Microsoft Office: Documenting a Day

 

    

      Microsoft Office basics consist of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while Microsoft Professional Office can include the basics along with Publisher and Access.  Microsoft Word is a word processor application for creating formatted text, which includes font, size of text, color, margins, and much more (Vahid & Lysecky, 2019).  Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that has tables of data including text, numbers, formulas, and more to show data (Vahid &Lysecky, 2019).  Excel can also be used to create forms that data changes based off the data imputed into the form.  Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation application used to create a slideshow with text, pictures, and animation (Vahid & Lysecky, 2019).  Microsoft Word is best for creating papers like essays, books, cover letters, resumes, and other documents that mainly use words.  Excel is best for keeping track of finances, orders, product information, making labels, order forms, and much more.  PowerPoint is the best to use for enhancing a presentation by limiting text to important phrases, using pictures to help the audience see what you are talking about, and using animation to enhance the key takeaway text.  I used all three Microsoft Office applications to make a journal of my daily activities.  For my journal of the day Word allowed me to share most of the information about my day in greater detail.  Excel allowed me to see how I spent my time during the day but not in as much detail about my whole day.  Excel would be great if I wanted to find a way to manage my time better on a daily but also weekly or monthly time frames.  PowerPoint would be my first option if I was talking about my day in front of an audience because I could show pictures and key things about my day so they can imagine what it was like.  If someone was to review my PowerPoint about my day, they would miss a lot of details and wouldn't get the whole story if I wasn't presenting it to them.  Microsoft Office programs all have different ways to present information you are trying to share.  Microsoft Word is the best for long text information like essays and journals while Excel is great for charts and keeping data.  PowerPoint is best for presentations using pictures, animation, and a little text to help the audience take more information away from your speech.  

References:

Vahid, F., & Lysecky, S. (2019). Computing technology for all. zyBooks. Chapter 5.

University of New York. (N.D.). Microsoft Office. University of New York. https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/it-essentials/office