This project asked us to create an autobiography of our selves using Microsoft Word.  This project seemed like it would be simple because I'm very familiar with it having used it since I stopped using the DOS format of WordPerfect. 

I didn't know how to create the banners in Word using the autoformat and autoshapes.  I never knew about all the options that it provided for collaboration.  The markup tool was very useful for providing others with feedback because it allows someone to essentially write ontop of the document with electronic text.  The physical paper doesn't ever actually have to exist and the people never have to actually meet to conference over the paper.  None of the hard to read, scrunched comments in the margins because the markup tool allows me to point right to where I'm talking about and put my comment in a clear open space.   I also couldn't use the ruler at the top of the page to set my margins until I was showed how to.  This saves lots of time and headaches when trying to set the columns. 

If I was to use this in a class a great project would be to have students create a newspaper from a different era.
This would make them learn about the time and also allow students to develop publishing skills with Word.  Working with technology like Word is like killing two birds with one stone because it allows you to learn the program while also creating an autobiography.