create Pie Charts
    6. Modify Charts
    7. Change a Chart Type
  • Chapter 8: Publishing Presentations and Using Sway
    1. Insert Outline Text from Another Program into a PowerPoint Presentation
    2. Proof a Presentation
    3. Format Text as Columns
    4. Save a Presentation in Other Formats
    5. Create a Sway Presentation
    6. Add Content to a Sway Presentation
    7. Format a Sway Presentation

About our authors

Shelley Gaskin (series editor) is a professor in the Business and Computer Technology Division at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Robert Morris College (Pennsylvania), a master's degree in Business from Northern Illinois University, and a doctorate in Adult and Community Education from Ball State University (Indiana). Before joining Pasadena City College, she spent 12 years in the computer industry, where she was a systems analyst, sales representative, and director of Customer Education with Unisys Corporation. She also worked for Ernst & Young on the development of large systems applications for their clients. She has written and developed training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector and has also written and edited numerous computer application textbooks.

Debra  Geoghan (PowerPoint author) is a Professor of Computer Science in the STEM department at Bucks County Community College, teaching computer classes ranging from basic computer literacy to cybercrime, computer forensics, and networking. She has certifications from Microsoft, CompTIA, and Apple. Deb has taught at the college level since 1996 and also spent 11 years in the high school classroom. She holds a B.S. in Secondary Science Education from Temple University and an M.A. in Computer Science Education from Arcadia University.

Throughout her teaching career Deb has worked with educators to integrate technology across the curriculum. At BCCC she serves on many technology committees, presents technology workshops for BCCC faculty, and heads the Computer Science Area. Deb is an avid user of technology, which has earned her the nickname “gadget lady.” 

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