Week 7

Week 7
This week I have mainly focused on applying my Smart targets to spread sheets, and the various situations in which they could to solve problems when using excel. Or generally help me to improve my skills in relation to spread sheets. I have decided to focus on this area because I am currently working on an excel assignment and I have a limited knowledge of excel and its functions, therefore I thought that it would be relevant to do 2 things. Firstly improve my knowledge of excel by using my smart targets to help me improve my knowledge, and secondly use excel to help me complete my smart targets. Currently I have started to implement this into my work method, I started to do this on Wednesday, when I was working on my excel assignment. I have found that the methods that I created to help me complete my smart targets can be difficult to implement into excel, due to the fact the interface is different. For example reading through the brief is no different using excel, however proof reading my work is very different to when using excel. This is because there is only a small amount of text to read, and excel uses number-based data, therefore proof reading through work is quite different. Mainly because the level of attention to detail has to increase in order to identify small errors, however this is a useful skill to posses because it allows the user to identify very small mistakes which cannot be identified by simply scanning through the text. Therefore this is a skill which I would like to be able to utilize in order to achieve this smart target. Overall I am making excellent progress towards achieving both of my smart targets, I am satisfied that the methods I am using are working sufficiently and they are helping me to become a more successful student. I am now looking for extra ways to enhance my skills in relation to my smart targets in order to try and fine-tune them  even more.