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# 2026 Updates

### July Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Guided Project 1-2 - Updated rubric for step 5k and corrected color name
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7 - Updated color grading and color palette instructions for steps 12 and 15
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Guided Project 6-1 - Updated color palette and function for step 6.j to remove color grading
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 2 Challenge Yourself 2.3 ALT 
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.3 ALT 
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Challenge Yourself 4.3 ALT
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-6 ALT 
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Independent Project 2-6 ALT 
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Advanced Project 3-7 ALT
* PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1.4 ALT 
* PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 2 Challenge Yourself 2.4 ALT 
* PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4 ALT 
* PowerPoint 365 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Challenge Yourself 4.4 ALT 
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Guided Project 1-2 - Removed step 13 instructions to use the search feature that does not exist in Word anymore. The thesaurus step is the new step 13

### June Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-5 ALT
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Advanced Project 2-7 ALT
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-5 ALT
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Independent Project 4-6 ALT
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1.4 ALT
* Excel 2021 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Fix It 8.6 - Updated to fix grading of step 3
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Fix It 4.6
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 5 Fix It 5.6
* Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 1 (Chs. 1-4) Advanced with XLOOKUP - Updated to fix grading for step 11.d
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-4
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Skill Review 1.2
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 9 Challenge Yourself 9.4
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Fix It 7.6
* Office 365 Integrated Applications Project 1 PowerPoint, Word, Access, Excel
* Office 365 Integrated Applications Project 2 Word, Access, Excel
* Office 365 Integrated Applications Project 3 PowerPoint, Word, Excel (Mac Supported)
* Office 365 Integrated Applications Project 4 Analysis of First Year Sales 
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Advanced Project 2-7
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Advanced Project 4-7
* Word 365/2021 Capstone - Level 3: Writing a Research Paper - Updated step 28 instruction
* Word 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 1 - Updated wording for Step 7, Step 7c, and Step 7d to fix grading issues.
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-6 ALT
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Independent Project 2-4 ALT
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-5 ALT
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Independent Project 4-5 ALT
* Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Challenge Yourself 4.4 - Updated Step 13 to make grading feedback and instructions match
* Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Fix It 8.6

### May Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Access 2021 In Practice Chapter 3 Advanced Project 3-7 - Instructions - updated 2019 SLOs to 2021
* Access 2021 In Practice Chapter 4 Independent Project 4-4 Version: 1 - corrected grading issue on step 5i
* Access 2021 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Fix It 4-6 - updated project details for textbook
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Advanced Project 1-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Advanced Project 3-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Advanced Project 4-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Independent Project 8-6 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Advanced Project 9-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 2 Fix It 2-6
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Fix It 4-6
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 6 Fix It 6-6
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Challenge Yourself 8-4
* Excel 2021 MOS Chapter 3 Project - updates to step 5.c grading
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1-4
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Advanced Project 5-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Advanced Project 7-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Advanced Project 8-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Advanced Project 9-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Advanced Project 10-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 11 Advanced Project 11-7 - new advanced content project

### April Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Access 2021 In Practice Chapter 7 Independent Project 7-6 - fixed objective from 2019 to 2021 in step 12
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-5 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 2 Advanced Project 2-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-6 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Pause and Practice 4-2 - missing file added
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Advanced Project 5-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Independent Project 7-6 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Fix It 1-6 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 3 Fix It 3-6 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 5 Fix It 5-6 - new advanced content project
* Access 365 Skills Approach Chapter 7 Fix It 7-6 - new advanced content project
* Excel 365 Skills Approach Chapter 4 Skill Review 4-1 - SIMbook instructions: updated to Mac instruction 22.g. for clarity
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Chapter 3-7 - new advanced content project
* Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 8 Challenge Yourself 8-4 - Fixed instructions to match grading

### March Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7 - Fixed Nested formula grading for step 6
* Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 7 Advanced Project 7-7 - Grading fixed for step 2.g
* Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 2 (Chs. 5-7)
* Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 3 (Chs. 8-11)
* Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 3 (Chs. 5-7) - Fixed grading issues for checkbox controls for steps 19.e and 22.a 
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Advanced Project 3-7 - Fix for chart color grading for step 11.
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Guided Project 4-3 - Fix for chart color grading step 15.e and 15.f
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Advanced Project 5-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 6 Advanced Project 6-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 7 Advanced Project 7-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 8 Advanced Project 8-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Advanced Project 9-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Advanced Project 10-7 (Windows Only)
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 10 Guided Project 10-3 - fix for step 10.g grading for chart series shadow effect
* PowerPoint 365 MOS Capstone
* Word 365 MOS Capstone
* Office Online Content:
  * Excel Office Online In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-4
  * Excel Office Online In Practice Chapter 2 Independent Project 2-4
  * Excel Office Online In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-4
  * Excel Office Online In Practice Chapter 4 Independent Project 4-4
  * Excel Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1.3
  * Excel Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 2 Challenge Yourself 2.4
  * Excel Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.3
  * Excel Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 4 Challenge Yourself 4.3
  * Excel Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 5 Challenge Yourself 5.3
  * Excel Office Online Capstone - Level 1 Working with Sales Data
  * In Practice Excel Office Online: Application Capstone Project 1 (Chs. 1-4) Advanced with XLOOKUP
  * PowerPoint Office Online In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-6
  * PowerPoint Office Online In Practice Chapter 2 Independent Project 2-6
  * PowerPoint Office Online In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-5
  * PowerPoint Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1.4
  * PowerPoint Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 2 Challenge Yourself 2.4
  * PowerPoint Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4
  * PowerPoint Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 4 Challenge Yourself 4.4
  * PowerPoint Office Online Capstone - Level 1 Creating a Company's Presentation
  * In Practice PowerPoint Office Online: Application Capstone Project 1 (Chs. 1-3)
  * Word Office Online In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-6
  * Word Office Online In Practice Chapter 2 Independent Project 2-4
  * Word Office Online In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-5
  * Word Office Online In Practice Chapter 4 Independent Project 4-5
  * Word Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1.3
  * Word Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 2 Challenge Yourself 2.3
  * Word Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4
  * Word Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 4 Challenge Yourself 4.4
  * Word Office Online Skills Approach Chapter 5 Challenge Yourself 5.3
  * Word Office Online Capstone - Level 1 Writing a Research Paper
  * In Practice Word Office Online: Application Capstone Project (Chs. 1-4)

### February Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Access 2021 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-4 - Fixed a feedback issue in step 5c
* Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 3 Independent Project 3-4 - Updated Mac instructions for step 2
* Excel 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 1 (Chs. 1-4) Advanced with XLOOKUP
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 1 Independent Project 1-4 - Text updated for step 8.j
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 5 Advanced Project 5-7
* Excel 365 MOS Associate Chapter 1 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Associate Chapter 2 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Associate Chapter 3 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Associate Chapter 4 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Associate Chapter 5 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Associate Capstone
* Excel 365 MOS Expert Chapter 1 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Expert Chapter 2 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Expert Chapter 3 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Expert Chapter 4 Project
* Excel 365 MOS Expert Capstone
* PowerPoint 2021 MOS Associate Chapter 1 Project
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project 1 - Start file updated
* PowerPoint 365 In Practice Application Capstone Project (Chapters 1-3) - Start file updated
* PowerPoint 365 MOS Associate Chapter 3 Project
* PowerPoint 365 MOS Associate Chapter 4 Project
* PowerPoint 365 MOS Associate Chapter 5 Project
* Word 365 MOS Associate Chapter 2 Project
* Word 365 MOS Associate Chapter 3 Project
* Word 365 MOS Associate Chapter 4 Project
* Word 365 MOS Associate Chapter 5 Project
* Word 365 MOS Associate Chapter 6 Project
* Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 2 Skill Review 2.1 - changed the font name from Aptos Light to Aptos in step 4b and updated grading to always=true

### January Updates

:blue\_book:**The following projects were released or updated:**

* Excel 2021 In Practice Chapter 10 Guided Project 10-3 (Windows Only) - Grading errors for steps 7 and 8 fixed
* Excel 2021 Skills Approach Chapter 1 Challenge Yourself 1.3 - Fixed the function for steps 4 & 5
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 3 Advanced Project 3-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Advanced Project 4-7
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Guided Project 4-3 - Updated the file path for resources (zip folder) and added in Supplemental file to resource files for step 11.b
* Excel 365 In Practice Chapter 4 Guided Project 4-3 - Grading error fixed for step 15
* Word 365 In Practice Chapter 9 Guided Project 9-3 - Windows instructions and rubric updated to display *Markup* group
* Word 365 Skills Approach Chapter 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4 - 2024 Objectives updated