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
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p. 3.2
Application Software
What is application software?
To assist with
graphics and
multimedia
projects
To facilitate
communications
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p. 3.2
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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p. 3.2
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?
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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p. 3.3
Application Software
What is an antivirus program?
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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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p. 3.5
Application Software
What is a user interface?
p. 3.4
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?
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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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p. 3.6
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
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
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p. 3.7 Fig. 3-8
Accounting
Click to view
Web Link
then click
Microsoft
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p. 3.7
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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p. 3.8
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?
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p. 3.9
replace
replace
Productivity Software
What is a spelling checker?
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p. 3.9
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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p. 3.9
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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p. 3.9
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
Productivity Software
What is the clipboard?
Cut
Click to
view animation
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p. 3.10
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
Font styles
Productivity Software
What is a file?
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p. 3.10
Productivity Software
What is voice recognition?
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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
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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
Click to
view animation
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p. 3.12 Fig. 3-13
rows
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Productivity Software
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Performs calculations on
the data in the worksheet
and displays the resulting
value in a cell
Productivity Software
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A predefined formula that performs common
calculations
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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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p. 3.13
Productivity Software
What is recalculation?
Newdata
data
New
entered
entered
Totals
Totals
recalculated
recalculated
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p. 3.13
Freshman Sophomore
Junior
Senior
$ 3,290.00 $ 3,454.50 $
3,627.23 $
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4,850.00
10,500.00
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Total
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20,904.11
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2,111.97
2,736.93
1,400.79
41,334.12
63,430.01
Productivity Software
What is charting?
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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p. 3.14
Productivity Software
What is a database?
A collection
of data
organized in
a manner
that allows
access,
retrieval, and
use of that
data
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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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p. 3.16
sort and
retrieve data
create forms
and reports
using the data
Productivity Software
What are the parts of a database?
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?
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
data type
The kind of data a field
can contain and how the
field is used
or a Web page
Productivity Software
How is data entered or modified?
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p. 3.17 Fig. 3-18
Productivity Software
How is data manipulated to generate information?
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p. 3.17 Fig. 3-19
Productivity Software
What is presentation graphics software?
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 ?
Handouts to distribute
to audience members
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p. 3.19 Fig. 3-22
Productivity Software
What is a personal information manager (PIM)?
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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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p. 3.20
Productivity Software
What is project management software?
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p. 3.21 Fig. 3-24
Productivity Software
What is accounting software?
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p. 3.21 Fig. 3-25
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
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
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
page layout
the process of
arranging text and
graphics in a
document on a
page-by-page basis
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p. 3.23
color library
a standard set of
colors used by
designers and
printers to ensure
that colors will
print exactly as
specified
Click to view
Web Link
then click
Adobe
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p. 3.23
Click to view
Web Link
then click
Paint/Image
Editing
Software
Next
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p. 3.25 Fig. 3-30
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p. 3.25 Fig. 3-31
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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
Reference
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p. 3.27
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
Click to
view Web
Link then
click
Personal
Finance
Software
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p. 3.27 Fig. 3-33
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p. 3.28 Fig. 3-34
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
Easy-tounderstand
DTP software
designed for
smaller-scale
desktop
publishing
projects
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p. 3.29 Fig. 3-36
Click to view
Web Link then
click Clip Art/
Image Galleries
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p. 3.30 Fig. 3-38
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p. 3.31 Fig. 3-39
Click to view
video
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p. 3.31
aided instruction
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p. 3.31 Fig. 3-40
Click to view
video
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p. 3.31
Click to
view
animation
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p. 3.31
Web browsers
Chat rooms
Newsgroups
Instant messaging
Groupware
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
Click to view
Web Link
then click
Web
Applications
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p. 3.33 Fig. 3-41
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
Click to
view
video
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p. 3.34 Fig. 3-42
Click to view
Web Link
then click
Distance Learning
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p. 3.35 Fig. 3-44
distance
education (DE) or
online learning
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
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
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p. 3.36 Fig. 3-46a
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
Asks you
questions
and then
automatically
performs
actions
based on
your answers
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p. 3.36 Fig. 3-46c
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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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