Documents I have produced
I have used Fireworks for a few images in PowerPoint and I have used PowerPoint for presentational documents. I have used Publisher for menus, articles and newsletters. I have used Word for the Report and the evidence file and for the structure and purpose of documents. I have used Excel for the invoices. I used Fireworks because it has suitable graphics tools which you cannot easily do on Paint and I used PowerPoint as it is the only presentational software that I know. I used Publisher because it produces professional looking documents and with features way beyond Word. I used Word for letters and for write-ups because it can be easy to use. I used Excel for its mathematical abilities.
Improvements
The most notable improvement was on the children’s PowerPoint. Originally, I was going to use a space theme for the opening illustration but found it was too male-orientated and I changed it to Handy Manny for the boys (a Spanish handyman cartoon character) and Dora the Explorer for the girls and I asked my little brothers if they liked the children’s PowerPoint and they enjoyed it. I broke down the language barrier by adding a voiceover using simple language. I changed the template for the job adverts which has helpful suggestions contained in it and then instructed to get rid of everything apart from the address and logo. After completing the template for the advert, I filled in the details which related to the a) Head Chef and b) General Manager and then spellchecked them. The next improvement I made was to the Newsletter; from having the default pictures to having carefully selected images I found through Google. The next improvement was to the Article; it went from being un-spellchecked and having no pictures of the restaurant to being spellchecked (ignored words spelt in Spanish) and having a suitable picture entered. The last document to be edited is the presentation which went from having one slide to having the rest of the information inputted.
How I adapted the presentations
I changed the background themes to make it more child friendly. I added some friendly pictures and when I came to the second slide, I typed the text in and added an illustration. I also added a voiceover. For the adult presentation, I made it look smart and formal. I formatted it with some smart features and tried to make it look eye-catching.
Intended Audience
The intended audience for the Memos is for internal Staff within the Company, as is the Agenda and Minutes of a meeting. Invoices are intended for people who owe the Company money for goods or services. Menus are intended for the customers of the Restaurant. The article is intended to attract adult readers of the newspaper it appeared in. The newsletter is intended and aimed at customers and is handed out at city-centre shops, businesses and households. The presentations are aimed at both children and adults, with separate PowerPoints for each.
Conclusion and Recommendations
In conclusion, there is a lot of work to do in opening a Restaurant. I’m glad it’s only fictional. To complete the menus alone, took an enormous amount of time and for each document it takes time also. It has improved my IT skills and has called upon every IT skill I had and improve them considerably, and I have learnt new skills too. I intended to do this task to the best of my ability and I have put an enormous amount of time into this project, so I hope I have achieved it.
I realise that I spend too much time on the work and if I had been more organised, I could have completed the work some time ago.
