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Keyboarding Course Lessons 1-25, 20th Edition

Susie H. Vanhuss, Connie M. Forde, Donna L. Woo, Vicki Robertson

  • Copyright 2017
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Keyboarding Course Lessons 1-25 20th Edition by Susie H. Vanhuss/Connie M. Forde/Donna L. Woo/Vicki Robertson
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This efficient, effective learning package integrates keyboarding and communication skills within a single text. Numerous keyboarding drills and engaging Skill Builder exercises help students learn keystrokes and quickly build speed and accuracy. Combined with Skills Assessment Manager (SAM)—an interactive, online learning and testing tool—the text makes your course easier to teach and manage by enabling students to work independently from anywhere.

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Meet the Authors

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Susie H. Vanhuss

Dr. Susie H. VanHuss is a distinguished professor emeritus of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. She received her B.S. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and her M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University. Her teaching specialties include business communications, administrative systems, and personnel management. She is a prolific author (Cengage Learning), with textbooks in communications, keyboarding and word processing, office technology, and administrative management. Dr. VanHuss has experience managing large foundations and has served on the board of trustees of numerous for-profit and non-profit organizations. She is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national business education conventions and has done extensive consulting and training for industry and education groups nationally and internationally.

Connie M. Forde

Dr. Connie M. Forde is a full professor and head of the Department of Instructional Systems and Workforce Development at Mississippi State University, where she leads undergraduate programs in information technology services, business technology teacher education, and industrial technology, as well as graduate programs in instructional technology. Dr. Forde also continues to advise doctoral students on their dissertation research. Prior to her tenure at Mississippi State University, she was a business teacher at both the community college and secondary levels. She earned her B.S. and M.Ed. degrees in business education from the University of Southern Mississippi and her Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Mississippi. Dr. Forde serves as coauthor of the COLLEGE KEYBOARDING series and a variety of word processing and integrated applications textbooks and simulations. She is a recognized contributor to the professional literature and a speaker at state, regional, and national conferences. Additionally, she has served as president of the National Business Education Association, Southern Business Education Association, and National Council of Pi Omega Pi, and chair of the Foundation for the Future of Business Education.

Donna L. Woo

Donna L. Woo is an instructor and department coordinator for Information Systems/Office Automation at Cypress College and associate director of education at Pacific College. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in business education from Michigan State University and earned her Ed.D. from Nova University. Her industry experience includes work for both IBM and General Motors. A respected author, Dr. Woo has written several word processing textbooks and has served as a coauthor on several editions of South-Western COLLEGE KEYBOARDING textbooks.

Vicki Robertson

Vicki Robertson received her M.S. and B.S. degrees in education from the University of Memphis. She currently teaches at the University of Memphis and online for Southwest Community College. She is a member of the National Business Education Association and Southern Business Education Association, and she has served on the executive board for the Tennessee Business Education Association.

What's New

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  • The text includes up-to-date coverage of Microsoft® Windows® 10, giving students exposure to the current version of this essential software, along with a greater emphasis on critical productivity commands and decreased attention to less frequently used options.
  • Skills Assessment Manager (SAM), an interactive, online learning and testing tool, is now available for use in conjunction with the printed text, giving you access to powerful teaching and course management capabilities while allowing students to work independently when and where they like.
  • Skill Builders now include new standard plans for using timed writings, building speed, and improving accuracy; updated instructions in drills and timed writings enable students to apply these plans and gain hands-on, practical experience.

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  • With a research-based, pedagogically sound approach to teaching keyboarding and skill building, the text includes a standard plan for learning new key reaches, carefully written drills to build fluency and strengthen key reaches, and supplemental drills and timed writings to strengthen and refine keyboarding skills, as well as illustrations, photos, and tips to reinforce correct techniques.
  • An extensive Reference Guide covers grammatical rules and guidelines, giving students consistent examples to use as a standard for their work.
  • Communication activities, based on rules outlined in the Reference Guide, further reinforce essential business communication skills and prepare students for academic and job success.

Table of Contents

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The Power of Keyboarding.
Know Your Computer.
Part I: KEYBOARDING-DEVELOPING KEYBOARDING SKILL.
Keyboarding Assessment/Placement.
1. Alphabetic keys (L1-13).
2. Figure and Symbol Keys (L14-25).
Part IA: APPLYING KEYBOARDING SKILL.
Numeric Keypad.
Word Processing.
Communication Skills.
Web-Based Computing: Internet, Cloud, and Social Media.
Prepare for Your Future.
Part IB: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU.
Digital Citizenship.
Keyboarding--Bridge to Today’s Technology.
Technology and Your Health.
APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Windows 10.
Appendix B: File Management.
Appendix C: Reference Guide.

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  • ISBN-10: 0357686381
  • ISBN-13: 9780357686386
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  • ISBN-13: 9781337103251
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  • ISBN-10: 1337103020
  • ISBN-13: 9781337103022
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  • ISBN-10: 1337103268
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Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.

FOR STUDENTS

Keyboarding and Word Processing Complete Course Lessons 1-110

ISBN: 9781337103275
This comprehensive learning package integrates keyboarding, essential and advanced word processing, document formatting and design, and communication skills within a single text, along with a strong emphasis on honing skills by completing projects in a realistic office environment. Using Microsoft® Word 2016, students will format advanced business correspondence, tables, reports, mail merge files, graphics, and a broad range of common document types, including meeting, travel, news, legal, medical, and human resources/employment. The text includes 15 modular projects and three comprehensive projects to help students apply what they learn and prepare to be productive immediately when beginning their careers. Combined with Skills Assessment Manager (SAM)—an interactive, online learning and testing tool—the text makes your course easier to teach and manage by enabling students to work independently from anywhere.

Keyboarding and Word Processing Essentials Lessons 1-55

ISBN: 9781337103022
This robust learning package integrates keyboarding, essential word processing, document formatting basics, and communication skills within a single text, along with a strong emphasis on honing skills by completing projects in a realistic office environment . Using Microsoft® Word 2016, students will format memos, letters, tables, and reports; work with graphics; and practice real-time co-authoring on OneDrive. The text includes six modular projects and one comprehensive project to help students apply what they learn and prepare to be productive immediately when beginning their careers. Combined with Skills Assessment Manager (SAM)—an interactive, online learning and testing tool—the text makes your course easier to teach and manage by enabling students to work independently from anywhere.

Advanced Word Processing Lessons 56-110

ISBN: 9781337103268
This robust learning package integrates advanced word processing, document formatting and design, and communication skills within a single text, along with a strong emphasis on honing skills by competing projects in a realistic office environment. Using Microsoft® Word 2016, students will format advanced business correspondence, tables, reports, mail merge files, graphics, and a broad range of common document types, including meeting, travel, news, legal, medical, and human resources/employment, as well as practicing real-time co-authoring on OneDrive. The text includes nine modular projects and two comprehensive projects to help students apply what they learn and prepare to be productive immediately when beginning their careers. Combined with Skills Assessment Manager (SAM)—an interactive, online learning and testing tool—the text makes your course easier to teach and manage by enabling students to work independently from anywhere.