Working with Application Software

Chapter 10

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Application Software

Application software (app for short) is a Program

or group of programs designed for end users.
Examples of an application include a word processor, spread sheet, web
browser, email, media players ,simulators ,Photo editors.

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Productivity software
• Hardware or operating system can do on its own is very limited
• Focused mostly on running computer
• Different tasks

Acquiring software
Commercial software
• Stand alone program
• Software suites
• Shareware program

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Acquiring software
Commercial software

• Stand alone program

 One type of task
Range of related task (e.g word processing, graphics
program)
• Software suites
 Commonly used
 Integrated tool (e.g spreadsheet , web-authoring tool,excel)

• Shareware program
 Commercial used
 Developers(e.g payment, register the program )

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FREEWARE AND PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE
• Available to public for free users
• Public domain software
• License available
• Source code is free
• Source code is underlying in structure that make program work

Open source software

• Customize program
• Source code available with editable format
• Sold commercially
• Companies Build interest before selling that product

Word processing program

• Word processor
• Text based documents
• Long documents, index, animations sounds etc easily added
• Publishing documents on world wide web, graphics
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Word processors interface
• Menu bar-displays titles of menus(list of command and options)
• Toolbar- display buttons that represent frequently used commands
• Rulers- shows position of text,tabs,margin etc
• Scroll bar- scroll through a document
• Status bar-information related to your position in document

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Working with word documents

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Short-cut keys

• File menu and choose new CTRL+N

• SAVE CTRL +S
• COPY CTRL+C
• PASTE CTRL+V
• FINDING CTRL+F
• REPLACE CTRL+H
• SPELLING AND GRAMMAR F7

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• Saving documents
 RAM
• Help
• Page setup
• Printing documents
• Previewing document
• Closing a document and exiting word
• Entering and editing text
• Finding and replacing text
• Formatting text
• Working with image
• Working with tables

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• Advanced tools of MS-WORD

 Comparing documents
 Adding Graphics
 Creating Table of Contents
 Translating Documents
 Auto Formatting etc

• Spread Sheet Program

 A spreadsheet is a sheet of paper that shows accounting orother

data in rows and columns;
 a spreadsheet is also a computer application program that
simulates a physical spreadsheet by capturing ,displaying, and
manipulating data arranged in rows and columns.
 The spreadsheet is one of the most popular uses of the personal
computer.

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• Working with spread sheet
• Entering data
 Labels
 Values
 Dates
 Formulas
• Selecting cells, rows, columns
• Coping and deleting cell
content
• Sorting rows and columns
• Arithmetic calculation
• Error messages
• Functions
• Formatting cells
• Charts
• Printing
• Previewing a worksheet

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Presentation program
• Presentation program interface
• Views
 Normal view
 Slides sorter view
 Slide show view
 Notes page view
• Recording and hiding slides
• Creating a presentation
• Speaker notes
• Hyperlink
• Action button
• Transition
• Animations

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PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGERS

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GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA

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BITMAP FORMATS
BMP- BitMap (24-bit depth color)
PICT-PICTure (defined by apple ,used for MACS not used on PCs)
TIFF-Tagged Image File Format (1986 ,used on MACS and PCs )
JPEG-Joint Photographics Experts GROUP (24 bits or millions of colors)
GIF- Graphic Interchange Format (256 colors ,unique colors)
EMP-Windows Enchanced Metafile (highest possible resolution)

VECTOR FILE FORMATS

create and save in proprietary file format
DXF-Data Exchange Format
IGES-INitial Graphics Exchange Specification

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ACQUIRING IMAGE

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GRAPHICS SOFTWARE

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• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Drafting and drawing
• Technical field e.g architecture, mechanical, electrical etc
• Vector-based drawing used in building models (used micrometer and
millionth of meter
• 3D Animation software
• 3d modeling software
• Three dimensions

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Assignment

1. Take data of your inter marksheet and Show result identify or

separate them by means of coloring ,And also show the
result on graph/chart

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