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Application Software

Chapter 3 Objectives
Define application software
Understand how system
software interacts with
application software
Identify the role of the user
interface
Explain how to start a software
application

Identify the widely used


products and explain key
features of
productivity/business software
applications, graphic
design/multimedia software
applications,
home/personal/educational
software applications, and
communications software
applications
Identify various products
available as Web applications
Describe the learning aids
available with many software
applications

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Application Software
What is application software?

Programs that perform


specific tasks for users
Also called a software
application or an application
Several reasons to use
application software

To assist with
graphics and
multimedia
projects

To facilitate
communications
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As a
productivity/
business tool

To support
household activities,
for personal
business, or for
education

Application Software
What are the categories of application software?

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p. 3.2 Fig. 3-1

Application Software
What is a software package?
A specific
software
product, such
as Microsoft
Word
Available
through retail,
shareware,
freeware, and
public-domain

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Application Software
What is system software?

Programs that
control the
operations of the
computer and its
devices
Serves as the
interface between
the user, the
application
software, and the
computer's
hardware

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p. 3.3 Fig. 3-2

Application Software
What is an operating system?

A type of system software


Contains instructions that coordinate all the activities among
computer hardware devices

Start the computer


and the operating
system (usually
found on the
computers hard
disk drive) is loaded,
or copied into
memory
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The operating
system tells the
computer how
to perform
functions

While the
computer is
running, the
operating system
remains in
memory until
power is removed
from the computer

Application Software
What is a utility program?

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Also called a utility


A type of system
software that
performs a specific
task
Usually related to
managing a
computer, its
devices, or its
programs

Application Software
What is an antivirus program?

A utility that prevents, detects, and removes viruses


from a computers memory or storage devices
A virus is a
program that
copies itself into
other programs
and spreads
through multiple
computers
Some viruses
destroy or
corrupt data

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p. 3.3 Fig. 3-3

Technology Trailblazer
Paul Allen
Co-founded Microsoft
with Bill Gates
Became head of
research and new
product development
Serves as a senior
strategy adviser to
top Microsoft
executives

Click to view
Web Link
then click Paul Allen

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Application Software
What is a user interface?

Controls how you enter data or instructions and


how information displays on the screen
A graphical
user interface
(GUI)
combines text,
graphics, and
other visual
images to
make software
easier to use
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Application Software
What is the desktop?

On-screen
work area that
can display
graphical
elements
Icons
Buttons
Windows
Menus
Links
Dialog
boxes

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p. 3.4 Fig. 3-4

Pointer
Small symbol on the screen
To click an object, you move the
pointer to the object and then press
and release a button on the mouse
Icons
Small images that display to
represent a program, a
document, or some other object
Buttons
Graphical elements that you can
activate to cause a specific action
to take place

Application Software
What is a menu?

A menu contains commands you can select


A command is
Start menu
an instruction
that causes a
command
computer
program to
perform a
specific action
A submenu is a
menu that
displays when
you point to a
command on a
previous menu

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p. 3.5 Fig. 3-5

Start button

Programs
submenu

Accessories
submenu

Paint program
command

Application Software
How can you start an application?

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Click its program name on a menu or submenu


Instructs the
Click a program
operating
command name
system to
start the
application
Transfers the
program
from a
storage
medium into
memory

Application Software
What are features of an application window?

A window is a
rectangular area
of the screen
that displays a
program, data,
and/or
information
A title bar is a
horizontal space
that contains the
windows name

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p. 3.6 Fig. 3-6

Paint
window

title bar

toolbar

Application Software
Print dialog
box

What is a dialog box?

A special window
a program
displays to
provide
information,
present available
options, or
request a
response

check box

text box

option buttons
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p. 3.6 Fig. 3-7

command
buttons

Productivity Software
What is productivity software?

Software
that assists
people in
becoming
more
effective
and
efficient
while
performing
daily
activities

Presentation
Graphics
Word Processing

Personal Information Manager


Spreadsheet
Software Suite
Database
Project Management

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p. 3.7 Fig. 3-8

Accounting

Company on the Cutting


Edge

Click to view
Web Link
then click
Microsoft

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Supplies top-rated
software for personal
computers
Ninety-five percent of
personal computers
run at least one
Microsoft application
The worlds leading
productivity software
developer

Productivity Software
What is word processing software?

Allows users
to create and
manipulate
documents
that contain
text and
graphics
One of the
most widely
used types of
application
software

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p. 3.8 Fig. 3-9

printed
document

document displays
k
in word k
processing
window

Productivity Software
What is clip art?

A collection of
drawings,
diagrams, and
photographs
that you can
insert into
documents

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p. 3.8 Fig. 3-9

Productivity Software
What are some word processing features?
Specify margins
The portion of the page
outside the main body
of text

Word wrap
Software automatically
positions text at the
beginning of the next
line when it extends
beyond the right page
margin
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Scrolling
Process of moving
different portions of
the document on
the screen into view

Productivity Software
What is a major advantage of using a word processor?

You can easily


change what you
have written
Insert, delete, or
rearrange words,
sentences,
paragraphs or
entire sections

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secluded
secluded
remote 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. find or
find or
search
search

replace
replace

Productivity Software
What is a spelling checker?

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Reviews the
spelling of
individual words,
sections of a
document, or the
entire document

reviews
reviews the
the
spelling
spelling of
of
individual
inividal words
words
inividal

Productivity Software
What are headers and footers?

Header
Text that appears at
the top of each page

Footer
Text that appears at
the bottom of each
page

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May include
Page numbers
Company names
Report titles
Dates

header

Productivity Software
Productivity software is
software that assists people in
becoming more effective and
efficient while performing daily
activities. Productivity software
includes applications such as
word processing, spreadsheet,
database, presentation
graphics, personal information
manager, software suite,
accounting, and project
management.

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Productivity Software
What are other popular word processing features?
autoformat
autocorrect

grammar
checker

columns
collaboration

tables
macros

mail merge
thesaurus

tracking
changes

templates

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voice
recognition

Web page
development

Productivity Software
What are the stages of developing a document?
editing
process of making
changes to a documents
existing content

formatting

creating

changing the appearance of


a document

developing the document by


entering text or numbers,
inserting graphical images, and
performing other tasks using
an input device
saving
printing
process of copying a document
process of sending a file to a
from memory to a storage
printer to generate output on a
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medium such as paper
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hard disk

Productivity Software
What is the clipboard?

A temporary storage location used for cut,


copy, and paste
Copy

Cut

Click to
view animation

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Remove a
portion of the
document and
store it on the
Clipboard

Duplicate a portion
of the document and
store it on the
Clipboard
Paste
Place items stored on
the clipboard into the
document

Productivity Software
What is a font?
A name assigned to a
specific design of
characters

font size

Font size specifies the


size or the characters in
a particular font in
points
A single point is
about 1/72 of an inch
in height

Font style adds


emphasis to a font
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such as bold, italic,
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and underline

font

Font styles

Productivity Software
What is a file?

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A named collection of data, instructions, or information


filename
nameon
on
Each file has a file name
file
titlebar
bar
title
A file name is a
unique combination
of letters of the
alphabet, numbers,
and other characters
that identifies the file
The title bar of a
document window
usually displays the
file name

Productivity Software
What is voice recognition?

The computers capability of distinguishing


spoken words
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Say,
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then
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instruct
say,
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the the
program
program
you
Font
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you
will
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Color.
will
Size.
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be issuingSay,
commands.
Car for
Say,
sale.
Center.

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p. 3.11 Fig. 3-12

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

Click to view Web Link


then click Spreadsheet Software

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p. 3.12 Fig. 3-13

Productivity Software
How is a spreadsheet organized?
Data is organized
vertically into columns
identified by letters

Data is organized
horizontally into rows
identified by numbers

columns
columns

A cell is the intersection of a


column and row identified by the
column letter and row number
ex. A19

Click to
view animation

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rows
rows

cell
cell

Productivity Software

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Performs calculations on
the data in the worksheet
and displays the resulting
value in a cell

Productivity Software
What is a function?
A predefined formula that performs common
calculations

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Productivity Software
What is a macro?
A sequence of
keystrokes and
instructions you
record and save
Run the macro to
perform the
sequence of
saved keystrokes
and instructions

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Productivity Software
What is recalculation?

The capability of recalculating the rest of the worksheet


when data in a worksheet changes
What-if analysis is a process in which you change
certain values in a spread sheet in order to reveal the
effects of those changes

Newdata
data
New
entered
entered
Totals
Totals
recalculated
recalculated
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Projected College Cash Flow Analysis


Expenses
Room & Board
Tuition & Books
Clothes
Entertainment
Miscellaneous
Total

Freshman Sophomore
Junior
Senior
$ 3,290.00 $ 3,454.50 $
3,627.23 $
3,808.59 $
10,000.00
4,850.00
10,500.00
5,092.50
11,000.00
5,347.13
11,500.00
5,614.48
490.00
514.50
540.23
567.24
635.00
666.75
700.09
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$ 14,740.00
9,590.00 $ 15,477.00
10,069.50 $ 16,225.86
10,572.99 $ 16,987.15
11,101.63 $

Total
14,180.32
20,904.11
43,000.00
2,111.97
2,736.93
1,400.79
41,334.12
63,430.01

Productivity Software
What is charting?

Allows you to display spreadsheet data in a


chart that shows the relationship of data in
graphical form

linechart
chart
line

piechart
chart
pie
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p. 3.14 Fig. 3-15

column
column
chart
chart

Technology Trailblazer
Dan Bricklin
Developed
VisiCalc, the first
electronic
spreadsheet
Formed the
Software Arts
company with
Bob Frankston

Click to view
Web Link
then click Dan Bricklin

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Productivity Software
What is a database?

A collection
of data
organized in
a manner
that allows
access,
retrieval, and
use of that
data

Click to view Web Link


then click Database Software

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p. 3.15 Fig. 3-16

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

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sort and
retrieve data

create forms
and reports
using the data

Productivity Software
What are the parts of a database?

A collection of data stored in tables

A record is a row in a table that contains information about a given person, product, or event

A field is a column in a table that contains a specific piece of information within a record

fields
fields

Itemtable
table
Item
records
records
Click to view Web Link
then click
Database Software

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p. 3.15 Fig. 3-16

Supplier
Supplier
table
table

Productivity Software
How is a database organized?

Records and fields in a table are described


by the table structure

Itemtable
table
Item
structure
structure

Suppliertable
table
Supplier
structure
structure

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p. 3.16 Fig. 3-17

Productivity Software
What does the structure contain?
field name

field size

A unique name The maximum number of


that identifies characters that a particular
field can contain
each field

data type
The kind of data a field
can contain and how the
field is used

Text: letters, numbers, or special characters


Numeric: numbers only
Currency: dollar and cent amounts
Date: month, day, and year information
Memo: lengthy text entries
Hyperlink: Web address that links to a document
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or a Web page

Object: picture, audio, video, or a document


created in other applications

Productivity Software
How is data entered or modified?

Data is entered using a data entry form


Entering individual records is known as populating the table
Validation is the process of comparing the data to a set of
rules or values to determine if the data is correct

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p. 3.17 Fig. 3-18

Productivity Software
How is data manipulated to generate information?

Sort or organize a set of records in a particular order


Retrieve information using a query, or request for specific
data
A query retrieves data by identifying criteria, which are
restrictions the data must meet

Produces reports based on criteria the user supplies

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p. 3.17 Fig. 3-19

Productivity Software
What is presentation graphics software?

Allows you to create documents called presentations

Sometimes
called a slide
show
Can be
displayed on
a large
monitor or on
a projection
screen

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p. 3.18 Fig. 3-20

Productivity Software
What is slide sorter view?
Used to help organize the presentation
You can view small versions of all the slides

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p. 3.18 Fig. 3-21

Productivity Software
What output formats are available for a presentation ?

Outline of the text


from each slide

Handouts to distribute
to audience members

Notes page to help a


speaker deliver the
presentation

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p. 3.19 Fig. 3-22

Productivity Software
What is a personal information manager (PIM)?

A software application that


includes an appointment
calendar, address book,
notepad, and other features
Helps to organize personal
information
Most handheld computers
have PIM functions
You can synchronize, or
transfer information between
the handheld computer and a
desktop computer

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p. 3.20 Fig. 3-23

handheld computer

Productivity Software
What is a software suite?
A collection of individual applications sold as
a single package
You install the entire collection of applications
at once
Two major advantages:

ease of use
lower cost

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Productivity Software
What is project management software?

Allows you to plan, schedule, track, and analyze


the events, resources, and costs of a project

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p. 3.21 Fig. 3-24

Productivity Software
What is accounting software?

Helps companies record and report their financial


transactions
Newer
packages
support
online direct
deposit and
payroll
services

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p. 3.21 Fig. 3-25

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

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p. 3.22 Fig. 3-26

Web Page Authoring

Graphics and Multimedia


Software
What is computer-aided design (CAD)?

A sophisticated
type of
application
software that
assists a
professional
user in creating
engineering,
architectural,
and scientific
designs

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p. 3.22 Fig. 3-27

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

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p. 3.23 Fig. 3-28

Graphics and Multimedia


Software
What are some features of desktop publishing software?

page layout
the process of
arranging text and
graphics in a
document on a
page-by-page basis
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color library
a standard set of
colors used by
designers and
printers to ensure
that colors will
print exactly as
specified

Company on the Cutting


Edge
Adobe

Click to view
Web Link
then click
Adobe

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p. 3.23

Produces awardwinning software


used to create and
deliver the majority of
Web images today
Products include
Photoshop,
Illustrator, GoLive,
LiveMotion, PageMill,
Streamline, and
PageMaker

Graphics and Multimedia


Software

What is paint/image editing software (professional)?

Click to view
Web Link
then click
Paint/Image
Editing
Software

Next

Used to create and


modify graphical
images
Sometime called
illustration software
Image editing
software provides the
capabilities of paint
software as well as
the capability to
modify existing
images

p. 3.24 Fig. 3-29

Graphics and Multimedia


Software
What is video and audio editing software?

Video consists of full-motion images played back at various


speeds

Video editing software


allows you to modify a
segment of a video,
called a clip
Audio is any music,
speech, or other sound
stored and produced
by the computer
Audio editing software
allows you to modify
audio clips

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p. 3.25 Fig. 3-30

Graphics and Multimedia


Software
What is multimedia authoring software?

Also called authorware


Allows you to combine
text, graphics, audio,
video, and animation
into an interactive
presentation
Multimedia
presentations often are
interactive computerbased presentations or
Web-based
presentations designed
to facilitate learning and
elicit direct student
participation

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p. 3.25 Fig. 3-31

Graphics and Multimedia


Software
What is Web page authoring software?

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p. 3.25

Helps users of
all skill levels
create
fascinating Web
pages that
include
graphical
images, video,
audio,
animation, and
other special
effects

What software products are


available for home, personal,
and educational use?

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use
Integrated Software
Personal Finance
Legal
Tax Preparation
Desktop Publishing
Paint/Image Editing

Clip Art/Image Gallery


Home Design/
Landscaping
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p. 3.26 Fig. 3-32

Reference

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

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Applications typically do
not have all the
capabilities of standalone productivity
software applications

Each application is
available only through
the integrated software
package

Less
expensive

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use software?
What is personal finance
A simplified accounting program
Helps home users and
small office/home office
users balance their
checkbook, pay bills,
track personal income
and expenses, track
investments, and
evaluate financial plans
Online banking allows
you to transfer money
electronically from your
checking or credit card
accounts to payees
accounts

Click to
view Web
Link then
click
Personal
Finance
Software

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p. 3.27 Fig. 3-33

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use
What is legal software?
Assists in the
preparation of
legal documents
Provides legal
advice to
individuals,
families, and small
businesses

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p. 3.28 Fig. 3-34

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use software?
What is tax preparation

Guides
individuals,
families, or small
businesses
through the
process of filing
federal taxes
Some allow you
to file your tax
forms
electronically

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p. 3.28 Fig. 3-35

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use software (personal)?
What is desktop publishing

Easy-tounderstand
DTP software
designed for
smaller-scale
desktop
publishing
projects

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p. 3.29 Fig. 3-36

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use software (personal)?
What is paint/image editing

An easy-to-use interface, frequently containing simple draw or editing features.

Allows you to draw or


modify pictures, shapes,
and other images
Photo-editing software
allows you to edit digital
photographs by removing
red-eye, adding special
effects, or creating
electronic photo albums
Online print services will
send high-resolution
printed images through
the postal service
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p. 3.29 Fig. 3-37

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Usegallery software?
What is clip art/image

Click to view
Web Link then
click Clip Art/
Image Galleries

A collection of clip art and photographs


Some have
links to clips
available on
the Web
May provide
fonts,
animations,
sounds, video
clips,and
audio clips

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p. 3.30 Fig. 3-38

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
Many will
print a
material list
outlining
costs and
quantities for
the entire
project

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p. 3.31 Fig. 3-39

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
What is educationalUse
software?

Software that teaches


a particular skill
Computer-based
training (CBT) is a
type of education in
which students learn
by using and
completing exercises
with instructional
software
Also called computer-

Click to view
video

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aided instruction

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use
What is reference software?

Provides valuable and thorough information for all


individuals
Includes
encyclopedias,
dictionaries,
health/medical
guides, and
travel
directories

Click to view Web Link


then click Reference Software

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p. 3.31 Fig. 3-40

Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Usesoftware?
What is entertainment
Interactive games
Videos
Programs
designed to
support a hobby
or provide
amusement and
enjoyment

Click to view
video

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Software for Home,


Personal, and Educational
Use communication?
What software facilitates

Click to
view
animation

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p. 3.31

Web browsers

Chat rooms

Newsgroups

Instant messaging

Groupware

Click to view Web Link


then click Groupware

E-mail

Videoconferencing

E-mail
Newsgroup
Instant
messaging
Videoconference
or
electronic
mail(IM)

Web browser
Also called
a room
discussion
Groupware
Chat
Real-time
communications
A Transmission
meeting
between
two or more
of messages
or that
browser
services
notifies
you
geographically
separated
people
via
a
computer
network
Online
area
on
the
Web
where
A
Permits
software
users
application
to
chat
or
more
people
whowhen
use
aone
network
ordiscussions
the
Internet
such
as
a
local
area
users
conduct
written
Allows
you
to
with
thateach
helps
other
groups
via
of
the
are
online
to transmit
audio
and
video
network
or
the
Internet
about
a particular
subjectdata
access
and
view
people
work
computer
together
and
Allows
you
to
exchange
can program
make
a video
Web
pages
on
E-mail
software
letsthe
you
YouHome
use
ausers
software
called
share
information
over
a
messages
or
files
with
Some
support
voice
chats
telephone
call
where
both parties
create,
send,
receive,
Internet
a newsreader
to
participate
in a
network
them
or
join
a
private
chat
and
videoas
chats
see
each
other
theyand
talk
forward,
store,
print,
newsgroup
roommessages
delete e-mail

Applications on the Web


What is a Web application?
A software application that exists on a Web site
Some Web
applications
store your data
and information
at their site
To access a Web
application, visit
the Web site that
offers the
program
Some are free

Click to view
Web Link
then click
Web
Applications

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p. 3.33 Fig. 3-41

Applications on the Web


How do some companies charge for a Web application?

Some sites
allow you to
use the
program for
free
Ask you to
pay a fee
when a
certain action
occurs

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p. 3.34 Fig. 3-42

Applications on the Web


How do other companies charge?

Click to
view
video

Some companies charge only for service and support


Sun
Microsystems
provides an
integrated
suite on the
Web
A variety of
payment
schemes exist
for sites that
charge for use
of a program

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p. 3.34 Fig. 3-42

Applications on the Web


What is Web-based training (WBT)?

Click to view
Web Link
then click
Distance Learning

Typically consists of self-directed, self-paced


instruction on a topic
Distance learning
(DL) is the
delivery of
education at one
location while the
learning takes
place at other
locations
Also called

Next
p. 3.35 Fig. 3-44

distance
education (DE) or
online learning

Applications on the Web


What is an application service provider (ASP)?

Third party
organization that
manages and
distributes
software and
services on the
Web
Allows companies
to outsource
information
technology (IT)
needs

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p. 3.35 Fig. 3-45

Learning Aids and Support


Tools Within an Application
What is Online Help?

Electronic equivalent of a
user manual
Usually integrated into an
application software
package
Often Help is contextsensitive
The Help information
relates to the current task
being attempted

Next
p. 3.36 Fig. 3-46a

Learning Aids and Support


Tools Within an Application
What is an FAQs page?

Frequently Asked Questions

Often available
on a Web site
that provides
updates and
more
comprehensive
resources to
answer your
software
questions

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p. 3.36 Fig. 3-46b

Learning Aids and Support


Tools Within an Application
What is a wizard?

An automated assistant that helps you complete a task

Asks you
questions
and then
automatically
performs
actions
based on
your answers

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p. 3.36 Fig. 3-46c

Learning Aids and Support


Tools Within an Application
How can I learn more about a software package?

Many books are


available to
help you learn
to use software
These books
are available in
bookstores and
software stores

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p. 3.37 Fig. 3-47

Summary of Application
Software
Application software
Productivity software
Developing a document
Graphics and multimedia software
Software for home, personal, and
educational use
Software for communications
Applications on the Web
Learning aids and support tools within
an application

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