Chapter 3 : Basic Application Software

End user must understand the capabilities of basic application software that including :

• Word processor
• Spreadsheet
• Database management system
• Presentation program

This also call as common types or general purposed.

Specialized Applications

Specialized application is known as special purpose applications. There many thousands of other programs focused on specific work or occupations. For examples :

Word Processor

Used to creates text based document such as like letter or memos and others too. There many word processing programs such as for Microsoft is Microsoft office, for apple is apple pages. Word processor must have a features that can editing and formatting like thesaurus and formatting is have a font and sizing.

This picture show Microsoft Word 2007 but there have a newest model Microsoft word 2010.

This a toolbar that can access many command. This toolbar is the most important thing if we want do a work because all thing in here. If want to change the way of writing like time new roman or others in tools.  

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet is a program that manipulate numeric data. Software we can see is Microsoft excel, Corel Quattro Pro and Apple iWork’s Numbers.

For features spreadsheet must can doing workbook files, formulas, function, analytical graphs or charts.

Database Management System

This program is a collected of related data and sets up a structure for data storage. Mostly people use Microsoft Access. There also have a similar program like Corel Paradox, Lotus Approach. Must have for this program is tables that can record. Have queries, forms and others. 

Presentation Graphics

This program usually for presenting workpaper and should have interesting icon. The program usually uses is Microsoft Power Point, Corel Presentation, Lotus Freelance Graphics. The features in presentation graphics is slides, autocontent wizard,desgn templates, master slide.