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USES OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE

WORD PROCESSING (Microsoft Word)

Allows users to createand manipulatedocuments

containing mostly text andsometimesgraphics.

an be used toproducedocumentssuchasletters, memos,reports, fax cover,sheets, mailing

labels,newsletters,andweb pages.

To createadocument, store it electronicallyona disk,displayit ona screen, modifyit byenteringcommands and characters from the keyboard,and

print it onaprinter.

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So e feat res of wor processi gi clu e :

1. Creati ga e iti g docume t.

2. Defi i g thesize of paper on which to print

and specifying themargin.

3. Changing theshapeand size of characters.4. Organizing text in newsletter-style columns.

5. Incorporatingmany types ofgraphical

images.6. Typing wordsin a paragraph continually

without processing the ENTER keyat theend

ofeach line.

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7. Reviewing thespelling ofa document (spellingchecker)

8. Inserting headerand footerin a document

9. Drawing tables ofanysize orshape

10. Macro aset ofkeystrokesand instructionsrecorded and saved underashort key code ormacroname

11. Mail Merge A mailmergeisamethod of takingdata froma databaseand insertingit into adocument such asletter,mailinglabels,envelopsand name tags. It usually requires2 files. Onestoresthe data to beused, while the other containsinformation on how to format the data.

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SPREADSHEET (Microsoft Excel)s

Spreadsheet softwareisan application thatallowsusers to organise and manipulate datainrowsand columns.

Spreadsheet software that contains cells onwhich you can insert formulae,labelsandperformautomatic recalculations.

It produces worksheets that requirerepetitivecalculations budgeting,maintainingagradebook,balancingaccounts, trackinginvestment,calculatingloan payments,estimating projectcostsand preparing financialstatements.

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Createvisualaids for presentations to

communication ideas,messagesand other

information to an audience.

Some features of presentation softwareinclude :

1. Providingavariety of predefined

presentation formats that define thecomplementary colours forbackgrounds, text

and graphicalaccents on theslides.

PRESENTATI N ( i r ft PowerPoint )

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2. Providingavariety oflayouts foreach individualslidesuch asa titleslide,a two- column slideand slidewith clip art,a picture,a chart,atable oranimation.

3. Enhancing text, chartsand graphicalimages on aslide with 3-Dand otherspecialeffectssuch asshading,

shadowsand textures.4. Setting theslide timingso that the

presentation automatically displays

the next slideaftera present delay.

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5. Applyingspecialeffects to a transition

between each slide.

6. Insertingimages,video and audio clips.

Theuses of Microsoft

Powerpoint in

presentation .

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GRAPHI S (AdobePhotoshop S3)

Allowsusers to work with drawings, photos

and pictures.

It provides theusers theability of creating,manipulatingand printinggraphics.

Some features of presentation software

include:

1. Drawing pictures,shapesand othergraphical

images with various on-screen toolssuch asa

pen,brush,eyedropperand paint bucket.

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2. Modifying the contrast and

brightness ofan image.

3. Croppingunwanted objects.

4. Removing red eye .

5. Addingspecialeffectssuch as

shadowsand glows.

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SOURCEOFREFERENCE

1)http://www.ehow.com/about_6195632_functi

on-word-processor_.html

2)SMK Kuhara ICT Form 4 Notes,2007

.3)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_soft

ware

4)http://www.cch.kcl.ac.uk/legacy/teaching/av1000/numerical/index.html

5)http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/findsoftwar

e/a/pagelayout.htm