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BIS 205

Information
Technology

Lecture 5 – Software Suites


and Specialty Application
Software
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Lecture Objectives

After this lecture, you should be able to


Understand:
– Different Specialty software
– Different packages used in specific software
– The difference between software suites and
Integrated software

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Software Suites

• A Collection of individual programs bundled


together in a single package.
– Most popular are productivity suites (office suites),
professional-level application programs frequently used
in business—usually word processing, spreadsheet,
database management, and presentation programs.
– Best-known productivity suite is Microsoft Office.
Others are Apple iWork, Corel WordPerfect Office,
Lotus SmartSuite, and StarOffice.
– Cloud suites, or online office suites, include Microsoft
Web Apps, Google Docs, and Zoho.
Software Suites
Software Suites

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Integrated package:

A Single program for microcomputers that


combines the functionality of word processing,
spreadsheet, and database management.

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Difference between Software
suite and Integrated Software

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Personal information manager

• Software that helps you keep track of and


manage information used on a daily basis,
such as addresses, telephone numbers,
appointments, to-do lists, and miscellaneous
notes.
• Features includes: calendar, dashboard, todo
lists, address book, notepad.
– Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes

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Specialty Application Software
Some special applications:
• Presentation graphics
• Financial
• Desktop publishing
• Drawing & painting
• Video/audio editing
• Animation
• Multimedia authoring
• Web page design/authoring
• Project management
• Portable Document Format (PDF)
• Computer-aided design 9
Presentation Graphics Software
– Uses graphics, animation, sound, data, and information to make
visual presentations
– Some packages: Microsoft PowerPoint, Corel Presentations,
Harvard Graphics
– Includes design and content templates
• Allows presentation to be dressed up with clip art, sound
clips, special visual effects, animation, and video clips
• Examples
– Beautiful
– Prezi
– Windward
– Canva
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Financial Software
– Ranges from personal-finance managers to entry-level
accounting programs to business financial-management
packages
– Personal-finance programs include Quicken, Moneydance, YNAB
– Common features of financial software
• Track income & expenses
• Allow checkbook management
• Do financial reporting
• Offer tax categories to assist with tax recordkeeping
• May offer financial planning & portfolio management
• Tax, accounting, investment software also available

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Financial Software Examples

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Desktop Publishing
– Involves mixing text & graphics to produce high-
quality output for commercial printing
– Uses a mouse, scanner, printer, and DTP
software
– Professional DTP programs: QuarkXPress, Adobe
InDesign
– Has the following features
• Mix of text with graphics
• Offers varied type & layout styles
• Allows import of files from other programs
• Becoming a DTP professional requires training
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Desktop Publishing Overview

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Desktop Publishing Overview

Drawing Programs
– Graphics software used to design & illustrate
objects & products
– Create vector images—created from geometrical
formulas
– Examples: CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator
Painting Programs
– Graphics programs that allow users to simulate
painting on-screen
– Produce bit-mapped or raster images (tiny dots)
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Common Graphics File Formats
• .bmp (BitMaP) – used on PCs (Native to MS
Windows)
• .gif (Graphic Interchange Format) – format used in
web pages
• .jpeg (Joint Photographic Experts Group) – used in
high-resolution images, especially photos
• .tiff (Tagged Image File Formats) – used on PCs &
Macs for high-resolution images to print
• .png (Portable Network Graphics) – used as
alternative to .gif

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Sound-Editing Software

Audio-Editing Software
– Allows import to and editing of sound files on computer
– Sound editing packages: Windows Sound Recorder, Sony
Pictures Sound Forge, Audacity (freeware), Felt Tip
Software’s Sound Studio (shareware), GoldWave, &
WavePad.

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Video-Editing Software

– Allows import to and editing of video footage on


computer
• Some video editing packages: Adobe Premiere Elements,
Corel Video Studio, Sony Pictures Digital Vegas, Apple Final
Cut Express, Pinnacle Studio DV, Ulead VideoStudio, & Apple
iMovie.

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Animation Software

– Simulates movement by rapidly displaying a series of still


pictures, or frames
– Computer animation: Creation of moving images by means
of computer
– GIF animation: First format to be widely used for webpages
– Packages: GIF Construction Professional, 3D GIF Designer,
Easy GIF Animator

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Multimedia Authoring Software

– Combines text, graphics,


video, animation, and sound
in an integrated way to create
stand-alone multimedia
applications
– Content can be put on
CDs/DVDs or delivered via the
web
– Two examples: Adobe
Director & Macromedia
Adobe Director
Authorware
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Web Page Design/Authoring
Software
– Used to create web pages with sophisticated
multimedia features.
– Packages: Wordpress, Adobe Dreamweaver,
Seamonkey, Coffee Cup, RealMac Rapid
Weaver, etc.
– Packages also provided by
internet access
providers; free
& easy to use.

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Project Management Software

– A program used to plan and schedule the people, costs,


and resources required to complete a project on time
– Packages: Mindjet MindManager, MatchWare MindView,
Microsoft Project, etc.

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Portable Document Format (PDF)

– Multiplatform file format developed by Adobe


Systems that allows documents to be used with
any operating system.
– Captures text, graphic, and formatting information
from a variety of applications on different
platforms, making it possible to send documents
and have them appear on the recipient’s monitor
as they were intended to be viewed.
– Today, used for virtually any data that needs to be
exchanged among applications and users.

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Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

– Programs intended for 2D and 3D


design of products, structures, civil
engineering drawings, and maps.
• Examples include Autodesk, AutoCAD,
TurboCAD, Alibre Design, and
PowerCADD.
• CAD programs help design buildings,
cars, planes, electronic devices,
roadways, bridges, subdivisions.
• CAD/CAM programs: allow CAD
programs to be input into computer-
aided manufacturing systems that
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make products.
Questions

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