Publisher's Synopsis
Assuming no prerequisites, this text adopts a beginners approach, introducing the IBM PC and DOS at the start of the book. It is business-oriented; students learn Lotus by developing spreadsheets used in business, such as budgets, cash flow, balance sheets, income statements, cost of goods sold, inventory, and loan payments. Each lesson requires 50 minutes of hands-on lab time, is paced with frequent "Practice Times" to monitor student progress, and concludes with a command summary, review questions, and hands-on exercises. This text is suitable for a short course or as a lab manual in an introduction to computing course.;Also available is an instructor's manual with printed test bank and OHT masters (0-07-050297-8).
