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Application Software

Application software includes programs for business, personal, educational, and communication tasks. It contains word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, project management, accounting, and document management programs. Spreadsheet software allows organizing and calculating data. Database software creates and manages collections of data. Presentation, note taking, and personal information manager software help users communicate and organize information.

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Application Software

Application software includes programs for business, personal, educational, and communication tasks. It contains word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, project management, accounting, and document management programs. Spreadsheet software allows organizing and calculating data. Database software creates and manages collections of data. Presentation, note taking, and personal information manager software help users communicate and organize information.

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APPLICATION SOFTWARE  Business Software for Phones

 Business Software Suites


APPLICATION SOFTWARE – contains of  Project Management
programs designed to make users more  Accounting
productive and/or assist with personal tasks  Document Management
 To make business activities more  Enterprise Computing Software
efficient
 To assist with graphics and multimedia WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE – allow users
projects To create and manipulate documents
 To support home, personal, and
educational, tasks CLIP ART – collection of electronic drawings,
 To facilitate communication photos, and other images

DEVELOPING A DOCUMENT

CREATE A DOCUMENT:
Enter text and numbers
Insert images
Perform other tasks

EDIT A DOCUMENT:
Make changes to existing content
Inserting, deleting, cutting, copying, and pasting

Available in a variety of forms: FORMAT A DOCUMENT:


 Packed software Font
 Custom software Font size
 Web Application
 Open source software SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE – allow users to
 Shareware organize data in rows and columns and perform
 Freeware calculations
 Public-domain software
 SYSTEM SOFTWARE – serves as the  FUNCTION – predefined formula that
interface between the user, the performs common calculations
application software, and the FV, NPV, PMT, PV, RATE, DATE, NOW,
computer’s hardware TIME, ABS, INT, LN, LOG, ROUND, SQRT,
 Utility programs SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX, MIN,
STDEV, IF
BUSINESS SOFTWARE – application software
that assists people while performing business  CHARTING – depicts data in a
activities spreadsheet in graphical form
 Word processing
 Spreadsheet DATABASE – collection of data organized in a
 Database manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of
 Presentation that data
 Note Taking
 Personal Information Manager DATABASE SOFTWARE – allows users to create,
access, and manage a database
 Information Technology
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE – allows users to
create visual aids for presentations to GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE
communicate ideas, messages, and other
information to a group

NOTE TAKINGS SOFTWARE – application


software that enables users to enter typed text,
handwritten comments, drawings, or sketches
anywhere on a page

SOFTWARE SUITE – collection of individual


programs available together as a unit

PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER (PIM) –


application software that includes
 Appointment calendar
 Address book
 Notepad

SCALED DOWN VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE –


available to work with smart phones and other
mobile devices

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE – allows


users to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the  Computer-aided design (CAD) software
events, resources, and costs of a project  Desktop publishing software
 Paint/Image editing software
ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE – helps companies  Professional photo editing software
record and report their financial transactions  Video and audio editing software
 Multimedia authoring software
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE –
provides a means for sharing, distributing, and WEB PAGE AUTHORING SOFTWARE – helps
searching through documents by converting users of all skill levels create WEB pages that
them into a format that can be viewed by any include multimedia and interaction content
user
SOFTWARE FOR HOME, PERSONAL, AND
Enterprises typically require special computing EDUCATIONAL USE
solutions for various functional units  Personal finance software
 Human resources  Legal software
 Accounting  Tax preparation software
 Engineering  Personal DTP software
 Manufacturing  Personal paint/image editing software
 Marketing  Personal phot editing software
 Sales  Clip art/image gallery
 Distribution  Video and audio editing software
 Customer Service  Home design/landscaping software
 Travel and mapping software
 Reference software ONLINE HELP
 Educational software  the electronic equivalent of a user
 Entertainment software manual
 you can ask a question or access the
WEB APPLICATIONS Help topics in subject or alphabetical
order
WEB APPLICATION – a web site that allows
users to access and interact with software from WEB-BASED HELP – provides updates and more
any computer or device that is connected to the comprehensive resources to respond to
Internet technical issues about software

WEB-BASED TRANING – a type of CBT that uses


Internet technology and consists of application
software on the Web

DISTANCE LEARNING – the delivery of


education at one location while the learning
takes place at other locations

APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR


COMMUNICATIONS
 Web browser
 E-mail
 Instant Messaging
 Chat Room
 Text, Picture, Video, Messaging
 RSS Aggregartor
 Blogging
 Newsgroup/Message Board
 FTP
 VoIP
 Video Conferencing

LEARNING TOOLS FOR APPLICATION


SOFTWARE

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