Word, Excel & PowerPoint (Week #13 Post)

Features of Microsoft Word I use on a regular basis...

• Document writing
• Font style changing
• Page orientation
• Reference managing and citation insertion
• Review features
• Spelling and grammar check
• Comments
• Tracking, accepting and rejecting comments from multiple users
• Switching views
• Inserting tables, shapes, pictures and symbols
• Headers, footers, and page numbers
• Hyperlinks

Features of Microsoft Excel I use on a regualr basis

• Data entry
• Formulas
• Statistical analysis
• Building charts and graphs
• Using pivot tables and multiple sheets

Features of Microsoft PowerPoint I use on a regualr basis

• Creating new slides
• Inserting media components
• Shapes, clip art, charts, photos, word art, sounds etc.
• Changing slide design
• Color, fonts, effects for whole presentation as well as individual slides
• Creating backgrounds
• Finding and using templates
• Transitions with timing, sounds and animation
• Set up slide show attributes
• Timing, narration, monitors etc.
• Switching view styles for better usage

Projects I could use to have students better understand these products and their features...

Microsoft Word

• Write an essay in Word that includes at least one media item and one source cited in a reference list. Next, email it to a partner who will edit it using the review tools and when finished will email it back.

Microsoft Excel

• Hand out a survey to the other classes in your grade about preferences on anything. Have the students then collect the data and enter it into a table on excel and use it to produce a chart or graph of their choice with labels and a key.

Microsoft PowerPoint

• Have the students give a presentation to the class on the life of a famous person using PowerPoint to create the timeline of their life. The students must have at least one transition, one animation, and one sound clip as well as a link to an external source.