Session #7
Application Software
Objectives Overview
Identify the four Describe
categories of characteristics of a
application software user interface
Identify the key Identify the key
features of widely features of widely
used business used graphics and
programs multimedia programs
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Objectives Overview
Identify the key
features of widely used Discuss Web
home, personal, and applications
educational programs
Identify the types of
Describe the learning
application software
aids available for
used in
application software
communications
Application Software
• Application software consists of programs
designed to make users more productive and/or
assist with personal tasks
To make business activities more efficient
To assist with graphics and multimedia projects
To support home, personal, and educational tasks
To facilitate communications
Application Software
Application Software
• Available in a variety of forms:
Packaged Custom Web
software software application
Open source
Shareware Freeware
software
Public-domain
software
Application Software
• System software serves as the interface between
the user, the application software, and the
computer’s hardware
– Utility programs
Application Software
Business Software
• Business software is application software that
assists people while performing business activities
Word
Spreadsheet Database Presentation
Processing
Personal Business Business
Note taking information software for software
manager phones suites
Project Document Enterprise
Accounting
management management computing
Business Software
• Word processing
software allows users
to create and
manipulate documents
• Clip art is a collection of
electronic drawings,
photos, and other
images
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Business Software
• Developing a document
Edit a
• Enter text and document • Change appearance
numbers • Font
• Insert images • Make changes to
• Font size
existing content
• Perform other
• Inserting, deleting,
documents
cutting, copying, and
pasting
Create a Format a
document document
Business Software
• Spreadsheet software allows users to organize data in
rows and columns and perform calculations
Business Software
• Charting depicts data in a spreadsheet in
graphical form
Business Software
• A database is a collection of data organized in a manner
that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data
– Database software allows users to create, access, and manage
a database
Business Software
• Presentation software
allows users to create
visual aids for
presentations to
communicate ideas,
messages, and other
information to a group
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Business Software
• Note taking software is application software that
enables users to enter typed text, handwritten
comments, drawings, or sketches anywhere on a
page
Business Software
• A software suite is a collection of individual
programs available together as a unit
• A personal information manager (PIM) is
application software that includes
Appointment Address
Notepad
calendar book
Business Software
Project management software allows a user to plan,
schedule, track, and analyze the events, resources, and
costs of a project
Accounting software helps companies record and report
their financial transactions
Document management software provides a means for
sharing, distributing, and searching through documents by
converting them into a format that can be viewed by any
user
Business Software
• Enterprises typically require special computing
solutions for various functional units
Human
Accounting Engineering Manufacturing
resources
Customer
Marketing Sales Distribution
service
Information
technology
Graphics and Multimedia Software
Graphics and Multimedia Software
Computer-aided design
(CAD) software
Desktop publishing
software
Paint/Image editing
software
Graphics and Multimedia Software
Professional photo
editing software
Video and audio editing
software
Multimedia authoring
software
Graphics and Multimedia Software
• Web page authoring software helps users of all
skill levels create Web pages that include
multimedia and interactive content
Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
Personal finance software
Legal software
Tax preparation software
Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
Personal DTP software
Personal paint/image editing
software
Personal photo editing
software
Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
Clip art/image gallery
Video and audio editing
software
Home design/landscaping
software
Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use
Travel and mapping software
Reference software
Educational software
Entertainment software
Web Applications
• A Web application (Web app) is a Web site that
allows users to access and interact with software
from any computer or device that is connected to
the Internet
Web Applications
Application Software for Communications
Web Browser E-Mail Instant Messaging Chat Room
Text, Picture, Video Newsgroup/Message
RSS Aggregator Blogging
Messaging Board
VoIP (Internet
FTP Video Conferencing
Telephony)
Learning Tools for Application Software
• Online Help is the
electronic equivalent of
a user manual
• You can ask a question
or access the Help
topics in subject or
alphabetical order
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Learning Tools for Application Software
• Web-based training is a
type of CBT that uses
Internet technology and
consists of application
software on the Web
• Distance learning (DL)
is the delivery of
education at one
location while the
learning takes place at
other locations
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Summary
Overview of a variety of
business software, graphics
How to start and interact with and multimedia software, and
application software home/personal/educational
software, and communications
software
Learning tools for application
Web applications
software
