> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.simnetonline.com/changelog/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.simnetonline.com/changelog/2025-updates.md). # 2025 Updates ### December Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Guided Project 5-1 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Independent Project 5-5 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Guided Project 6-1 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Independent Project 6-5 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Guided Project 7-1 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Independent Project 7-5 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Guided Project 8-1 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Independent Project 8-4 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Guided Project 9-1 * Access 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Independent Project 9-5 * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.3 - Updated the solution file to fix the download issue * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 5 Challenge Yourself 5.4 * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 5 Skill Review 5.1 * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Skill Review 6.1 * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Challenge Yourself 6.3 * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Skill Review 7.2 * Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Challenge Yourself 7.3 * Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 4 Guided Project 4-3 - Updates to step 9 for Mac in rubric for clarity. Mac instructions updated. * Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Advanced Project 1-7 * Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Advanced Project 2-7 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Skill Review 6.2 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Challenge Yourself 6.3 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Challenge Yourself 6.4 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Skill Review 7.1 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Challenge Yourself 7.4 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Skill Review 8.1 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Challenge Yourself 8.4 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 9 Skill Review 9.2 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 9 Challenge Yourself 9.3 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 10 Skill Review 10.1 * Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 10 Challenge Yourself 10.3 * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice Guided Project 1-2 - Updated to remove Reuse Slides per Microsoft Office’s removal of that feature * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice Independent Project 1-6 - Updated to remove Reuse Slides per Microsoft Office’s removal of that feature * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Advanced Project 1-7 * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Guided Project 1-2 - Updated instructions and grading to accommodate Microsoft updates for Mac and PC * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Independent Project 5-5 * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Guided Project 5-3 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Fix It 1.6 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 2 Fix It 2.6 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Fix It 8.6 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Advanced Project 1-7 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Advanced Project 2-7 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Advanced Project 3-7 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Advanced Project 4-7 * Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Fix It 1.6 ### November Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 10 Guided Project 10-3 (Windows Only) - Fixed the grading for step 7.a * Excel 2024 In Practice Chapter 6 Guided Project 6-3 * Excel 2024 In Practice Chapter 6 Independent Project 6-5 * Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4) Adv - Steps 17.e and 17.f updated in Mac instructions. Step 17.e updated in project rubric for both Windows and Mac * Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 3 (Chs. 5-7) - Alt formula strings added to steps 4 and 5 * Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Guided Project 9-3 * Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Independent Project 9-5 * Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Guided Project 10-3 * Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Independent Project 10-6 * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-6 - Updated Start File * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Guided Project 4-2 * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Independent Project 4-5 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 5 Challenge Yourself 5.4 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 5 Skill Review 5.1
 * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Independent Project 6-4
 * PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Guided Project 6-1
 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Skill Review 6.1 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Challenge Yourself 6.3 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Challenge Yourself 7.3 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Skill Review 7.1
 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Challenge Yourself 8.3 * PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Skill Review 8.2
 * Word 2021 In Practice Chapter 1 Guided Project 1-2 - Updated Windows instruction text for step 16 * Word 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4) - Fixed the Section Break grading for step 10.h * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Guided Project 5-3 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Independent Project 5-6a * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Independent Project 5-6b * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Guided Project 6-1
 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Independent Project 6-5a * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Independent Project 6-5b * Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Skill Review 6.2
 * Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Challenge Yourself 6.4 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Guided Project 7-3 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Independent Project 7-4 * Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Skill Review 7.1
 * Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Challenge Yourself 7.4 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Guided Project 8-3 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Independent Project 8-4 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Guided Project 9-3
 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Independent Project 9-4 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Guided Project 10-1 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Independent Project 10-4 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 11 Guided Project 11-2 * Word 365 In Practice Chapter 11 Independent Project 11-6 ### October Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Excel Finance: Bonds 1 Advanced - Market Value of a Bond, Using Cash Flow * Excel Finance: Stocks 1 Advanced - CAPM Worksheet * Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 4 Advanced Project 4-7 - Fixed the grading for step 2.b * Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7 - Alt formula strings added for steps 2, 4, and 5. * Excel 2021 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Skill Review 8.1 - Grading fixed for steps 9.h and 9.j for an issue with the conditional formatting grading * Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4) Adv - Alt formula string added to step 15 * PowerPoint 2019 Skills Approach SLO 2.20 Let Me Try Live - Step 1 - Slide 10 changed to Slide 11 in SIMbook. * PowerPoint 2021/365 Capstone Level 3: Creating a Company's Presentation - Edited step 4 Mac instruction to include selecting a different background variant * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice Chapter 5 Independent Project 5-5 - Updated instructions: edited step 6 to remove timing text to prevent confusion * PowerPoint 2021 Skills Approach Capstone Level 2 - Fixed grading for steps 11a, 20a, 20b, 20c, and 21c * Word 2021 In Practice Chapter 2 Advanced Project 2-7 - Fixed grading for step 8.e * Word 2021 In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-5 - Updated the function for step 12f to grade typing “Document Title” instead of inserting the Document Title field ### September Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * The following projects had a grading issue with the sorting function fixed: * Access 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 1 Skill Review 1.1 * Access 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 1 Challenge Yourself 1.4 * Access 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 1 Fix It 1.6 * Access 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 2 Fix It 2.6 - fixed the corrupted jpg resource file * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 3 Guided Project 3-3 - fixed issue with grading function for step 6g * Excel 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 6 Skill Review 6.2 - corrected the text on step 11l ### August Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 7 Independent 7-6 - fixed grading error for step 2 and updated grading for cell link in step 4 * In Practice Excel 365: Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4) 2021 version - updated project files * In Practice Excel 365: Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4) Advanced 2021 version - updated project files * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice - Ch 6 Guided Project 6-1 - updated grading for steps 12f and 12h by removing case sensitive grading * PowerPoint 365 In Practice - Ch 2 Guided Project 2-3 - corrected rubric for steps 9f and 9g * Instruction formatting was corrected for the following projects: * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 5 Guided Project 5-1 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 5 Independent Project 5-5 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 5 Advanced Project 5-7 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 6 Guided Project 6-1 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 6 Independent Project 6-5 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 6 Advanced Project 6-7 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 7 Guided Project 7-1 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 7 Independent Project 7-5 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 7 Independent Project 7-6 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 8 Guided Project 8-1 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 8 Independent Project 8-4 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 8 Independent Project 8-6 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 9 Guided Project 9-1 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 9 Independent Project 9-5 * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 9 Advanced Project 9-7 * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice - Ch 5 Guided Project 5-3 * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice - Ch 6 Guided Project 6-1 ### July Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Office 2019 Integrated Applications - Project 3 PowerPoint, Word, Excel (Mac Supported) - updated grading for alignment in step 4e * Office 2021 Integrated Applications - Project 3 PowerPoint, Word, Excel (Mac Supported) - updated grading for alignment in step 4e * PowerPoint 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 2 Independent Project 2-4 - updated grading for page break in step 17 ### June Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Access 365/2021 Capstone - Level 3 Working with a Sales Database - updated grading for step 17c * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 3 Guided Project 3-3 - variance added to grading function used in step 13 * Word 2021 In Practice - Ch 4 Guided Project 4-2 - grading and feedback have been fixed to display correct feedback for steps 10c and 10e ### May Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch 4 Independent Project 4-4 - updated grading for step 6g * Excel - Accounting Project 13 - Manufacturing Cost Flows - added alternate formula strings to steps 10a and 13d * Excel - Accounting Project 9 - CVP - updated grading for step 7a with more alternate formula strings * Excel 2019 In Practice - Ch 4 Independent Project 4-4 - updated formula gradig for step 31a * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 1 Guided Project 1-3 - updated solution PDF * In Practice Excel 365: Application Capstone Projects (Chs. 1-4) Advanced with XLOOKUP - updated resource text file, solution files, solution PDF, solution image, and Figure 3 in the instructions **The following pages of the Gen AI module have been updated:** * SLO 1.3 - Copilot Versions * Clarified platform availabilty and subscription requirements * Noted daily usage limits for image generation across different versions * Updated features for each version * SLO 1.4 - Other Generative AI Options * Updated model names * Updated features across free and paid tiers for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude * Noted image generation availability and limitations where applicable ### April Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 9 Advanced Project 9-7 - added a note to step 5h for clarity * Excel 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 3 Fix It 3.6 - Updated formula in cell F6 on the Guest List worksheet for incorrect cell reference used. Updated grading for steps 6e and 6f * In Practice PowerPoint 365: Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-3) - fixed grading for step 14b * PowerPoint 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 2 Skill Review 2.2 - updated grading for step 10e ### March Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Access 2021 In Practice - Ch1 Guided Project 1-2 - added a condition to ignore case for caption for step 3j * Excel - Accounting Project 13 - Manufacturing Cost Flows - added additional formula strings for step 13 * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 6 Independent Project 6-5 - added alternate formula strings for concatenate to step 7 * Excel 365/2021 Capstone - Level 3 Working with Sales Data - corrected grading for step 14h (PMT alternate formula string) * Excel 365/2021 Capstone - Level 3 Working with Sales Data Alternate with XLOOKUP - corrected grading for step 14h (PMT alternate formula string) * PowerPoint 2021 In Practice - Ch 1 Guided Project 1-2 - updated grading to accept bullet list format using Slide Master method * Word 2021 In Practice - Ch 7 Independent Project 7-4 - updated grading and feedback for althernate method for step 4c * Word 2021 Skills Approach - Ch 4 Challenge Yourself 4.4 - updated grading for image size ### February Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 1 Independent Project 1-4 - corrected the sheet name in grading for step 4b * Excel 2021 In Practice - Ch 2 Independent Project 2-4 - added alternate formula strings to steps 12g and 12h * Excel 2024 In Practice - Ch 2 Independent Project 2-4 - added alternate formula strings to steps 10g and 10h * Excel Office Online Skills Approach - Ch 2 Challenge Yourself 2.4 - updated color name in step 6 due to change by Microsoft * Excel - Accounting Project 9 - CVP - added alternate formula strings to steps 3,5,6,7, and 8. Updated grading for step 8. * Office 2019 Integrated Applications - Project 4 Access and Excel - fixed a feedback issue in step 21a and added alternate formula strings to steps 17b, 18b, 18e, 21a, and 23a * Word Office Online In Practice - Ch 1 Independent Project 1-4 - removal of non-graded Smart Lookup step ### January Updates :blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:** * Assignment 2 2020 - corrected a feedback issue for the formula in step 7 * In Practice Word 365: Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4) - Added note in step 7 regarding the availability of Researcher