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Your Interactive Guide

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Discovering

Computers 2012

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Objectives Overview

Identify the fourcategories of

applicationsoftware

Dierentiateamong the seven

forms through

which software isavailable

Explain how theoperating system

and utility

programs workwith applicationsoftware

Describecharacteristics of a

user interface

Identify the key

features of widelyused businessprograms

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Objectives Overview

Identify the keyfeatures of widelyused graphics and

multimediaprograms

Identify the keyfeatures of widely

used home(

personal( andeducationalprograms

Discuss theadvantages of and

ways to access)eb applications

Identify the types

of applicationsoftware used incommunications

Describe thelearning aidsavailable forapplicationsoftware

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Application Software

• Application software consists ofprograms designed to make users moreproductive and*or assist with personal

tasks

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+o make business activities more e,cient

+o assist with graphics and multimediapro'ects

+o support home( personal( andeducational tasks

+o facilitate communications

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• /vailable in a variety of forms!

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Packaged

software

Custo

software

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Opensource

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• #ystem software serves as the interfacebetween the user( the applicationsoftware( and the computer1s hardware – tility programs

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'usiness Software

• 'usiness software is applicationsoftware that assists people whileperforming business activities

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'usiness Software

• !ord processingsoftware allowsusers to create and

manipulatedocuments

• Clip art is acollection of

electronicdrawings( photos(and other images

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'usiness Software

• /dditional word processing featuresinclude

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'usiness Software

• Developing a document

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• Enter text andnumbers

• Insert images• $erform other

tasks

Create adocument

• 6ake changesto existingcontent

• Inserting(

deleting(cutting( copying(and pasting

+dit a

document • Changeappearance• #ont• #ont si,e

#orat adocument

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'usiness Software

• Spreads"eet software allows users toorgani?e data in rows and columns andperform calculations

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'usiness Software

• / function is a prede@ned formula thatperforms common calculations

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'usiness Software

• Charting depicts data in a spreadsheetin graphical form

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'usiness Software

• / database is a collection of data organi?edin a manner that allows access( retrieval( anduse of that data –

-atabase software allows users to create(access( and manage a database

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'usiness Software

• Presentationsoftware allowsusers to create

visual aids forpresentations tocommunicateideas( messages(

and otherinformation to agroup

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'usiness Software

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'usiness Software

• .ote taking software is applicationsoftware that enables users to entertyped text( handwritten comments(

drawings( or sketches anywhere on apage

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'usiness Software

• / software suite is a collection ofindividual programs available togetheras a unit

• / personal inforation anagerP/0 is application software thatincludes

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/ppointment

calendar

/ddress

book5otepad

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'usiness Software

• #caled down versions of software areavailable to work with smart phones andother mobile devices

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'usiness Software

Project anageent software allows a user to plan(schedule( track( and analy?e the events( resources( andcosts of a pro'ect

Accounting software helps companies record and reporttheir @nancial transactions

-ocuent anageent software provides a means forsharing( distributing( and searching through documents byconverting them into a format that can be viewed by anyuser

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'usiness Software

• Enterprises typically reuire specialcomputing solutions for variousfunctional units

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6anufacturing

6arketing #ales DistributionCustomerservice

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1rap"ics and 0ultiediaSoftware

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Coputer$aideddesign CA-

software

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Paint/ageediting software

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Professionalp"oto editing

software

ideo and audioediting software

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• !eb page aut"oring software helpsusers of all skill levels create )eb pagesthat include multimedia and interactive

content

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Software for oe Personal and+ducational se

Personal 7nancesoftware

8egal software

9a: preparationsoftware

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Personal -9P software

Personal paintiage editingsoftware

Personal p"oto editingsoftware

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Clip artiage galler;

=ideo and audio editing software

oe designlandscapingsoftware

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9ravel and appingsoftware

<eference software

+ducational software

+ntertainent software

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!eb Applications

• / )eb applicationis a )eb site thatallows users to

access and interactwith software fromany computer ordevice that is

connected to theInternet

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!eb Applications

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Application Software forCounications

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8earning 9ools for ApplicationSoftware

• Online elp is theelectroniceuivalent of a

user manual• Gou can ask a

uestion or accessthe Felp topics in

sub'ect oralphabetical order

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• )eb.based Felp provides updates andmore comprehensive resources torespond to technical issues about

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• !eb$based trainingis a type of C7+ thatuses Internettechnology and

consists of applicationsoftware on the )eb

• -istance learning-8 is the delivery of

education at onelocation while thelearning takes place atother locations

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