Microsoft Office for Business and Personal Use

Microsoft Office provides application suites designed to assist an individual with productivity and the ability to complete a wide variety of tasks—applications can be used together to maximize efficiency. When describing the daily functions of one day, this author used Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to create and edit text documents, images, presentations, and spreadsheets with data.

Microsoft Word processor is considered to be the most commonly used program of the Microsoft Office Suite. Microsoft Word has many design templates and page layout options for creating formatted texts. This author created a text document with Microsoft Word. The paper consisted of "One Day In My Life." Editing and formatting are easy to learn, making the document interactive using different features and tools: bullet points, fonts, bold, highlights, underlines, and spell-check. Additionally, an individual can also use Microsoft Word to create reports, write a novel, resumes, grocery lists, etc.                                                      

  

Excel is a spreadsheet program used for documenting data analysis. By formatting cells and formulas, an individual can easily modify Excel's columns and rows, functions, sorting and filing, and charts. Excel helped me to create a spreadsheet to better depict “One Day in My Life”. I used the math functions to create a formula the spreadsheet could calculate the sum and percentages of tasks per hour throughout one day. I also used Excel to add a pie chart to this author's report that displayed ratios and a formatted legend. Individuals can also use Excel to create sales reports, timecards, billing statements, balancing budgets, etc.

A PowerPoint computer application allows users to create a slide show that provides visuals for group presentations using slides, recordings, transitions, and narrations. This author created a PowerPoint presentation depicting "One Day In My Life". PowerPoint was easy to learn, and this author used different features and tools: fonts, bold, bullet points, color, images, sound, animated transitions, and animations of elements. Individuals in various capacities can also use PowerPoint for presentations: business, clergy, teachers, students, etc.  

PowerPoint would be ideal for a large group presentation because of the more personal interaction and ability to gauge an audience. Excel is perfect for providing the specific data and information along with a chart for display. With good communication skills and an ability to engage and collaborate with an audience, I would prefer to use a PowerPoint presentation.