1. Lecture 4 www.shahidrasul.com Application Software

2. Application Software What is application software?
As a productivity/ business tool
Programs that perform specific tasks for users
Also called a software application or an application
Why used:
To assist with graphics and multimedia projects
To support household activities, for personal business, or for education
To facilitate communications

3. Application Software
What are categories of application software?

4. Productivity Software
What is productivity software?
Software that assists people in becoming more effective and efficient while performing daily activities
Word Processing
Spreadsheet
Database
Presentation Graphics
Personal Information Manager
Software Suite
Project Management
Accounting

5. Productivity Software
What is word processing software?
printed document
Allows users to create and manipulate documents that contain text and graphics
One of the most widely used types of application software k
document displays in word processing window

6. Productivity Software
What is clip art?
A collection of drawings, diagrams, and photographs that you can insert into documents

7. Productivity Software
What is a major advantage of using a word processor?
The house was deep in a secluded part of the woods. The trees surrounded the porch in a protective circle. Small clusters of pink and white flowers lined the walk leading up to the door.
You can easily change what you have written
find or search
secluded
replace
remote
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8. Productivity Software
What is a spelling checker?
Reviews the spelling!
reviews the spelling of individual words
reviews the spelling of inividal words
inividal
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9. Productivity Software
What are the stages of developing a document?
editing
process of making changes to a document’s existing content
formatting
changing the appearance of a document
creating
developing the document by entering text or numbers, inserting graphical images, and performing other tasks using an input device
saving
process of copying a document from memory to a storage medium such as a floppy disk or hard disk
printing
process of sending a file to a printer to generate output on a medium such as paper
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10. Productivity Software
What is the clipboard?
A temporary storage location used for cut, copy, and paste
Copy
duplicate a portion of the document and store it on the Clipboard
Cut
Remove a portion of the document and store it on the Clipboard
Paste
Place items stored on the clipboard into the document

11. Productivity Software
What is a file?
A named collection of data, instructions, or information
Each file has a name
file name on title bar
The title bar of a document window usually displays the file name

12. Productivity Software
What is voice recognition?
The computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken words
Step 6: Say, “Green”. Then say, “End”.
Step 5: Say, “Forty Eight” and then say, “Font Color”.
Step 2: Say, “Voice Command” to instruct the program you will be issuing commands. Say, “Center”.
Step 1: Say, “Dictation” to instruct the program you will be dictating. Say, “Car for sale”.
Step 3: Say, “Font”.
Step 4: Say, “Algerian” and then say, “Font Size”.
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13. Productivity Software
What is spreadsheet software?
Allows you to organize data in rows and columns
Performs calculations on this data
Rows and columns collectively called a worksheet

14. Productivity Software
What is a database?
A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data

15. Productivity Software
What is database software?
Also called a database management system (DBMS)
Allows you to create, access, and manage a database
add, change, and delete data
sort and retrieve data
create forms and reports using the data

16. Productivity Software
What is presentation graphics software?
Allows you to create documents called presentations

17. Productivity Software
What is a software suite?
A collection of individual applications sold as a single packages
Two major advantages
ease of use
lower cost

18. Productivity Software
What is project management software?
Allows you to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events, resources, and costs of a project

19. Productivity Software
What is accounting software?
Helps companies record and report their financial transactions
Newer packages support online direct deposit and payroll services

20. Graphics and Multimedia Software
What are some popular graphics and multimedia software products?
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Desktop Publishing (Professional)
Paint/Image Editing (Professional)
Video and Audio Editing
Multimedia Authoring
Web Page Authoring

21. Graphics and Multimedia Software
What is computer-aided design (CAD)?
A program that assists a professional in creating engineering, architectural, and scientific designs

22. Graphics and Multimedia Software
What is desktop publishing software (professional)?
Enables professional designers to design and produce sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics, and brilliant colors

23. Graphics and Multimedia Software
What is paint/image editing software (professional)?
Used to create and modify graphical images
Sometime called illustration software

24. Graphics and Multimedia Software
What is Web page authoring software?
Helps users create Web pages

25. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
What software products are available for home, personal, and educational use?
Integrated Software
Personal Finance
Legal
Tax Preparation
Desktop Publishing
Paint/Image Editing (Personal)
Clip Art/Image Gallery
Home Design/ Landscaping
Reference

26. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
What is integrated software?
Software that combines applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database into a single, easy-to-use package
Applications use a similar interface and share common features
Applications typically do not have all the capabilities of stand-alone productivity software applications
Each application is available only through the integrated software package
Less expensive

27. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
What is legal software?
Assists in preparation of legal documents
Provides legal advice to individuals, families, and small businesses

28. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
What is desktop publishing software (personal)?
Easy-to-understand DTP software designed for smaller-scale desktop publishing projects

29. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
What is home design/landscaping software?
Assists with the design or remodeling of a home, deck, or landscape

30. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
What is entertainment software?
Interactive games
Videos
Programs designed to support a hobby or provide amusement and enjoyment

31. Communications Software
What software facilitates communication?
or electronic mail
Transmission of messages via a computer network such as a local area network or the Internet
software lets you create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete messages
Newsgroup
Also called a discussion
Online area on the Web where users conduct written discussions about a particular subject
You use a software program called a newsreader to participate in a newsgroup
Web browser
or browser
Allows you to access and view Web pages on the Internet
Chat room
Permits users to chat with each other via the computer
Some support voice chats and video chats
Instant messaging (IM)
Real-time communications services that notifies you when one or more people are online
Allows you to exchange messages or files with them or join a private chat room
Groupware
A software application that helps groups of people work together and share information over a network
Videoconference
A meeting between two or more geographically separated people who use a network or the Internet to transmit audio and video data
Home users can make a video telephone call where both parties see each other as they talk
Web browsers
Chat rooms
Newsgroups
Instant messaging
Groupware
Videoconferencing

32. Applications on the Web
What is a Web application?
A software application that exists on a Web site