Assignments 6-10 Reflection

The Wikispaces assignment was fun and I learned a lot about the development of Microsoft Word. I have worked on Excel at work, but I haven’t taken the class on Excel yet. I learned about how to find the features in the new 2007 version. I had used the chart features before in Word, but not in Excel, so it was really good experience. I learned about a lot of features I was not familiar with. I read about GoogleDocs in the Wikispaces assignment. I had never heard about GoogleDocs before, and it was fun doing the GoogleDocs assignment. I think assignments 6-10 covered a lot of useful tools that I will use in the future.

Microsoft Word and CS100 Assignments 1-5

While using Word I had seen security warnings regarding macros, but I was not aware of how much risk documents containing macros had created. My research for Assignment #7 was very informative. I had no idea how extensive the virus threat resulting from the use of macros had been. I am certainly glad that this risk has been virtually eliminated by patches designed to correct the situation and that this problem has been addressed in recent versions of Word.

I have had experience with Word. I took classes in the 2002 and 2003 versions and have also worked with Word 2000 Professional. Assignments 1-5 were a great refresher. I am sure that someone who has not had this experience would find these exercises extremely helpful. A basic knowledge of a word processing application is invaluable while attending college. I think every new college student should take a class such as this to prepare them for the assignments that they are likely to encounter in other classes. I also really enjoyed the Personal PC Issue readings that were assigned. The Issue articles are very informative and I appreciate the opportunity to learn about these topics.