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Your Interactive Guide

to the Digital World

Discovering

Computers 2012

Chapter 3

Software for Sstems


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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 softwareconsists 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

!ebapplicatio

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Opensource

software

S"areware

#reeware

Public$doain

software


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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 softwareis applicationsoftware that assists people whileperforming business activities

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#preadsheet Database

$resentation

5ote +aking$ersonal

Information

6anager

7usiness#oftware for

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'usiness Software

!ord processingsoftwareallowsusers to create and

manipulatedocuments

Clip artis acollection of

electronicdrawings( photos(and other images

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'usiness Software

/dditional word processing featuresinclude

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/utoCorrect

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Collaboration

Columns:rammarChecker

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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

+dita

document Changeappearance #ont #ont si,e

#oratadocument


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'usiness Software

Spreads"eet softwareallows 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

/ databaseis a collection of data organi?edin a manner that allows access( retrieval( anduse of that data

-atabase softwareallows users to create(access( and manage a database

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'usiness Software

Presentationsoftwareallowsusers 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 softwareis applicationsoftware that enables users to entertyped text( handwritten comments(

drawings( or sketches anywhere on apage

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'usiness Software

/ software suiteis a collection ofindividual programs available togetheras a unit

/ personal inforation anagerP/0 is application software thatincludes

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calendar

/ddress

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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 softwareallows a user to plan(schedule( track( and analy?e the events( resources( andcosts of a pro'ect

Accounting softwarehelps companies record and reporttheir @nancial transactions

-ocuent anageent softwareprovides 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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Fumanresources /ccounting Engineering

6anufacturing

6arketing #ales DistributionCustomerservice

Informationtechnology


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1rap"ics and 0ultiediaSoftware

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Coputer$aideddesign CA-

software

-esktoppublis"ingsoftware

Paint/ageediting software

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Professionalp"oto editing

software

ideo and audioediting software

0ultiediaaut"oringsoftware


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!eb page aut"oring softwarehelpsusers 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


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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

)eb 7rowser E.6ailInstant

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8earning 9ools for ApplicationSoftware

Online elpis 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

software

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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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Suar;

Fow to start andinteract with

application software

&verview of a varietyof business software(

graphics andmultimedia software(

and

home*personal*educational software

)eb applications andapplication softwarefor communications


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