Microsoft Excel Task

The Microsoft Excel task was considered as a lot more complex for me, due to the fact that I have had very little experience with the software. However I believe I did a good effort at entering and presenting data and using basic formulae. This was mostly due to the fact that I am familiar with computer toolbars in other Microsoft office programs. I had much more trouble when it came to using macros. This was too complex for me and I was unable to complete the task. However all in all, I learnt a lot about using Microsoft excel from the task and will be much more confident using it in the future.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia Article 1: City Beach

City Beach is a beach side suburb in Perth that I spent most of my teenage years growing up in. Therefore I figured it would be worth seeing if the information on my home town is correct.

Is this an accurate article?

The article is very accurate containing extensive information that is factual. Every topic discussed is very useful and helps the reader understand it more.

Does it cover all the basic facts that you'd need to understand this topic?

The article does cover all the basic facts that are needed as far as describing a suburb goes. It includes the location in relation to other cities and suburbs, whilst informing the reader of activities to do in the suburb, as well as attractions, features and a brief history of the place.

Does this article follow the wikipedia guidelines for useful articles?

Yes it does, it starts off with a brief introduction and then leads into more detail as all other wiki-articles do.

Is this article fair and balanced, or is it biased towards a particular side or argument?

This topic is not biased because it is very descriptive and only states facts. This is important because it is easy for the writer to be biased towards certain issues. One of the users wrote down that he was famous and he lives in the suburb, but it is evident that he is not serious.

Wikipedia Article 2: West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are my favourite AFL team and I have been supporting them for 12 years now. They are a relatively young team compared to other Victorian based teams, however over their short period have been very successful.

Is this an accurate article?

Everything in the article was correct as far as I could see. There was extensive details into results, previous players and sponsors. However one error that was made labeled the leading goal kicker and best and fairest as 2008 winners, when in fact they were 2007 winners of the awards.

Does it cover all the basic facts that you'd need to understand this topic?

The article covers a lot of information and I found it hard to not find all the information I wanted on the topic. The only fault with the article would be that it is not up to date as much as it could be.

Does this article follow the wikipedia guidelines for useful articles?

Yes it does. There are clear sections and is easy to navigate to find the information needed.

Is this article fair and balanced, or is it biased towards a particular side or argument?

The article is not biased because it also contains bad stories from the football club. It tells of controversial information about players involving drugs and assault. If biased was used, there would be no mention of this behaviour.

Microsoft Word Task

I found the Microsoft word task relatively basic and simple throughout exercises 1 and 2. This was due to the fact that I had already had prior knowledge from previous experiences. This included text adjustment, copy and pasting, saving documents and inserting bullet points.

However in task 3 and 4, I ran into a bit of trouble. I firstly read how I had to add text into the header and footer of the document. I had no idea at first but after some common sense kicked in I was on my way. Double spacing was another technique I was unaware of until I played around with some different options for a while.

Track changing and mail merging were a different kettle of fish altogether. I had no idea these tools even existed, but thankfully due to the clear tutorial instructions and the practical Microsoft Word usability, I was able to figure it out.

In the future, these new skills will definitely come in handy and it is easy to see how they are useful in everyday tasks such as writing letters.