I have never used Microsoft Excel and have dreaded using it since I found out we were going to learn how with our latest assignment. I've tried using it before to organize information, but could never understand how to change the width and length of the rows and columns, how to select the data, and especially not how to organize numerical data into different types of charts. Until I had to try, I surprised myself with how easy it was once I started experimenting. I pressed a few buttons here and there and found short cuts I didn't know about previously. However, I ran into a huge speedbump when I accidently deleted my gradebook chart. Because it was the data that all the other charts were based off of, I had to start over again from the very beginning. Talk about stressful! I was almost done and everything was gone. I redid the assignment much more quickly, but I'm unsure as to whether I followed the directions as carefully as the first time.
I find it just as easy to completely undo your progress as it is to make it, which I feel is a unique attribute to technology. Although it's meant to alleviate human error, it sometimes leaves us no room to make mistakes. This has taught me to be extremely careful and pay close attention when working with multiple tabs.
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