PC fundamentals
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.
#1
Which operating system (OS) do you identify with and use on a regular basis? Why do you like or dislike the OS that you use? If you were given the opportunity to make one change to your OS, what would it be? Why?
#2
Reflect on any word-processing program that you may have used in the past, and explain how you think Word 2016 will help you edit and create better documents. Give a specific example of one function that you think will improve your documents.
#3
Microsoft Word 2016 has many new templates. Reflect on any Word templates you may have used in the past or will use in the future, and explain how you think these new templates in Word 2016 will help you edit and create better documents. Give a specific example of one template that you think will improve your documents.
#4
Reflect on any Excel data manipulation techniques you may have done in the past, and explain how you think Excel 2016 will help you better manipulate data. Give a specific example of one function that you think will improve your data manipulation.
#5
How you present data can often be a game-changer in the business world. Reflect on how you might use the charts, tables, or graphics that we covered in this unit, and explain which two features you think are the most beneficial for presenting data. Explain how these might aid in your success.
#6
Reflect on any presentations that you may have given in the past, and explain how you think Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 will help you in the future. Give a specific example of at least two features that you think will improve your presentation-making abilities.
#7
Thus far in the course, we have covered Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. In which program do you feel you are strongest? What do you think you could do to bolster your strength in the other programs?
#8
Identify a task that you would need to perform in your current career or future career, and explain how you would apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to succeed at performing the task in a real-world scenario.
