● Spreadsheets
● Database
● Presentations, etc.
System software takes no human help to turn on.
Application Software (Most powerful software) needs a platform to work.
Business Application Software Studies:
Application Software(s) like Microsoft Office (365) or Adobe Creative Cloud are solid together in
one package.
Three to Five business applications:
- Spreadsheet
- Database
- Word Processor
- Presentation Software
- Project Management Software
Applications that work alone or together
● Facilitates ease-of-use
● Similar functionality
● Similar Graphical User Interface (GUI)
● Presented in windows
● Multi-tasking
Word Processing Software:
- For creating documents
- Updating documents
- Editing documents
- Saved to secondary memory (hard-drive, cloud drive, solid state, etc.)
Microsoft Word vs Adobe Acrobat
- Which one is better? (Adobe Acrobat)
- PDF- Portable Document File
- Can a word processor make a difference in business?
Extremely Powerful
*Needs a platform (operating system) to work.
(Never underestimate the power of application software. The chances that it will not do what you
want are remote.)
* The end-user’s attitude when application software is extremely important. “Knowing” an
application software can do a specific task is paramount in learning.
Chapter 2:
Application Software
Definition: Performs tens of thousands of specific tasks for an end user.
Spreadsheets
- Interface of information in a grid form
- Separated by columns and rows
- Often for financial calculations
- Sipports graphing
- Provide a “what-if” scenario
What if you start a business?
- Revenue/Expense
- Profit/Loss
Database Software
- Well thought out of collection of files
- Consists of records (row)
- Separated by fields (Columns)
- Can be queried
- Often called a Database Management System (DBMS)
Presentation Software
- Displays Information
- Often in a slide show
- Often on-screen
- Projected for an audience
- Very easy to build
- Allows user to:
- Edit, update, insert, and delete text
-Include graphics
- Include video
- Include hypertext
(Presentations should never be word for word)
-No more than seven sentences on a slide, with less than 7 words per sentence
Sharing Information Between Applications
- Cut & Paste / Copy & Paste / Static. Copy & paste the appropriate number
from Excel to Word. If the Excel calculation changes, will it be reflected in
Word?
- OLE / Object Linking & Embedding / Embedding / Static. Like Copy & Paste,
allows user to embed an entire section from one application to another,
but still static.
- OLE / Object Linking & Embedding / Linking / Dynamic. Like embedding,
but if the source file changes, it will be reflected in the destination file.
Specialized Application Software
Image editing software like Adobe Photoshop
