The document reflects on the author's learning over the past year in BIM (Building Information Modeling) class. For each major program - Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Prezi, and SlideShare - the author lists 3 key things they learned. These include skills like mail merging, using equations and functions, creating queries and custom themes. Overall, the author expresses gratitude for learning many useful skills over the past year in BIM that will help with typing, mail merges, and taking full advantage of different programs.

1. Looking Back-A Year in BIM
Garrett Tauras
5/25/2012 6th Period

2. Word
• I learned how to Mail Merge (the Word
part, because the Access part is different).
• I also now know how to create Memo’s.
• And I learned how to write a report also.

3. Excel
• I learned tons of things I didn’t know in Excel,
like just learning some of the different
equations that make it so easy.
• I also learned that you can press the little
black dot and drag it to other boxes to make
the same equation be applied in those boxes.
• I also learned the IF function which seemed to
be the hardest function.

4. Access
• Everything we did in Access was new to me,
just creating queries was something I didn’t
know but now I do.
• I also learned how to use the query wizard to
make it look all nice and put together for you.
• And lastly, the Mail Merge which required this
program and Word.

5. PowerPoint
• I learned a lot of things in this program also,
like how to use Slide Master.
• And how to make custom themes and fonts
and colors.
• I also learned how to use the charts and use
Excel with PowerPoint, to create helpful charts
to go with PowerPoint.

6. Prezi
• In Prezi I found out that you can scroll really
far in and really far out which makes your
PowerPoint's a little interesting.
• I also found out how you can link different
texts/pictures together.
• Also I found out that you can make things
twist and turn, make them bigger or smaller,
or change there colors and lots of other
details.

7. SlideShare
• I learned that it’s very easy and helpful to
upload PowerPoint’s on to the internet.
• I also found that it has some decent
slideshows on it.
• I found out that it even existed.

8. The End!
• I’ve learned so many useful things over this
year of BIM, from typing faster, to knowing
how to mail merge, to just taking full affect of
each different program.
• Thanks Ms. Harrison!