NEW VIDEO COURSEWARE FOR EXCEL 4.0 Los Gatos, California, U.S.A., September 8,1992 -- Anderson Soft-Teach announces it will ship a complete video training course for Excel 4.0. Shipments of the three-volume training package will begin September 30, 1992. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The new Excel 4.0 training courseware combines three videotapes, three step-by-step workbooks, three practice disks with duplication licenses and three self-tests. Anderson Soft-Teach will also send a certificate of completion to each person who successfully completes the self-test. "Excel 4.0 is a great software product filled with a number of hot new features. So, we've completely redesigned. this course and expanded it from two to three volumes to cover these extensive new features," says Warren E. Anderson, President. "Our customers use our courses in many different training environments such as self-study, classroom and field offices," according Stephen C. Nasstrom, Manager of Reseller Marketing. "They provide a means of training hundreds of people for less than $20 per student. " The complete Excel 4.0 training course will be sold for $995. Topics covered in Volume One include Editing, Formatting and Enhancing a Worksheet and Using Absolute Referencing. Volume 2 provides instruction on Creating a Chart, Using Functions and Using Excel Macros. Finally, in Volume 3 the student will learn how to Work with Large Worksheets, Use Databases and Find and Extract Data. Detailed course outlines can be obtained directly from Anderson Soft-Teach. Anderson Soft-Teach's unique "In-Practice" and "Extra for Experts" segments will help users apply the training to real business situations. The company offers a "version insurance"-program of 50% off for users who are upgrading from Anderson Soft-Teach's Excel 3.0 courseware to Excel 4.0 within six months. VIDEO COURSES ARE NOW CLOSE-CAPTIONED FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED With the recent passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), companies are now required to accommodate the working environment of people with disabilities. Anderson Soft-Teach has recognized this need and is close-captioning their instructional videotapes for Windows 3.1, Word for Windows 2.0 and Excel 4.0. With a special decoder box, the hearing impaired individual can now learn from our courses by reading the subtitles on the screen as the instructor speaks. NEW PRODUCT FEATURE INCREASES LEARNING RETENTION To meet growing customer demand, Anderson Soft-Teach also announces an enhancement to its step-by-step workbooks. In the Excel 4.0 course, students are provided with extra exercises at the end of each lesson to increase learning effectiveness. The extra exercises reinforce skill development and result in increased retention. Roxy Jones, a Systems Manager at Bank of America, says, "The Anderson Soft-Teach videos are of high quality and the people love the ands-on exercises included in the training packages." "Without the Anderson Soft-Teach training packages, it would be almost impossible to support all of the people that I have to," says Mike Medwid, a Systems Analyst for Ciba Geigy, responsible for computer training for Ciba Geigy's field offices. ABOUT ANDERSON SOFT-TEACH Anderson Soft-Teach is currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary as the producer of the largest library of video courseware in the industry for personal computer software. Its products are sold both domestically and internationally. Anderson Sort-Teach's current line of courseware topics includes Windows, Word for Windows, Excel for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows, MS/PC DOS, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, dBASE IV, Introduction to PCs, Introduction to LANs and others. For detailed course outlines, classroom implementation guide or product catalog contact: Anderson Soft-Teach, 983 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA, 95030 Sales: (800) 338-4336 Corporate/International: (408) 399-0100 Fax: (408) 399-0500 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online - New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed from data provided by the | | above mentioned company. For additional details, contact the | | company at the address or telephone number indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+