I really enjoyed this project using Excel. From talking to people that work in the business world, Excel is a key tool that is used in many different applications. The main tool that I wanted to focus on were the pivot tables. In previous computer classes I have taken, these have been lightly discussed. I feel that these should have been covered extensively considering the usefulness of them. After using them more, and practicing, I now feel much more confident, and understand how they are used with Excel.
Another part of the project that I enjoyed is getting farmiliar with the different shortcuts there are in Excel. I feel like there is not enough coursees for this program in higher education. This program is used in almost all businesses today, and being proficient in all aspects is very important when marketing yourself for a job in the business world. Just small things like being able to jump to the beggining or end of a spreadsheet can be very useful. Staying fresh with little things like this can help more in the work enviroment than most other classes that are required in school today in my opinion.
One more aspect of the project that i felt was very useful was not having a step by step book to follow to figure out how to do different steps. When you have a book like that, it does not help you remember how to use the functions and other tools, it just shows you how to follow different steps. It is nice to have a book to reference if you need it, but being able to use Excel by memory forces you to learn the actual steps you need.
In conclusion, this project was very useful for me, and helped me refresh my skills using Excel. Hopefully everything was done correctly, and I learned the right way to use Excel! Thank you, Austin.
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