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Computers AreYour Future

2008 Prentice-Hall, Inc.


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Computers Are Your Future Chapter 5

2008 Prentice-Hall, Inc. Slide 2

Computers Are Your Future

Topic for Week 4 & 5

Application Software: Tools forProductivity


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Application Software

Application softwarerefers to programs that enable

the user to be productive when using the computer.


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Personal Productivity

Word Processing

Spreadsheets

Address Books

Multimedia/Graphics

Desktop Publishing

Photo Editing

3D Rendering

Internet

Web Browsers

E-Mail

Home/Education

Personal Finance

Tax Preparation

Reference

Games

General-Purpose Applications

General Purpose applicationsare applications used by

many people to accomplish frequently performed tasks.


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Personal Productivity

Database

SpreadsheetWordProcessor


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Multimedia/Graphics

Photo

Editing

3D

Rendering

Desktop

Publishing


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Multimedia/Graphics

Compressionreducing the file size of multimedia

software

Lossless file will be restored with no flaws

Lossy eliminates information that is not perceived

Decompressionrestoring the file to full size


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Paint Programs

Paint programs can save your files as:

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) lossless, simple

images, solid color

Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) lossy,

photographs

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) lossless

Windows Bitmap (BMP) optional compression


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Drawing programs create vector (mathematically

generated) graphics

3D Rendering Programs add three-dimensional

effects to graphic objects

Image Editors used to edit and transform bit-

mapped images

Animation simulate motion

Multimedia/Graphics


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Audio capture and process sound

Video editors modify digitized video

Multimedia Authoring Systems

used to createmultimedia presentations

Multimedia/Graphics


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Audio format :

MP3/MPEG-3most popular format for downloading

and storing music. Can be compressed whilemaintaining good quality

AUsmall sized of file and normally used to distributeshort audio clips over the Internet

Wavused mainly in Windows PCs. Commonly usedfor storing uncompressed

MIDIto play individual musical notes

Multimedia/Graphics


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Video format :

WMV (windows media video)- Microsoft's lossy

compression format for motion video. Used for both

streaming and downloading content via the InternetQuick time- QuickTime is a file format for storing and

playing back movies with sound. Developed and

supported primarily by Apple, Inc

MPEGhas a high-quality picture

Multimedia/Graphics


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Home/Education

Personal

Finance TaxPreparation

ReferenceGames


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Home/Education

Games are a $6 billion industry.

MUDs (multiuser dungeons) role-playing games

gMUDs (graphical MUDs) 3D graphic environments

C A C


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Tailor-made Applications

Tailor-made applications are used for

specialized fields.

Types of tailor-made applications: Billing programs

Inventory tracking programs

Point of Sale software

Custom software

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Integrated Programs and Suites:

The All-in-One Approach

Standalone programsare fully self-contained. Examples:

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Integrated programscontain modules that share the same interface.

Example:

Microsoft Works

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Integrated Programs and Suites:

The All-in-One Approach

Software suites contain standalone programs that share

resources with each other.

Examples:

Microsoft Office

Corel WordPerfect Office

Lotus Smart Suite

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Software Suite

Individual applications share a common programcode.

Popular office suites offer a word processor,spreadsheet, database, presentation, and other

programs.

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Software Suites

Microsoft Office WordPerfect

Office 12

Lotus SmartSuite

Word processing Microsoft Word WordPerfect Word Pro

Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel Quattro Pro Lotus 1-2-3

Database Microsoft Access Paradox Lotus Approach

Presentation

Graphics

Microsoft PowerPoint Corel Presentations Freelance Graphics

Personal information

managers

Microsoft Outlook Corel Central Lotus Organizer

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Software Suites

Word processing programs- create, edit and print written work

- Formatting documents

Spreadsheet

- Has grid of rows and columns

- Can embed formulas

- Working with numbers

Presentation graphics programs

- Create transparencies, slides and handouts for presentation Database

- Store data in organized form

- Retrieve data in meaningful way

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