Application software is designed to help users be more productive and includes business, graphics and multimedia, home/personal/educational, and communications programs. Software can be packaged, custom, open source, shareware, or freeware and is distributed in various ways. Business software helps with tasks like word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, notes, personal information management, and project management. Graphics software includes CAD, desktop publishing, photo editing, video/audio editing, and multimedia authoring programs. Communications software allows emailing, file transfers, web browsing, video chat, messaging, and blogging.

1. Application Software

2. Application Software
• Programs designed to make users more
productive.
• Uses:
• Efficient business activities
• Assist Graphic & Multimedia projects
• Support home/personal & educational tasks
• Facilitate Communication
• 4 Categories:
• Business
• Graphics & Multimedia
• Home/Personal/Educational
• Communications

3. How is software distributed?
• Packaged software: mass-produced, copyrighted
retail software. MS Office
• Custom software: performs functions specific to a
business or industry
• Open source software: provided for use,
modification, and redistribution
• Shareware: distributed free for trial period
• Freeware: copyrighted software provided at no cost
• Public-domain software: freeware with no
copyright restrictions

5. 1. Business Software
• Assists people in becoming more effective & efficient while
performing business activities.

6. Business Software
• Word Processing Software
• Allows users to create and manipulate text and graphics.
• Clip art, font, font style, font size, formatting, print
• Spreadsheet Software
• Organizes data
• Calculations
• Charts
• How is a spreadsheet organized?
• Columns identified by letters
• Rows identified by numbers
• A cell is the intersection of a column and row

7. Business Software
• Database Software
• Allows users to create, access, and manage a database.
• Database is a collection of organized data that allows access,
retrieval & use of data.
• Parts of database
• A table contains records
• A record is a row in a table that contains data about a given
person, product, object, or event.
• A field is a column in a table that contains a specific category
of data within a record.

8. Business Software
• Presentation Graphics Software
• Used to create visual aids for presentations
• A presentation is sometimes called a slide show
• Note Taking Software
• Enables users to enter typed text, handwritten comments, drawings,
or sketches anywhere on the page
• Notes are organized like a notebook
• Personal Information Manager Software
• Allows PDA users to help users organize personal information
• Calendar, address book, notepad, and synchronization with
desktop computer

9. Business Software
• PDA Business Software
• In addition to PIM software, a huge variety of business software is
available for PDA like:
• Create documents & worksheets
• Manage databases
• Create slideshows
• Take notes
• Manage budget
• Software Suite
• A collection of individual applications sold as a single package
• Microsoft Office, Sun StarOffice.
• Project Management Software
• Allows you to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events,
resources, and costs of a project.

10. Business Software
• Accounting Software
• Helps companies record and report their financial
transactions.
• Document Management Software
• Provides a means for sharing, distributing, and searching through
documents by converting them into a format that can be viewed by
any user.
• PDF
• Enterprise Computing Software
• A large organization requires special computing solutions because of
its size and large geographical distribution
• Each functional unit has specialized software requirements

11. Graphics and Multimedia Software

12. Graphics and Multimedia Software
•What is computer-aided design (CAD)?
•Software that allows you to create engineering,
architectural, and scientific designs
•What is desktop publishing (DTP) software?
•Enables you to design and produce sophisticated
documents that contain text, graphics, and many colors
•What is paint/image editing software?
•Used to create and modify graphical images
•Sometimes called illustration software

13. Graphics and Multimedia Software
• What is video and audio editing software?
• Video editing software allows you to modify a segment of a
video, called a clip
• Audio editing software allows you to modify audio clips
• What is multimedia authoring software?
• Allows you to combine text, graphics, audio, video, and
animation into an interactive presentation
• What is Web page authoring software?
• Allows users of all skill levels to create Web pages
• Some application software programs include Web page
authoring programs

14. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use

15. Application Software for Communications
• Email
• FTP
• Web Browser
• Video Conferencing
• Message Board
• Chat Room
• Instant Messaging
• Blogging

16. Popular Utility Programs
Antivirus
Program
Spyware
Remover
Personal
Firewall
Internet
Filters
File
Manager
File
Compression
Backup
CD/DVD
Burning
PC
Maintenance

17. Learning Aids and Support Tools for Application Software
• What is Web-based Help?
 A Web site linked from Online Help
 Provides updates and more resources to respond
to technical issues about a program
 Some Web sites contain chat rooms where a user can talk
directly with a technical support person

18. Learning Aids and Support Tools for Application Software
• How can I learn more about a software package?
 Books
 Web
 School
 Self-directed, self-paced instruction on a topic on
the Web
 What is Web-based training (WBT)?