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Your Interactive Guideto the Digital World

Discovering

Computers 2012

Chapter 3

Software for Systems


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Objectives

Overview

Identifythefourcategoriesof

applicationsoftware

Differentiateamongthesevenformsthrough

whichsoftwareisavailable

Explainhow

the

operatingsystemandutilityprogramswork

withapplication

software

Describecharacteristics

ofauser

interface

Identifythekey

featuresof

widely

used

businessprograms

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Objectives

Overview

Identifythekeyfeaturesofwidelyused

graphicsandmultimediaprograms

Identifythekeyfeaturesofwidelyused

home,personal,andeducationalprograms

Discusstheadvantagesofandwaystoaccess

Webapplications

Identifythetypesofapplicationsoftware

usedin

communications

Describethelearning

aidsavailable

for

applicationsoftware

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Application

Software

Applicationsoftwareconsistsofprograms

designedto

make

users

more

productive

and/or

assistwithpersonaltasks

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To

make

business

activities

more

efficient

Toassistwithgraphicsandmultimediaprojects

Tosupport

home,

personal,

and

educational

tasks

Tofacilitatecommunications


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ApplicationSoftware


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ApplicationSoftware

Availableinavarietyofforms:

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Packagedsoftware

Customsoftware

Webapplication

Opensourcesoftware

Shareware Freeware

Publicdomainsoftware


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ApplicationSoftware

Systemsoftwareservesastheinterfacebetween

theuser,

the

application

software,

and

the

computershardware

Utilityprograms


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ApplicationSoftware


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BusinessSoftware

Businesssoftwareisapplicationsoftwarethat

assistspeople

while

performing

business

activities


WordProcessing

Spreadsheet Database Presentation

NoteTakingPersonal

InformationManager

BusinessSoftwarefor

Phones

BusinessSoftware

Suites

ProjectManagement

Accounting Document

Management

EnterpriseComputing

Software


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BusinessSoftware

Wordprocessing

softwareallowsusers

tocreateand

manipulatedocuments

Clipartis

acollection

of

electronicdrawings,

photos,andother

images


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BusinessSoftware

Additionalwordprocessingfeaturesinclude


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AutoCorrect AutoFormat Collaboration Columns Grammar

Checker

InkInput Macros Mail

Merge Reading

Layout Research

SearchandReplace

SmartTags Tables Templates Thesaurus

TrackingChanges

VoiceRecognition

WebPageDevelopment


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BusinessSoftware

Developingadocument


Entertextand

numbers Insertimages

Performothertasks

Create

a

document

Makechanges

to

existingcontent

Inserting,deleting,cutting,copying,andpasting

Editadocument Changeappearance

FontFontsize

Formata

document


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BusinessSoftware

Spreadsheetsoftwareallowsuserstoorganizedatain

rowsand

columns

and

perform

calculations

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BusinessSoftware

Chartingdepictsdatainaspreadsheetin

graphicalform


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BusinessSoftware

Presentationsoftware

allowsusers

to

create

visualaidsfor

presentationsto

communicateideas,

messages,andother

informationtoagroup


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BusinessSoftware


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BusinessSoftware

Notetakingsoftwareisapplicationsoftwarethat

enablesusers

to

enter

typed

text,

handwritten

comments,drawings,orsketchesanywhereona

page


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BusinessSoftware

Asoftwaresuiteisacollectionofindividual

programsavailable

together

as

aunit

Apersonalinformationmanager(PIM)is

applicationsoftwarethatincludes


Appointmentcalendar

Addressbook

Notepad


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BusinessSoftware

Scaleddownversionsofsoftwareareavailableto

workwith

smart

phones

and

other

mobile

devices


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BusinessSoftware

Projectmanagementsoftwareallowsausertoplan,

schedule,track,

and

analyze

the

events,

resources,

and

costsofaproject

Accountingsoftwarehelps

companies

record

and

report

theirfinancialtransactions

Documentmanagement

softwareprovides

ameans

for

sharing,distributing,andsearchingthroughdocumentsbyconvertingthemintoaformatthatcanbeviewedbyanyuser


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BusinessSoftware

Enterprisestypicallyrequirespecialcomputing

solutionsfor

various

functional

units


Humanresources

Accounting Engineering Manufacturing

Marketing Sales Distribution Customer

service

Informationtechnology


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GraphicsandMultimediaSoftware


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Computeraideddesign

(CAD)software

Desktoppublishing

software

Paint/Imageeditingsoftware


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Professionalphoto

editingsoftware

Videoand

audio

editing

software

Multimediaauthoringsoftware


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Webpageauthoringsoftwarehelpsusersofall

skilllevels

create

Web

pages

that

include

multimediaandinteractivecontent


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SoftwareforHome,Personal,and

EducationalUse

Personalfinance

software

Legalsoftware

Taxpreparationsoftware


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EducationalUse

PersonalDTP

software

Personalpaint/image

editing

software

Personalphoto

editing

software


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EducationalUse

Clipart/image

gallery

Videoand

audio

editing

software

Homedesign/landscaping

software


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EducationalUse

Travelandmappingsoftware

Referencesoftware

Educationalsoftware

Entertainmentsoftware

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WebApplications

AWebapplicationisa

Web

site

that

allows

userstoaccessand

interactwithsoftware

from

any

computer

or

devicethatisconnected

totheInternet


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WebApplications


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ApplicationSoftwareforCommunications

WebBrowser EMail InstantMessaging ChatRoom

Text,Picture,VideoMessaging

RSSAggregator Blogging Newsgroup/Message

Board

FTP VoIP VideoConferencing


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LearningToolsforApplicationSoftware

OnlineHelpisthe

electronic

equivalent

of

ausermanual

Youcanaskaquestion

oraccess

the

Help

topicsinsubjector

alphabeticalorder


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WebbasedHelpprovidesupdatesandmore

comprehensiveresources

to

respond

to

technical

issuesaboutsoftware


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WebbasedtrainingisatypeofCBTthatusesInternet

technology

and

consistsofapplicationsoftwareontheWeb

Distancelearning

(DL)

isthedeliveryofeducationatone

locationwhile

the

learningtakesplaceatotherlocations


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Summary

Howto

start

and

interact

withapplicationsoftware

Overviewofavarietyofbusinesssoftware,graphics

andmultimedia

software,

andhome/personal/educational

software

Webapplicationsand

applicationsoftware

for

communications

Learningtoolsfor

applicationsoftware

and

Webbasedtraining



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