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Lesson 3 - Application Software

Application software, also known as software applications or just applications, are programs designed to perform specific tasks for users. There are several categories of application software including word processors, spreadsheets, databases, accounting software, project management software, and more. Productivity software assists users in becoming more efficient, and common examples include word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs. Word processors allow users to create documents with text and graphics, spreadsheets organize data and perform calculations, and databases store and allow retrieval of organized data.

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Lesson 3 - Application Software

Application software, also known as software applications or just applications, are programs designed to perform specific tasks for users. There are several categories of application software including word processors, spreadsheets, databases, accounting software, project management software, and more. Productivity software assists users in becoming more efficient, and common examples include word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs. Word processors allow users to create documents with text and graphics, spreadsheets organize data and perform calculations, and databases store and allow retrieval of organized data.

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Chapter 3

Application Software

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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 application software products
• Identify various products available as Web applications
• Describe the learning aids available with many software
applications

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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 serve as a productivity/business tool
• To support household activities, for personal business, or for
education
• To facilitate communications

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What are the categories of
application software?
• Word processors
• Spreadsheets
• Database
• Accounting
• Project management
• Desktop publishers
• Image editing
• Video and audio editing
• Web browser

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What is an antivirus program?
• A utility that prevents, detects, and removes viruses from a
computer’s memory or storage devices
• Some viruses destroy or corrupt data

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Features of Application
Software
• Menu - A menu contains commands you can select
• Application window - A rectangular area of the screen that
displays a program, data, and/or information
• Dialog box - A special window that provides information,
presents available options, or requests a response

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Productivity software
• Software that assists people in becoming more effective and
efficient

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Word processing
• Allows users to create and manipulate documents that contain
text and graphics.
• Features:
• Clip art - A collection of drawings, diagrams, and photographs
that you can insert into documents
• Word wrap, autocorrect, header/footer, columns, tables, mail
merge, thesaurus, and tracking changes, spelling and grammar
checker.

• Major advantage of using a word processor


• You can easily insert, delete, or rearrange words, sentences,
paragraphs or entire sections
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Stages of developing a
document in a word processor
• Creating
• Formatting
• Editing
• Saving
• Printing

Font:
• A name assigned to a specific design of characters
• Font size specifies the size of the characters in a particular font
in points
• Font style adds emphasis to a font such as bold, italic, and
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underline
What is a file?
• A named collection of data, instructions, or information
• Each file has a file name

What is voice recognition?


• The computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken words

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Spreadsheet Software
• Allows you to organize data
• Performs calculations
• Called a worksheet or spreadsheet

• How is a spreadsheet organized?


• Columns identified by letters
• Rows identified by numbers
• A cell is the intersection of a column and row

• What can a cell contain?


• Label
• Number
• Formula 11
Function:
• A predefined formula that performs common calculations
• E.g. =C4+C5+C6+C7+C8 = SUM(C4:C8)
• Examples:
• SUM, AVG, SQRT, FV, NPV, TIME, DATE, COUNT, PMT etc

What is recalculation?
• The capability of recalculating the rest of the worksheet when
data in a worksheet changes
• What- if analysis

Charting:
• Allows you to display spreadsheet data in graphical form

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Database
• A database is a collection of data organized in a manner that
allows access, retrieval, and use of that data
• A database software 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

• Database components
• Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports…
• A table contains records and fields
• 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 13
information within a record
• How is a database organized?
• Records and fields in a table are described by the table structure
• What does the table structure contain for each field?
• field name
• field size
• data type

• How do you extract information from a database?


• Sort records in a particular order
• Query database

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• What is presentation graphics software?
• Used to create documents that communicate ideas and
messages
• PowerPoint views:
• Normal
• Slide
• Notes page
• Slide sorter
• Slide show

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• Project Management Software
• Allows you to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events,
resources, and costs of a project

• Accounting Software
• Helps companies record and report their financial transactions

• Computer Aided Design


• Software that allows you to create engineering, architectural, and
scientific designs

• Desktop Publishing software


• Enables you to design and produce sophisticated documents that
contain text, graphics, and brilliant colors

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• Paint/image editing software
• Used to create and modify graphical images
• Sometimes called illustration software

• Video and audio editing software


• Video editing software allows you to modify a segment of a
video, called a clip
• Audio editing software allows you to modify audio clips

• Multimedia authoring software


• Allows you to combine text, graphics, audio, video, and animation
into an interactive presentation
• Also called authorware

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• Web page authoring software
• Allows you to create Web pages

• What software facilitates communication?


• E-mail
• Web browsers
• Chat rooms
• Newsgroups
• Instant messaging
• Groupware
• Videoconferencing

• Web-based training (WBT)


• Self-directed, self-paced instruction on a topic on the Web
• Distance learning (DL) is the delivery of education at one location
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while the learning takes place at other locations
• Software Suite
• A collection of individual applications sold as a single package
• Two major advantages:
• Lower cost
• Ease of use

• 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

• What is a wizard?
• An automated assistant that helps you complete a task

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