1. GCE Applied ICT
Unit 1 : The Information Age
Life in the Information Age
Activity 2 – Analysing the ‘good old days’
Taken from Edexcel Activebook for AS ICT
Tasks
1. Name two different office applications that could be used by the small business to improve upon
the paper-based systems employed in the 1970s.
2. Describe two advantages of each office application over the paper-based system and one
advantage of each over the other
3. How were secretaries’ and typists’ employment prospects affected by the advent of these office
packages?
4. What new job opportunities were opened up by the advent of office applications?