# August 12th, 2016 – Release Notes

## August 12th, 2016 – Release Notes

## New SIMnet Content & Features

### Upgraded Library View

The Library view for students has been updated to show each book in your library more clearly and efficiently.

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Each book also includes search directly from the library view, without navigating inside of the book itself.

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### New Projects

* Word 2016 Capstone – Level 1 Formatting a Document
* Word 2016 Capstone – Level 2 Writing a Research Paper
* Word 2016 Capstone – Level 3 Writing a Research Paper
* Excel 2016 Capstone Project Level 3 Working with Sales Data
* Excel 2016 Capstone Project Level 3 Working with Sales Data with VLOOKUP
* PowerPoint 2016 Capstone – Level 3 Creating a Company’s Presentation
* Access 2016 Capstone – Level 3 Working with a Sales Database

## New/Improved Grading Features

### Access

* Improved grading of table field properties to include column width; field caption; field description; use of AutoFit on column; order of fields in a table; format of a field; input mask applied; and text alignment
* Improved grading for table data with variance and exact match
* Improved grading of controls and formatting in headers and footers in reports
* Improved grading of grouping and sorting in reports
* Improved grading of form control widths
* Determine table properties and values
* Determine if a record source for a form has the correct table
* Compare lookup field properties for a value list lookup field (type your own values)
* Compare lookup field properties for a lookup from a table field (get values from a table)
* Determine if a report has a Stepped, Block or Outline group layout.
* Determine if the correct properties have been applied to group total controls.
* Compare a query’s fields order.

### Excel

* Improved grading for sheet names
* Improved grading for cell values
* Improved grading of multiple chart types in a sheet
* Improved grading of cell number formatting
* Improved grading of chart elements
* Determine if column is sized using AutoFit
* Determine data label position in a chart

### PowerPoint

* Improved grading of Animations

### Word

* Improved grading of bullets and number formatting