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Application Software
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Application Software
Application Software
What are the categories of application software?
To assist with
graphics and
multimedia
projects
To facilitate
communications
To serve as a
productivity/
business tool
To support
household activities,
for personal
business, or for
education
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Application Software
Application Software
Some
viruses
destroy or
corrupt data
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p. 3.3 Fig. 3-3
Application Software
What is a menu?
A menu
contains
commands
you can
select
command
Start menu
All Programs
submenu
Application Software
Accessories
submenu
A rectangular
area of the
screen that
displays a
program, data,
and/or
information
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Start button
Paint
window
Application Software
Print
dialog box
check box
text box
toolbar
shortcut
menu
Imaging program
command
title bar
Productivity Software
What is productivity software?
Software
that assists
people in
becoming
more
effective
and
efficient
option buttons
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command
buttons
Productivity Software
Productivity Software
Word
window
printed
document
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p. 3.8 Fig. 3-9
Productivity Software
Productivity Software
What is a major advantage of using a word
processor?
Specify margins
Scrolling
Word wrap
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replace
replace
findor
or
find
search
search
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Productivity Software
Productivity Software
autoformat
header/
footer
autocorrect
Formatting
columns
Editing
tables
collaboration
Creating
mail merge
macros
thesaurus
templates
tracking
changes
Web page
development
voice
recognition
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Productivity Software
What is a font?
A name assigned to a
specific design of
characters
Font size specifies the
size or the characters in
a particular font in
points
A single point is
about 1/72 of an inch
in height
Printing
Productivity Software
font size
What is a file?
font
Font styles
A named
collection of data,
instructions, or
information
Each file has a
file name
filename
nameon
on
file
titlebar
bar
title
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Productivity Software
Productivity Software
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Productivity Software
Productivity Software
What can a cell contain?
Columns identified
by letters
columns
columns
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Rows identified by
numbers
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intersection of a
column and row
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Productivity Software
Productivity Software
What is a function?
What is recalculation?
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data
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entered
entered
Totals
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recalculated
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Freshman Sophomore
Junior
Senior
$ 3,290.00 $ 3,454.50 $
3,627.23 $
3,808.59 $
4,850.00
5,092.50
5,347.13
5,614.48
10,000.00
10,500.00
11,000.00
11,500.00
490.00
514.50
540.23
567.24
635.00
666.75
700.09
735.09
325.00
341.25
358.31
376.23
9,590.00 $ 15,477.00
10,069.50 $ 16,225.86
10,572.99 $ 16,987.15
11,101.63 $
$ 14,740.00
Total
14,180.32
20,904.11
43,000.00
2,111.97
2,736.93
1,400.79
41,334.12
63,430.01
Productivity Software
Productivity Software
What is charting?
What is a database?
column
column
chart
chart
linechart
chart
line
piechart
chart
pie
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A collection of
data
organized in
a manner that
allows
access,
retrieval, and
use of that
data
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Productivity Software
Productivity Software
What are the parts of a database?
add, change,
and delete data
sort and
retrieve data
create forms
and reports
using the data
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Itemtable
table
Item
records
records
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Suppliertable
table
Supplier
Productivity Software
Productivity Software
What does the table structure contain for each
field?
field name
Itemtable
table
Item
structure
structure
field size
Suppliertable
table
Supplier
structure
structure
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p. 3.16 Fig. 3-17
data type
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Productivity Software
How do you extract information from a
database?
Sort records in a particular order
Query database
Productivity Software
What is presentation graphics software?
Used to create documents that communicate ideas and
messages
Sometimes
called a slide
show
watch
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Productivity Software
Productivity Software
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Productivity Software
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Productivity Software
lower cost
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handheld computer
ease of use
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p. 3.21 Fig. 3-24
Graphics and
Multimedia Software
Productivity Software
What is accounting software?
Helps companies record and report their
financial transactions
Computer-Aided Design
(CAD)
Desktop Publishing
(Professional)
Paint/Image Editing
(Professional)
Video and Audio Editing
Multimedia Authoring
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Graphics and
Multimedia Software
Graphics and
Multimedia Software
What is desktop publishing software?
Enables you to
design and
produce
sophisticated
documents that
contain text,
graphics, and
brilliant colors
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Graphics and
Multimedia Software
Graphics and
Multimedia Software
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p. 3.24 Fig. 3-29
Video editing
software allows you
to modify a segment
of a video, called a
clip
Audio editing
software allows you
to modify audio clips
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p. 3.25 Fig. 3-30
Graphics and
Multimedia Software
What is multimedia authoring software?
Graphics and
Multimedia Software
What is Web page authoring software?
Allows you to
create Web
pages
Allows you to
combine text,
graphics, audio,
video, and
animation into an
interactive
presentation
Also called
authorware
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What software
products are
available for home,
personal, and
educational use?
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Web browsers
Chat rooms
Newsgroups
Instant messaging
Groupware
Videoconferencing
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Applications on the
Web
What is a Web application?
A software application that exists on a Web site,
such as maps and directions
Some Web
applications
store your
data and
information at
their site
Some are free
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p. 3.33 Fig. 3-41
Applications on the
Web
What is Web-based training (WBT)?
Self-directed, self-paced instruction on a topic on the Web
Distance learning
(DL) is the delivery
of education at one
location while the
learning takes
place at other
locations
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p. 3.35 Fig. 3-44
Applications on the
Web
Third party
organization that
manages and
distributes software
and services on the
Web
Allows companies
to outsource
information
technology (IT)
needs
Electronic equivalent of a
user manual
Context- sensitive help
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Often
available on
a Web site
that
provides
updates
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What is a wizard?
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Summary of
Application Software
Application software
Productivity software
Developing a document
Graphics and multimedia software
Software for home, personal, and
educational use
Software for communications
Applications on the Web
Learning aids and support tools within an
application
Books
Web
School
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