Excel!

Learning about Microsoft Excel these last few weeks has been invaluable to me- I'm stunned by how much I never knew about Excel.  Sure I knew how to make pie graphs and charts, but I'd never before used the formula feature of Excel.  Excel's ability to calculate values based on the information given is truly remarkable; it's much more than simply a calculator, it's an advanced, sophisticated program that seems capable of mind-reading at times.  Excel could be used in a myriad of ways.  I imagine it would be incredibly useful to research in any academic field as a method of sorting and interpreting observations and results.  Excel would be useful in business as well; it could calculate and sort profits, losses, taxes, revenue, and, as we've done in class, even catalog the performance of different employees or groups.  Excel could be used to keep track of stocks, to predicts odds in a game of chance, even to arrange a guest list for a party.  Its uses are virtually limitless.  In the past I have used Excel exclusively to create graphs for presentations, but I have no doubt in the future I will be using it to its full potential.  I feel regretful for all of the time I've spent not knowing all that Excel had to offer.  Three cheers for Microsoft Excel!