Applications

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Applications

• Compatibility / System Requirements
• Distribution
• Customize your computer to your needs
• Suites (Office Word Excel Access
  PowerPoint Outlook)
• Groupware

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Word Processing

• Creation of print documents such as letters,
  memos, etc.
• Blurred distinction from DTP (Brochures, fliers,
  newsletters, etc.)
• Revise Correct
• Search replace
• Spell checker, thesaurus, word count
• Mail merge
• Macro automation
• Footnotes, Headers footers

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Microsoft Word
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Spreadsheets

• Working with numerical data
• Ledger format
• What-if analysis
• Create financial reports
• Produce visual charts from data

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Microsoft Excel
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Database Management Systems

• Working with collections of information
• Data stored in tables (like spreadsheet)Row
  recordColumn field
• Forms
• Queries
• Sort Data
• Generate reports

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Microsoft Access
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Graphic Design SoftwarePaint Programs

• Draw and manipulate bitmap images.
• Digital photography
• Special effects (filters)

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Adobe PhotoShop
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Graphic Design SoftwareDraw Programs

• Creating vectored illustrations
• Objects are mathematically defined
• Easily manipulated (resize, re-color, reshape)
• Print at high resolution

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Adobe Illustrator
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Graphic Design SoftwareComputer Aided Drafting

• Used by engineers and architects to create
  mechanical drawings, blueprints, etc.

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Microsoft Visio
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Computer Graphics Software3D Modeling Programs

• Create 3D models as vectored objects
• Apply surface textures
• Apply lighting conditions
• Rotate
• Animation sequences

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Desktop Publishing

• Precision page layout
• Color separations
• Professional brochures, fliers, newsletters,
  magazines, newspapers
• WYSIWYG What You See is What You Get

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Adobe PageMaker
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Internet Publishing

• Building web pages and web sites
• WYSIWYG
• Upload files to web server

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Microsoft FrontPage
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Internet Clients Communications

• Internet Browsers
• Email clients
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) clients
• Internet voice mail video mail software
• Chat clients
• Fax software

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Presentation Programs

• Create and present electronic slide shows
• Create animations for presentation
• Export to 35mm slide or overheads
• Print audience handouts, speaker notes, etc.
• Add multimedia

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Microsoft PowerPoint
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Development Tools

• Programming environments/languages (Visual Basic,
  C, Java)
• Create custom software

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Microsoft Visual Basic
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Education Reference

• Tutorial Software
• Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
• Catalogs

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Vivendi Math Blaster
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Utilities

• Monitor or manage a computer system
• Helpful tools such as calculator, char map
• Anti-virus software

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Accounting Software / Finance

• Track general ledger
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Payroll

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Intuit QuickBooks
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Entertainment Games

• Role-playing games
• Sports games
• Card/board games
• Simulators
• Arcade games

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Microsoft 3D Baseball
Maxis SimCity
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Data Files

• Data files are really what the end user is
  concerned with
• Created when using an application
• Must be accessed with appropriate application

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Data Files

• Filename extension myletter.doc Word
  document august sales.xls Excel spreadsheet
  file books.mdb Microsoft Access file
  newsletter.pm6 PageMaker 6.0 file readme.txt
  Text file myletter.rtf Rich Text Format
  file lecture2.ppt PowerPoint file

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