Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio-editing program that works with both the Windows and Mac operating systems. With Audacity we can record our own sounds and music, or we can work with existing audio files. These activities cover: the Audacity interface, controls, and track control panel; importing and playing audio tracks; editing techniques: selection, cut, copy and paste; labeling; amplification and other special effects; trimming, rearranging, and time shifting; noise removal; voice removal; varying tempo, speed, and pitch; normalization, equalization and compressor; recording sound, and overdubbing; creating a music mix and exporting. They also include theory on sound, file formats, sound quality, recording as well as a glossary. All audio files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the end of the activities.

A step by step guide to using Adobe Photoshop. Students learn about the Photoshop workspace, cropping, resizing and rotating images, retouching and repairing images, effects and filters, using the selection tools, image transformations, point, paragraph and path type, type transformations, masks and effects, and the use of layers. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step by step guide to using Adobe Flash CS6. Students learn about the Flash interface, the toolbar and panels, using layers, animating armature motion, frame by frame animation, incorporating sound, motion tweens, using symbols, 3D animation and motion paths, movie clips, ActionScript, interactive buttons, shape tweening, and masking. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step by step guide to using Adobe Fireworks CS6. Students learn about the Fireworks interface, creating animated gifs, animating text, button graphics, buttons, navigation bars and pop-up menus. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step by step guide to using Adobe DreamWeaver CS6. Students learn about the Dreamweaver interface and layout, using HTML, entering and formatting text in a web page, links, using style sheets, inserting and positioning images, site creation, site navigation, publishing a site, tables and using templates. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link in the Set Up Guide at the end of the activities.

A step by step guide to using Adobe Photoshop CC 2015. Students learn about the Photoshop workspace, cropping, resizing and rotating images, retouching and repairing images, effects and filters, using the selection tools, image transformations, point, paragraph and path type, type transformations, masks and effects, and the use of layers. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

Activities include: templates in Publisher; the use of frames to position page elements; insert, resize, rotate and crop images; WordArt; grouping and ungrouping elements; shapes; using and linking text frames; columns; wrapping text around images; and drop caps. DTP theory is covered including typography, typefaces and style, layout and layout grids, element placement and positioning, and the use of color in documents. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to using Microsoft PowerPoint. Activities include: basic features of PowerPoint and terminology; the four different views in PowerPoint; inserting, rearranging and deleting slides; creating a presentation from scratch; inserting graphics such as clipart; using themes; animating content; the animation pane and effect options; autorun and setting timings for a presentation; transitions; print options; creating a master slide, backgrounds, placeholders, default animation and templates; adding audio and video; and creating a menu using hyperlinks, hotspots or action buttons. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to using Microsoft Excel (part 3 of 3 - advanced). Activities include: creating and using macros; assigning a macro to a button; macro security; using filters to investigate and sort large data sets; conditional formatting; worksheet protection; goal seeking; using pivot tables to investigate, display, and summarize information; modifying pivot tables by grouping, rearranging fields, displaying multiple fields, and varying data presentation; importing data to create a pivot table; making pivot charts; and drilling down into a pivot table. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to using Microsoft Excel (part 2 of 3 - intermediate). Activities include: functions of, sum, average, stdev, max, min, count, counta, today, now; using AutoSum; sorting text and numbers in ascending and descending order; sorting on multiple columns; challenge activity; the use of charts (graphs) in Excel to visually display data; absolute and relative addressing; the use of lookup tables; naming ranges; the if logical function; and practical application of absolute addressing and a lookup table. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to using Microsoft Excel (part 1 of 3 - introductory). Activities include: what a spread sheet is and the various parts of the Excel screen; the Office ribbon interface and the backstage view; what-if analysis; labels, numbers and formulas; basic calculations; formatting a worksheet and using themes to improve presentation; filling values and formulas; using functions to simplify calculations; the Sum function and AutoSum; and printing a worksheet, including headers and footers. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, illustrated guide to Microsoft Access (part 2 of 2). Activities include: developing a form in design view; importing data into tables; criteria searching; using calculations and functions in queries; developing output reports, including summary information; developing a multi-table database; inserting sub-forms into a main form; setting up a navigation pane as a user-friendly interface; and starting a database with the switchboard in place. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, illustrated introduction to Microsoft Access (part 1 of 2 - basics). Activities include: using an Access database; navigating and searching in tables; datasheet and form views; Access terminology, including tables, records, fields and keys; design and layout views; improving the appearance of forms; inserting, deleting, and updating data; sorting data into order; queries and filters; creating a database and tables from scratch; and field type and setting keys. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to using Microsoft Word (part 3 of 3 - advanced). The activities include: application and adaption of styles and style sets; outline view; creating a tables of contents; bookmarking, page numbering, cross referencing and hyperlinks; indexing a document; comparing and combining documents; recording and using macros; data entry forms; and document protection. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.

A step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to using Microsoft Word (part 2 of 3 - intermediate). The activities include: working with tables to display information; the Draw Table tool; formatting a table; using tabs to layout text and images; special tabs; form letters; mail merging; creating address labels; and creating, using and saving templates. All files required for the activities are available as a free download through a link at the bottom of the title page.