If you use Microsoft Office, the mail merge function with Excel is complicated compared to ClarisWorks. No mentoring activity is provided. It is possible to mail merge a newsletter with a data table of names and addresses in Microsoft. Again no mentoring activity is provided for aspect of the assignment. Mentoring activity for ClarisWorks 5.0 is provided.
Templates are available for both software applications.
For example you can find samples of newletters, certificates and awards in the ClarisWorks stationary folder and a few samples in Microsoft's templates folder. The Help menu in most applications will provide some information for problem solving. Assignment Submit your three-document assignment by uploading it to the assignment folder.