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Discovering
Computers 2012
Your Interactive Guide
to the Digital World
Objectives Overview
To facilitate communications
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Application Software
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Figure 3-1
Application Software
Open source
Shareware Freeware
software
Public-domain
software
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Figure 3-2
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Figure 3-3
Business Software
Enterprise
Project Document
Accounting Computing
Management Management
Software
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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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Figure 3-5
Business Software
Reading
Ink Input Macros Mail Merge Research
Layout
Search and
Smart Tags Tables Templates Thesaurus
Replace
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Figure 3-6
Business Software
• Developing a document
Edit a
• Enter text and document • Change appearance
numbers • Font
• Make changes to
• Insert images existing content • Font size
• Perform other tasks • Inserting, deleting,
cutting, copying, and
Create a pasting Format a
document document
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Business Software
MIN STDEV IF
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Figure 3-9
Business Software
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Figure 3-11
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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Figure 3-13
Business Software
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Figure 3-14
Business Software
Appointment Address
Notepad
calendar book
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Business Software
Customer
Marketing Sales Distribution
service
Information
technology
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Figure 3-19
Graphics and Multimedia Software
Computer-aided design
(CAD) software
Desktop publishing
software
Paint/Image editing
software
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Graphics and Multimedia Software
Professional photo
editing software
Multimedia authoring
software
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Figures 3-23 – 3-25 Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 3
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Graphics and Multimedia Software
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Software for Home, Personal, and
Educational Use
Legal software
Home design/landscaping
software
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Figures 3-35 – 3-37 Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 3
Software for Home, Personal, and
Educational Use
Reference software
Educational software
Entertainment software
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Web Applications
• A Web application is a
Web site that allows
users to access and
interact with software
from any computer or
device that is connected
to the Internet
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Figure 3-44
Learning Tools for Application Software
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Figure 3-45a
Learning Tools for Application Software
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Figure 3-45b
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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Figure 3-46
Summary
Overview of a variety of
business software, graphics
How to start and interact and multimedia software,
with application software and
home/personal/educational
software
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Software for Systems
Discovering
Computers 2012
Your Interactive Guide
to the Digital World
Chapter 3 Complete
Project due Oct. 17
• Use Microsoft Word to type our textbook page.
• The page number is 100 + the last two digits of your ID number.
• Try to type the page as similar to textbook as possible.
• Scan images if necessary, but try to use as much text as possible.
• Type another page with Microsoft Word to show off your capability.
• Include as much graphics, sounds, HTML, mail merge, style, font,
type, ... as possible.
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