FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Total Training Introduces Microsoft Office Training CDs

Carlsbad, CA, October 5, 2004 — Total Training™, Inc. a pioneer in fun and innovative video-based training for popular software programs, today announced Total Training Presents: Microsoft® Office in a Day-broadening its line of creative design, digital video, and document management titles. Presented by Microsoft Office guru and best selling author, Laurie Ulrich Fuller, Total Training Presents: Microsoft Office in a Day is a necessity for anyone looking to become more efficient in the use of one of the world's most widely applied productivity software applications.

Total Training Presents: Microsoft Office in a Day includes three CDs with a total of 7.5 hours of comprehensive video-based training and instructor-guided tutorials designed to improve viewers' performance when using Microsoft Office 2003: Outlook®, Excel, Word, PowerPoint®, and Access. Ulrich Fuller leads users through a full review of feature highlights and numerous time saving shortcuts. As an added value, more than $100 worth of professional imagery is included for enhancing Microsoft documents and presentations. The combined package is an excellent way to master the software in an easy, interactive, and time efficient manner.

"A natural addition to our extensive line of technology products, Total Training Presents: Microsoft Office in a Day offers our business, government, and educational consumers a creative and entertaining approach to becoming more adept in their day-to-day job activities," said Gertrud Pillay, Director for Software at PC Mall.

"Nearly everyone today needs to be proficient in Microsoft Office. Total Training Presents: Microsoft Office in a Day fills that need. In just one day, our training and tutorials provide the fundamentals for professional development and time saving techniques to improve workplace efficiency," said Jerry Yen, VP of Marketing at Total Training.

For additional information, please visit www.totaltraining.com/msoffice

Pricing and Availability
Total Training Presents: Microsoft Office in a Day includes a total of 7.5 hours of training and instructor-guided tutorials on three CDs:
    • Microsoft Office Jumpstart: Outlook & Excel
    • Express Yourself with Microsoft Word
    • The Power to Persuade & Inform: PowerPoint & Access
    • Plus more than $100 worth of professional photography courtesy of PhotoSpin, Inc.

Total Training Presents: Microsoft Office in a Day will be available through Total Training by the end of October 2004 for $129.99 USD. Customers who pre-order prior to October 20, 2004 will save $30. Browse www.totaltraining.com/msoffice or call 1-800-546-9524 for additional product information.

About Laurie Ulrich Fuller
Laurie Ulrich Fuller is a best selling author of dozens of books including How to Do Everything with Office and a variety of Using titles (Using Word, Using PowerPoint, and the Special Edition Using Excel) and Troubleshooting Excel (for Microsoft Press). Her published works have enabled Ulrich Fuller to expand her reach as an instructor, bringing her knowledge of Office to thousands of people in countries all over the world. In the classroom, Ulrich-Fuller has trained more than 10,000 people to make more creative and effective use of their computers and software.

About Total Training
Total Training, Inc. is a pioneer in fun and innovative video-based training for leading creative design, digital video, and office productivity software programs. Among its other assets, Total Training enjoys a strategic partnership with Adobe® including the distribution of its products inside many of Adobe's software packages giving the company notable brand recognition from Adobe's web, print, and video product users. From casual hobbyists to the most seasoned professionals, Total Training viewers get up to speed quickly and easily on new programs, and enjoy a deeper experience with ones they already know. Led in an entertaining format by software experts and leading authors such as Deke McClelland (Photoshop Bible), Brian Maffitt, Steve Holmes, Laurie Ulrich Fuller (How to Do Everything with Office), and Ted Padova (Acrobat Bible), Total Training's CD- and DVD-based software training titles are critical tools for any business or individual that wants to learn tips, tricks, and best practices from the most respected names in the industry. Find out more about Total Training and its broad line of software training video products at www.totaltraining.com or by calling 1-888-368-6825.

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