Assignment- My personal experiences with Microsoft Applications

When I think of Microsoft Applications, I often only consider the 'Office' package. Due to the fact I am not very experienced when it comes to any other applications other than the 'Office' package, I will discuss my experiences with a few of these.

Through my educational journey, I have only scraped the surface of the abilities the 'Office' package. I haven't even used all of the applications within the package. The main ones that I have used include, word, and powerpoint. I have touched upon, excel and outlook previously, however I have no real experience using these. I hope to advance my experiences and knowledge in the near future.

My experiences of these...

Microsoft Word - I have found this application to be increasingly useful. It is a great tool that helps students, teachers, or anyone wanting to create a word document at ease. The strip (pictured below), allows users to change fonts, sizes, and the look of the text quickly and easily. This application has many tools which aid the user to create an effective piece of work. I have personally used many aspects of it, from the word art tool, to the word count, to the referencing tool. It is a great piece of software that I believe is an essential application for any student and teacher, and I would recommend any computer user to have it installed. This piece of software has helped me create essays, complete my dissertation, open pre-written documents, edit documents, and re-vamp work. I wouldn't have been able to complete my under graduate degree without it!

Microsoft Powerpoint - An application I seem to use very often these days while presenting lectures. Using this application along with an Interactive SMART board leads for an effective, interactive lecture which gets all students involved. The abilities of powerpoint are huge, however I don't use many of the animations, colours etc (just to name a few). I like to keep my presentations simple, with simple animations. This application has the ability to distract viewers from WHAT the presentation is displaying, to HOW it looks.This completely misses the point of presenting. This is a great tool to get information across to a large audience, and can also act as a cue to the lecturer as to where to go next with the presentation. I will continue to use this application, as it is extremely useful for my career as a lecturer. ( see a previous post on the pro's and con's of powerpoint presentations also!)