Excel

I have learned that excel is a very useful tool for any kind of presentation and record keeping. As a geology major (and hopefully a future archaeologist) it is very important to keep records of all the data that is collected in the field and to keep it organized. Excel does that very well. Also excel makes it easy to find any data that I might be looking for and classifying it correctly since I can sort and filter the data. Conditional formatting would be useful for looking for any patterns in the data since I can highlight certain data categories. The best part of excel though is the graphs and charts. I’m a very visual person so putting the data into charts really helps me sort through it. Plus I like putting a little color on the presentation. Excel spread sheets are perfect for putting data on PowerPoint presentations for classes. Overall I think that this is a very useful program and plan on using it often.