This document discusses various types of application software used for business, personal, educational, and professional purposes. It describes common business software such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software. It also covers personal finance, tax preparation, desktop publishing, and multimedia software for home and educational use. Graphics and professional software for tasks like computer-aided design, photo and video editing are also outlined.

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IT FUNDAMENTALS I

2. With the proper software, a computer is a
valuable tool. Software allows users to
create :
 Letters, Memos, Reports & Other
Documents.
 Design Web Pages and Diagrams.
 Draw and Alter Images.
 Record and Enhance Audio and VideoRecord and Enhance Audio and Video
Clips.Clips.
 Prepare and File Taxes.Prepare and File Taxes.
 Play Single Player and MultiplayerPlay Single Player and Multiplayer
Games.Games.
 Compose E-mail Messages & InstantCompose E-mail Messages & Instant
Messages.Messages.

3. Applications Software:
Consists of programs designed to make users
more productive and/or assist them with
personal tasks.
Application software has variety of uses:
1. To make business activities more efficient.
2. To assist with graphics and multimedia
projects.
3. To support Home, Personal and Educational
Tasks.
4. To Facilitate Communications.

4. Applications Software FORMS:
PACKAGED SOFTWARE:
 mass produced, copyrighted retail software
that meets the needs of a wide variety of users
 available in retail stores or on the web.
CUSTOM SOFTWARE:
 performs functions specific to a business or
industry
 the company may use programmers to develop
tailor-made custom software
 usually costs more than packaged software

5. Applications Software FORMS:
PACKAGED SOFTWARE:

6. Applications Software FORMS:
CUSTOM SOFTWARE:

7. Applications Software FORMS:
WEB APPLICATION:
 a web site that allows users to access and
interact with software from any computer or
device that is connected to the internet
 types include email, word processing, tax
preparation, and game programs
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE:
 software provided for use, modification and
redistribution
 has no restrictions from the copyright holder
re- modification of the software’s internal
instructions and its redistribution
 Usually can be downloaded from the Internet,
often at no cost

8. Applications Software FORMS:
WEB APPLICATION:

9. Applications Software FORMS:
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE:

10. Applications Software FORMS:
SHAREWARE:
 copyrighted software that is distributed at no
cost for a trial period
 Shareware developers trust users to send
payment when trial period expires
 Otherwise a scaled-down version is distributed
for free, and payment entitles user to the fully
functional product
FREEWARE:
 copyrighted software provided at no cost by
an individual or company that retains the
rights to the software
 programmers cannot incorporate freeware in
applications they intend to sell

11. Applications Software FORMS:
SHAREWARE:

12. Applications Software FORMS:
FREEWARE:

13. Applications Software FORMS:
PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE:
 has been donated for public use and has no
copyright restrictions
 Anyone can copy or distribute public-domain
software to others at no cost

14. Applications Software FORMS:
PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE:

15. Applications Software:

16. BUSINESS Software:
Is application software that assists people in
becoming more effective and efficient while
performing their daily business activities.
Includes:
 Word Processing
 Spreadsheet
 Database
 Presentation
 Note Taking
 Personal Information Manager
 Business Software for Phones
 Business Software Suites
 Project Management
 Accounting
 Enterprise Computing Software

17. BUSINESS Software:

18. WORD PROCESSING Software:
Word Processing Software is
one of the more widely used
types of application software.
Sometimes called a word
processor , allows users to
create and manipulate
documents containing mostly
text and sometimes graphics.

19. WORD PROCESSING Software:

20. SPREADSHEET Software:
Is another widely used type of application
software. Allows users to organize data in
rows and columns and perform calculations on
the data. These rows and columns collectively
are called a worksheet.
Because of spreadsheet software’s logical
approach to organizing data, many people use
this software to organize and present financial
data as well as non-financial data.

21. SPREADSHEET Software:

22. SPREADSHEET Software:

23. SPREADSHEET Software:

24. DATABASE Software:
A Database is a collection of data organized in a
manner that allows access, retrieval, and use
of that data.
Database Software is an application software that
allows users to create, access and manage a
database. Using database Software, you can
add, change and delete data in a database;
sort and retrieve data from the database; and
create forms and reports using the data in the
database.

25. DATABASE Software:

26. Trivia:

27. PRESENTATION Software:
Is an Application Software that allows users to
create visual aids for presentations to
communicate ideas, messages, and other
information to a group.
Presentation Software typically provides a variety
of predefined presentation formats that define
complementary colors for background, text
and graphical accents on the slides.

28. PRESENTATION Software:

29. NOTE-TAKING Software:
Is an Application Software that enables users to
enter typed text, hand written comments,
drawings, or sketches anywhere on a page
and then save the page as part of a notebook.
Users find note-taking software convenient during
meetings, class lectures, conferences, in
libraries, and other settings that previously
required a pencil and tablet of paper recording
thoughts and discussions.

30. NOTE-TAKING Software:

31. Business SOFTWARE SUITE:
A Software Suite is a collection of individual
programs available together as a unit.
 Typically includes: word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation, and email
 Popular software suites: MS Office, Apple
iWork, and Google Docs.
Software Suites offer 2 major advantages:
 Lower Cost
 Ease of Use

32. Business SOFTWARE SUITE:

33. PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER
SOFTWARE:
An Application Software that includes
appointment calendar, address book, notepad
and other features to help user organize
personal information.
Mobile devices such as Smart Phones and PDAs
include PIM functionalities.

34. PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER
SOFTWARE:

35. BUSINESS SOFTWARE FOR PHONES:
In addition to PIM software, a huge variety of business and other
software is available for phones. Some software is preloaded on
the phone, other programs can be downloaded or accessed on
memory cards.
Business software for phones enables users to:
 Create documents and worksheets.
 Manage databases and lists.
 Create slide shows.
 Take notes
 Manage budgets and finances.
 View and edit photos.
 Read electronic books.
 Plan travel routes.
 Compose and read email.
 Send SMS and MMS.
 View Maps and Directions.


36. BUSINESS SOFTWARE FOR PHONES:

37. BUSINESS SOFTWARE FOR PHONES:

38. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE:
Allows a user to plan, schedule, track and analyze
the events, resources, and costs of a project:
 Helps users manage project variables allowing
them to complete a project on time and within
budget.
An engineer for example, might use project
management software to manage new product
development to schedule timing of market
analysis, product design, marketing, and
public relations activities.

39. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE:

40. ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE:
Helps companies record and report their financial
transactions.
Business users perform accounting activities related
to:
 General Ledger
 Accounts Receivable
 Accounts Payable
 Purchasing
 Invoicing
 Payroll Functions
Accounting software also enables business users to
write and print checks, track checking account
activity, and update and reconcile balances on
demand.

41. ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE:

42. 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.
A popular file format that document management
software uses to save converted documents is
PDF (Portable Document Format) developed by
Adobe Systems

43. DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE:

44. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
A Large Organization, commonly referred to as an
enterprise, requires special computing solutions
because of its size and large geographic distribution.
Nearly every Enterprise has the following FUNCTIONAL
UNITS:
 Human Resources
 Accounting and Finance
 Engineering or Product Development
 Manufacturing
 Sales & Marketing
 Distribution
 Customer Service
 Information Technology

45. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Human Resources Software – manages employee
information such as benefits, personal information,
performance evaluations, training and vacation time.

46. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Accounting Software – Manages everyday transactions,
such as sales and payments to suppliers. Financial
Software helps managers budget, forecast, and
analyze.

47. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Engineering or Product Development Software – allows
engineers to develop plans for new products and test
their product designs.

48. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Manufacturing Software – assists in the assembly
process, as well as in scheduling and managing the
inventory of parts and products.

49. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Marketing Software – Allows Marketing personnel to create
marketing campaigns and track their effectiveness.

50. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Sales Software – enables the Sales force to manage
contacts, schedule meetings, log customer
interactions, manage product information and take
customer orders.

51. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Distribution Software – analyzes and tracks inventory and
manages product shipping status.

52. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Customer Service Software – manages the day-to-day
interactions with customers, such as phone calls, email
messages, Web interactions and instant messaging
sessions.

53. ENTERPRISE COMPUTING SOFTWARE:
Information Technology – A variety of software to maintain
and secure the hardware and the software in an
Enterprise.

54. GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE:
In addition to business software, many people work with
software designes specifically for their field of
work. Power users such as engineers, architects,
desktop publishers, and graphic artists often use
sophisticated software that allows them to work
with graphics and multimedia.
This software includes computer-aided design, desktop
publishing, paint/ image editing, photo editing, video
and audio editing, multimedia authoring and Web
Page Authoring.

55. GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE:

56. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN:
A sophisticated type of application
software that assists a
professional user in creating
engineering, architectural and
specific designs.
CAD software eliminates the
laborious manual drafting that
design processes can require.
Three-dimensional CAD
programs allow designers to
rotate designs of 3-D objects to
view from any angle. Some CAD
software even can generate
material lists for building
designs.

57. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN:

58. DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):
Enables professional designers to create sophisticated
documents that contain text, graphics and many
colors. Professional DTP software is ideal for the
production of high-quality color documents such as
textbooks, corporate newsletters, marketing
literature, product catalogs and annual reports.
Although many word processing programs have some
of the capabilities of DTP software, professional
designers and graphic artists use DTP software
because it supports page layout. - the process of
arranging text and graphics in a document on a
page-by-page basis.

59. DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE:

60. PAINT/IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):
Graphic Artists, multimedia
professionals, technical
illustrators, and desktop
publishers use paint software
and image editing software to
create and modify graphical
images such as those used in
DTP documents and Web pages.
Paint Software – allows users to draw
pictures, shapes and other
graphical images with various
on-screen tools such as pen,
brush eyedropper & paint
bucket.
Image Editing Software – capabilitiy
to enhance and modify existing
images and pictures.

61. PAINT/IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE:

62. PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):
A type of editing software that allows
photographers, videographers, engineers,
scientists, and other high-volume digital photo
users to edit and customize digital photos.
With professional photo editing software , users
can retouch photos, crop images, remove
red-eye, change image shapes, color-correct
images, straighten images, remove or
rearrange objects in a photo and also apply
filters.

63. PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):

64. VIDEO & AUDIO EDITING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):
Video Editing Software – allows professionals to
modify a segment of a video, called a clip. For
example, users can reduce the length of a
video clip, reorder a series of clips, or add
special effects such as words that move
horizontally across the screen.
Audio Editing Software – lets users modify audio
clips, produce studio quality soundtracks, and
add audio to video clips.
Video Editing Software typically includes Audio
Editing capabilities.

65. VIDEO & AUDIO EDITING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):

66. MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):
Allows users to combine text,
graphics, audio and video,
and animation in an
interactive application.
With this software, users
control the placement of
text and images and the
duration of sounds, video
and animation. Often take
the form of interactive
computer-based
presentations designed to
facilitate learning ,
demonstrate product
functionality and elicit
direct-user participation.

67. MULTIMEDIA AUTHORING SOFTWARE (for the
Professional):

68. WEBPAGE AUTHORING SOFTWARE:
Helps users of all skill level
create Web Pages that
include graphical
images, video, audio,
animation and other
special effects with
interactive content.
Many web page
authoring programs
allow users to organize,
manage and maintain
Web Pages.

69. WEBPAGE AUTHORING SOFTWARE:

70. SOFTWARE for HOME, PERSONAL and
EDUCATIONAL USE:
A large amount of application software
is designed specifically for home,
personal and educational use. Most of
the programs in this category are
relatively inexpensive, often priced
less than $100 and sometimes free.

72. PERSONAL FINANCE SOFTWARE:
Is a simplified accounting
program that helps home
users and small
office/home office users
balance their checkbooks,
pay bills, track personal
income and expenses, set-
up budgets, manage home
inventory, track
investments and evaluate
financial plans.
Personal finance software
helps determine where,
and for what purpose, you
are spending money so that
you can manage your
finances.

73. LEGAL SOFTWARE:
Assists in the preparation of
legal documents and
provides legal information
to individuals, families, and
small businesses.
Provides standard contracts &
documents associated with
buying, selling, and renting
property, estate planning,
marriage and divorce; and
preparing a will or living
trust.
Once legal document is
created, you can file the
paperwork with the
appropriate agency, court
or office, or attorney.

74. TAX PREPARATION SOFTWARE:
Which is available both as
packaged software and as
Web applications, can
guide individuals, families
or small businesses
through the process of
filing federal taxes.
These programs forecast tax
liability and offer money-
saving tax tips designed to
lower your tax bill.
Once forms are complete, print
necessary paperwork and
submit for filing.
IRS allows taxpayers to file
their state and federal tax
returns online, called
E-FILING.

75. DESKTOP PUBLISHING SOFTWARE (for
personal use):
Simpler and easy-to-
understand DTP
software designed for
smaller-scale desktop
publishing projects.
Helps homes and small
business users create
newsletters, brochures,
flyers, advertisements,
postcards, letterhead,
business cards, banners,
calendars, logos and
Web Pages.

76. PERSONAL PAINT/IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE:
Provides an easy to use
interface, usually with
more simplified capabilities
that its professional
counterpart, including
functions tailored to meet
the needs of the home and
small business user.
Includes various simplified
tools that allow you to draw
pictures, shapes and other
images.
Also includes many templates
to assist you in adding
images to documents such
as greeting cards, banners,
calendars, signs, labels,
business cards, etc.

77. CLIP ART/IMAGE GALLERY
Application Software often
includes clip art/image
gallery, which is a
collection of clip art and
photos. Some
applications have links
to additional clips
available on the Web or
are available as Web
Applications.
You also can purchase clip
art/image gallery
software that contains
thousand of images.

78. PERSONAL VIDEO/AUDIO EDITING SOFTWARE:
Easy to use video and audio
editing software for
small scale movie
making projects.
With these programs, home
users can edit home
movies, add music or
other sounds to the
video, and share their
movies on the Web.
Some operating systems
include video editing and
audio editing software.

79. HOME DESIGN/LANDSCAPING SOFTWARE:
Homeowners or potential
homeowners can use
these programs to assist
them with the design,
remodeling or
improvement of a home,
deck or landscape.
Includes hundreds of
predrawn plans that you
can customize to meet
your needs.

80. TRAVEL & MAPPING SOFTWARE:
Enables users to view maps,
determine route directions
and locate points of
interests.
Available both as packaged
software and as Web
Applications, you can
display maps by searching
for an address, postal
code, telephone number or
point of interest.
Often provides driving
directions when a user
enters a starting and
destination point.

81. REFERENCE & EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE:
Reference Software – provides
valuable and thorough
information for all individuals.
Includes encyclopedias,
dictionaries and health/ medical
guides.
Educational Software - is software
that teaches a particular skill.
Exists for just about any subject,
from learning how to type to
learning how to cook.
Many educational programs use a
Computer-Based Training (CBT)
approach, also called computer-
aided instruction (CAI). A type of
education in which students
learn by using and completing
exercises with instructional
software.

82. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE:
Entertainment Software for
personal computers, game
consoles, and mobile
devices includes interactive
games, videos and other
programs designed to
support a hobby or provide
amusement and enjoyment.
For example you might use
entertainment software to
play games individually or
with others online, make a
family tree, or fly an aircraft.
Many games are available as
Web Applications, allowing
you to play individually or
with other online players.

83. WEB APPLICATIONS:
As previously mentioned, A Web Application, or Web App is a
web site that allows users to access and interact with
software from any computer or device that is connected to
the internet.
Many of the previously discussed types of applications software
are available as Web Applications. In addition, thousands
of games are available as Web Applications.
Many Web Application hosts provide free access to their
software, such as Google Docs, Google Earth, Online Tax
Preparation.
Experts often use the term Web 2.0 to describe Web
Applications. Web 2.0 refers to Web Sites that provide
users with a means to share personal information, allow
users to modify Web site content, and/or have application
software built into the site for visitors to use.

84. WEB APPLICATIONS (for personal use):

85. APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR
COMMUNICATIONS: