Introductory visualizing technology 5th by debra geoghan chapter 2

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Chapter 2
Application Software


Objectives

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Identify Types and Uses of Business Productivity Software
Identify Types and Uses of Personal Software
Assess a Computer System for Software Compatibility
Compare Various Ways of Obtaining Software
Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing
Install, Uninstall, and Update Software

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I d e n t i f y Ty p e s a n d U s e s o f B u s i n e s s P r o d u c t i v i t y
Software

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Making Business Work
Office Application Suites

 Include several applications designed to work together
 Enable collaboration
 Save files in multiple formats

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Making Business Work
Word Processing

 Creates, edits, and formats documents
Creates and edits documents
Formatting text

Spelling and grammar checkers
Graphics – insert and format images
Text organizational tools – tables and lists
Page layout – headers, footers, page numbers and margins

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Making Business Work
Spreadsheet

 Creates electronic worksheets composed of rows and columns
The intersection of a row and column is a cell
A statistical analysis tool
Creates charts or graphs
Sorts, filters, and rearranges data
Can be customized

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Making Business Work
Presentation

 Creates electronic presentations that enable the displaying of facts, figures, and ideas on
slides

Creates, edits, and rearranges slides that contain
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Text

• Graphics

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Video

• Audio

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Slide transitions

• Animation

Uses easy to see color schemes and large font sizes
Contains design templates with predefined colors, fonts, and layouts

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Making Business Work
Database

 Creates and manages a collection of related records organized into
one or more tables

Creates and edits tables consisting of records and fields
Produces forms for easy data entry
Generates reports to display selected information
Creates queries to pull out records that meet specific criteria

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Making Business Work

Personal Information Manager

 A personal information manager (PIM)
manages your email, calendar, contacts, and
tasks – all
in one place

Shares calendars
Facilitates scheduling meetings

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Making Business Work
Other Types of Business Software

 Financial Software
Helps keep track of expenses and taxes
Tracks invoicing, payroll, and inventory
Generates reports and graphs

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Making Business Work
Other Types of Business Software

 Document Management Software
Keeps track of all documents in a business
Ensures that the right people have access to correct versions of files

 Project Management Software
Helps to complete projects while keeping within budget, staying on schedule, and collaborating with
others

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Identify Types and Uses
of Personal Software

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Making it Personal

 Individuals can choose between commercial and open source software
Commercial Software
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Expensive
Sold as suites or individual applications

Open Source Software
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No fee
Source code is published and made available to the public
Anyone can copy, modify, and redistribute it without paying fees

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Making it Personal

 Personal Software
Word processing
Spreadsheet
Database
Presentation
Personal information
management (PIM)application

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Online Alternative Suites

 Free websites that offer easy-to-use interfaces with word processing, spreadsheet,
presentation, and communication applications

Access through a browser
No installation necessary
Access and edit files from
anywhere

Collaborate and share files

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Making it Personal
Finance and Tax-Preparation

 Track your bank accounts
 Monitor investments
 Create and balance a budget
 File income taxes

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Making it Personal
Entertainment and Multimedia

 Video and Photo Editing Software
Edit, crop, and straighten images
Adjust contrast and color
Apply special effects

 Media Management
Keeps track and plays music, TV
shows, and videos on a computer

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Making it Personal
Entertainment and Multimedia

 Games
Simulations played by 59% of Americans
48% are female

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Making it Personal

 Educational and Reference
Software to study, plan, and design anything of interest to you
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Trip planning

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Genealogy

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Home and landscape design

 Portable Apps
Programs that can run from a flash drive
No need to install
The portable apps platform is open source

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Assess a Computer System
for Software Compatibility

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Will It Run?
Your System Specs

 Specific hardware and software information about a computer system

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Will It Run?
System Requirements

 Minimum hardware and software specifications the computer must meet to run the program

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Compare Various Ways
of Obtaining Software

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Where to Get It
Licensing

 Proprietary License

 Open Source License

Grants a license

Grants ownership

Ownership remains with the software publisher

Source code must be freely available

Found on most commercial software

Can be modified and redistributed

Most restrictive in terms of distribution and
installation

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Where to Get It
Free or Fee
Four models for software distribution:
Retail: user pays fee to use software for unlimited time

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Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, TurboTax

 Freeware: can be used at no cost for unlimited time
Apple iTunes, 7-Zip, Evernote

 Shareware: allows you to try before you buy
Microsoft, Adobe

 Donationware: developers accept donations
Apache OpenOffice

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