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Introducti on
Welcome to the 2nd Editi on of Excel It! from B.E. Publishing.
The Excel It! Student Workbook includes all new and updated acti viti es that provide students
with real-world, hands-on practi ce acti viti es and projects to help them become profi cient users of
Microsoft Excel.
Excel It! provides students with teen-based acti viti es to help them apply real-world data to
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Each project has been organized in an easy-to-read, self-guided,
step-by-step format and is set up to become more diffi cult as students progress through the book.
Completi ng the acti viti es in this book will prepare students for the Microsoft Offi ce Specialist
Certi fi cati on in Excel.
Prerequisite Skills Required
In order to complete the acti viti es in this book, the student should have a basic working knowledge
of using Microsoft Excel. This book does not provide step-by-step instructi ons specifi c to anyone
parti cular version of Microsoft Excel; rather, it provides general instructi ons for students to practi ce
using any version of Microsoft Excel.
Compatibility
The instructi ons have been writt en for any version of Microsoft Excel running on a Windows
operati ng system. However, with few modifi cati ons, this book can easily be used with Macintosh-
based systems.
Standards
The skills in this book align with NBEA (Nati onal Business Educati on Associati on) and ISTE
(Internati onal Society of Technology Educati on) informati on technology standards for spreadsheets.
Organization of the Textbook
The text is organized into a hierarchical skill-level format. With a few excepti ons, most of the
acti viti es in this book build upon skills practi ced in previous acti viti es.
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