ICT GCSE Short Course

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ICT GCSE Short Course

• Data transfer

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Data transfer

• The ability to transfer data between different
  application programs has many benefits.
• For example, if data from a database can be
  copied and moved into a spreadsheet this can save
  considerable time and effort.
• It can also mean that the data is not likely to
  be transferred inaccurately.

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Data transfer

• Data stored data table in a Microsoft Access
  database was copied and

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Data transfer

• pasted into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This
  was then be re-formatted, copied and

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Data transfer

• pasted into a Microsoft Word document.

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File extensions

• An additional benefit of data transfer is that
  data can not only be transferred between files
  and applications on a single computer system it
  can also be transferred between systems.
• This is possible because standard file formats
  have been set for different types of file.
• In addition, many of the standard file formats
  are also compatible with one another.

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File extensions

• Examples of common file extensions includes

• .doc Document format for Microsoft Word.
• .bmp Bitmap format.
• .gif Graphics Interchange Format.
• .htm or .html Hyper Text Markup.
• .pdf Portable Document File.
• .pub Microsoft Publisher file.
• .xls Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
• .txt Text Format.