PS Ch. 8--"Options, Options, Options"

There is a humongous variety of chart options, for instance: column, bar, line, pie, scatter, area, doughnut, radar, surface, bubble, stock, cylinder, cone, and pyramid. They give you so many different options for good reasons. First it all depends on the data. If you have data tables were you are comparing seasons to sales you might need a column chart? Second you might have more than one form of data in your data table. Like you have a certain amount of days, and different plants that you are watching grow, because you added different amounts of water to them you might need a scatter chart. Last it depends on what you want to learn from the data. Say you want to know which country has a higher population then you might need a pie chart. They give you a variety of charts for a reason not just to show how many different designs of charts you can have.

PS Ch. 7--"Here You Go"

A workbook is a collection of worksheets. The worksheets within the workbook are identified by sheet tabs that appear at the bottom of the workbook window. The name of the sheet appears on the tab. Until the sheet is named, sheets are identified as Sheet1, Sheet2, and so on. To work on a specific sheet, click the tab of the worksheet. The sheet that appears on the screen is referred to as the active sheet. The sheet tab of the active sheet is white.

PS CH. 6-- "Excel Tells Pictures"

In this blog we are supposed to write about why someone would use graphics while preparing a MS Excel worksheet, where they come form, and how to put them in the worksheet. Well someone might use graphics in Excel because they want to put their logo on their worksheet, and or illustrate good and bad data with smiley faces. You can insert a picture from Office Online or from a file that contains a picture. Office Online is a collection of art that can be accessed via the Internet. To insert a picture from Office Online, select Picture on the Insert menu, and then select Clip Art on the submenu. The Clip Art task pane appears on the right of the screen. Enter the type of picture you want in the Search for text box and click Go. Excel will search the pictures that fit the search word. You insert a picture from a file by selecting Picture on the Insert menu, and then selecting From File on the submenu. This is how and why you would put graphics into your Microsoft Excel worksheet.

PS CH. 5-- "The Amazing Advantages"

The advantage to using function formulas in Microsoft Excel is that they perform complex calculations in specialized areas of mathematics. Function Formulas are special formulas that do not use operators to calculate the result. They can be used in statistics, logic, trigonometry, accounting, and finance. Function formulas are also used to convert worksheet values to dates and times. A function formula contains three components: equal sign, a function name, and an argument. Argument is just a fancy word for cell value. Examples of function formulas are =SUM(C5:C10), =SQRT(C5), and =MAX(C5:C10).

PS CH.4-- "Excel in My Future"

The only way I see myself using Microsoft Excel in the future is if I am helping my mom at work. She is an accounting manager/bookkeeper so she uses Microsoft Excel worksheets almost everyday. I also see myself using Microsoft Excel in the future if I become a secretary of some sort maybe, I honestly don’t know of any other jobs that use Microsoft Excel. But some day I might become an accounting manager or bookkeeper so it is still good to know about.

PS CH. 3-- "My Microsoft Excel Article Summary"

This blog is supposed to be about an article about Microsoft Excel you find in a newspaper, magazine, ect. So I found an article in the Daily Times Call about how St. Vrain Valley School District is escalating its reach by offering classes to community members. Nancy Herbert the director of community relations says “the school district hopes to build bridges with members of the public, especially those who don’t have children in the schools.” Most people don’t have children in our schools so this provides them with an opportunity to take advantage of St. Vrain Valley School District courses firsthand. Community members are invited to fill any empty seat in classes, such as; Spanish, Microsoft Access, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
(The Daily Times Call
SVVSD opens classes to publicBy Victoria A.F. Camron)

PS CH. 2-- "My New Excel Experiences"

In this blog I will tell you about a new experience I have learned in my 2 chapter of Microsoft Excel. One new thing I have learned is how to fill the cell with a color and change the cell text. To change the color of a cell using the toolbar, move the highlight to the cell and click the down arrow on the Fill Color button on the Formatting toolbar. A menu of colors appears. Click the color you want, and the cell is filled with that color. To change the color of a text using the toolbar, move the highlight to the cell you want to change and click the down arrow on the Font Color button. A menu of colors appears. Click the color you want, and the text is changed to your color choice. You can also change the color of cells and text using the Format Cells dialog box. Open the Format menu and choose Cells, and then click the Patterns tab. Click the color in the cell shading section. You can also click the down arrow on the Pattern box and choose a pattern from the menu. This is a way to add emphasis to your work.

PS CH. 1-- "My Excel Thoughts"

My initial thoughts about this class were it should be fairly easy. I thought this because my sister had taken it when she went here. She always said to me it is so easy, I am ahead of everything. When she was talking to me though about this class she never mentioned “Microsoft Excel” or anything that I have been doing, all she said was it is a computer class. Before this first lesson all I knew about Microsoft Excel was that my mom uses it at her work. My mom told me that it was pretty simple, so this made me feel a little more secure about Microsoft Excel. After my first lesson it seems to me that it is easier then I though and it only gets complex if you make it that way.

PS Ch. 8-- "Makin' It Easy"

In Microsoft word there is something called “Wizard”. A wizard is similar to a template, but it asks you questions and creates a document based on your answers. Wizard is used for memos, letters, faxes, and reports. Mail merging with wizard is combining information that personalizes it. Mail Merge Wizard is used in letters, for example, you might send a letter to each member of a professional organization. In each letter, the text is the same but the names of the recipients are different. Wizard is useful to make things easier for you, it is just making it to where you do not have to write each letter a billion different times, all you need is the addresses and a printer and you are good. It is just a way to keep things short, simple and to the point.

PS Ch. 7--"Here You Go"

To format columns inside a document is easy. First highlight the text that you want to be in columns. Second go to the Format menu and scroll down to Columns. Click on it. Then the Columns dialog box appears, in the Presets box choose the number of columns you need. Under the Width and Spacing box you can change the width of your column and the spacing between your columns. After you have done everything you need to do to make your columns fit and look nice click OK and then they are inserted into your document in as little time as that.

PS Ch. 6-- "Word Tells Pictures"

In this blog we are supposed to write about why someone would use graphics while preparing a MS Word document, where they come from, and how to put them in Word. Well someone might use graphics in Word because they are making a newspaper, a pamphlet, a sign, a chart, a handbook, or invitations. Using graphics can help be more organized, clearer about what you’re saying, and put some creativity into your work. Most graphics people use in Word come from clip-art. To do this you go to Insert on the menu and choose Clip-art. The Clip-art task pane opens. From there you just type in a specific subject and it looks it up for you. After that you go through the list and decide which one you want. After choosing which one you want, click the arrow next to the picture. When the drop down list appears click on insert. Then you have a picture in your work. You can also get pictures and graphics off the internet. This is how you put pictures into your MS Word document and why you would.

PS Ch. 5-- "The Amazing Advantages"

The advantages of writing your blog in Microsoft Word and then copying and pasting it is the blog software are amazing. First you can have spell check, which gives you a variety of options such as the thesaurus, dictionary, find, go to, and replace. These all give you the advantage of making your blog more safisticated. You also have things like word art, word count, fonts, sizes, bold, underline, italicized, and many more to make your blog more creative. There are so many advantages to using Word for your blog that you really can’t believe all of them.

PS Ch. 4-- "Word in My Future"

This blog is about how I think I will use Microsoft Word in my future. Well it really all depends on what kind of career I take on, but if I were to become a teacher I would probably use it a lot. I would have to teach it, read about it, so most definitely I will probably use it a lot. Then again if I become an animal control cop then I probably won’t use it that much unless I am typing a complaint or something like that. Then again I could just go to school the rest of my life and use it when ever I have a paper due. But I believe this blog depends on the future cause you never really know?!

PS Ch. 3-- "My Microsoft Word Article Summary"

This blog is supposed to be about an article about Microsoft Word you find in a newspaper, magazine, ect. So I found an article in the Denver Post about how after five years Microsoft Word is launching its new program called “Vista OS”. Steve Ballmer the chief executive says “it’s the biggest launch in their company’s history.” Although most people won’t get to use this new program until January 30 the big companies get to experience this new program first hand.
(The Denver Post Business
Microsoft's "biggest launch" yet as Vista OS makes debut
Some businesses get first crack at the Windows system. Consumers will get their chance Jan. 30.
By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press)

PS Ch. 2-- "My New Experiences"

This blog is all about something I learned that is completely new to me. The one thing that won’t leave my mind is Overtype mode. At first it took me a bit to get the hang of it but now it is easy-squeezy. So to perform this mode correctly without messing it up like me you double click the OVR on the status bar and it should turn from grey to black. In Overtype mode, the text you key replaces, or types over, existing text. Overtype mode is useful to correct misspelled words or for replacing one word with another word of the same length. So as you can tell Overtype mode is somewhat one of the most important uses in Microsoft Word.

PS Ch. 1-- "How It Affects Me"

In this blog we are supposed to write about our initial thoughts about this class and about Microsoft Word. I am not completely new at Microsoft Word but I do have to say this is my first time taking a class on Microsoft Word. My first thought about this class was “it will be so easy it is like an easy “A”, but on my first day it was a lot different then what I thought it would be. There is a lot more to Microsoft Word then the eye lets you see, just in my first lesson I learned so many new stuff about Microsoft Word then I knew before and I have been using Microsoft Word since I was like 11. I learned that there are shortcuts to using the arrow keys, and the page up and down keys. I learned how to save, save as, and create new folder, and a lot more. Considering that I have only finished my first lesson there is still tons for me to learn next.