Sadly I missed class this week due to being ill, and its been a game of catchup all week for school and my personal life. At first I didn't think I had missed much material that was new to me. I have always thought I knew how to use Microsoft Word very well.
As I started going over the lesson for the week, I agreed with my initial thought. I know how to change between the different layouts, how to view and edit headers/footers, how to print (you can also press Ctrl + P to bring up the print dialog box), how to insert, draw, and edit tables, etc, etc.
Then I reached the editing and tracking changes portion of the lesson. Where has this been all my life? Is this a new feature of the newer Microsoft Word or has this been there all along? Does anyone know? How was this feature left out of my training? As I started playing around with this feature, I have fallen in love. Over my years of schooling, friends and I have edited each others papers on a regular basis. This always required printing the paper, writing changes or edits, and then going back and making approved changes on the computer. The editing and tracking feature could have changed our entire process and most likely saved time. I look forward to using this feature on a regular basis from now on.
Yet another glaring gap in my Microsoft Office education is Microsoft Publisher. I have used various purchased programs and "free with your new printer/scanner" programs to do the same thing. I have also used Microsoft Word sometimes freehand and sometimes using downloaded templates (that's a feature I didn't see covered that would be good to teach everyone. I will bring this up in class). I feel that Publisher is easier to use than Word Templates. I have created business cards for my husband using word and will be creating newer better ones using publisher in the near future. For me this program makes my life easier when creating any type of publication for print. I also wonder how it ranks as far as building websites. It has the option, but I haven't had time to play around with that feature as I was too busy exploring the publications for print it has to offer.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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