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This manual introduces today's professional users and students to the basics of software applications as well showing them how they can successfully be applied at home, school, and in the business world. Key features include the use of colour as a learning tool and concise explanations of the functions, which then are performed through step-by-step tutorials. The manual includes boxed tips which provide warnings, hints, or insights, and Toolbar buttons are located in the margins next to the hands-on steps whenever appropriate. The beginning of the manual highlights changes to the software version. Each unit concludes with three cases that cover school, business, and home applications. All are open-ended and require a student to solve the problem from the beginning.