Chapter 4 notes
Tutorial 4-2 had some trial and error for me to understand the directions, since I know nothing about coding. It turns out, it’s kind of similar to some of the ways you can create equations in Excel; the connection made it easier for me to understand after realizing it.
Chapter 5 notes
I’m excited to work with map projections, though I’m worried it will be difficult. In Tutorial 5-5, I accidentally made GEIOD equal to GEIODNUM rather than the other way around and could not figure out how to fix it without going back and restarting the tutorial. I struggled quite a bit with this chapter because I messed up a couple of things that I didn’t know how to fix and had to restart a couple tutorials. This is definitely the most difficult chapter so far; I might go through it again to make sure I understand it.
Chapter 6 notes
There are multiple types of merge tools that show up when you search merge. I had to just cycle through them to see which one would work for what I’m doing with it. It’s interesting that the symbol next to the tool doesn’t seem to make a difference in what the textbook refers to it as when you search for a tool. A hammer icon and scroll icon are both referred to as “tool” in the textbook. This isn’t a big deal, but can make similarly names tools with different symbols hard to pick through since I don’t know which it is asking for. It could also be a small discrepancy between the book and the software.
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