Introductory visualizing technology 5th by debra geoghan chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Application Software

1. Identify Types and Uses of Business Productivity Software

2. Identify Types and Uses of Personal Software

3. Assess a Computer System for Software Compatibility

4. Compare Various Ways of Obtaining Software

5. Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing

6. Install, Uninstall, and Update Software

I d e n t i f y T y 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

S o f t w a r e

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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

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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

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

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

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

Open Source Software

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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

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

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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Ownership remains with the software publisher

Found on most commercial software

Most restrictive in terms of distribution and

installation

 Open Source License

Grants ownership

Source code must be freely available

Can be modified and redistributed

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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

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

Discuss the Importance

of Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing

 Takes processing and storage off desktop and

puts it in the cloud

 Companies are known as Cloud Service Providers

(CSP)

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Discuss the Importance

of Cloud Computing

 Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

The use of servers in the cloud

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Discuss the Importance

of Cloud Computing

 Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Provides an environment to develop, test, and deploy custom web apps

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Discuss the Importance

of Cloud Computing

 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

The delivery of applications over the Internet – or web apps

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Install, Uninstall, and Update Software

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Install, Uninstall, and Update Software

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