PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

▪ Are applications that allow for the viewing, creating and modifying of
general office documents (e.g. spreadsheets, memos, presentations,
letters, personal database, form generation, image editing, etc.).
▪ Are software designed to simplify tasks, streamline workflow and
often include features that allow you to access documents quickly,
create charts and graphs to visualize project planning, progress, etc.,
and collaborate with other people.
TYPES OF PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

▪Word Processors
▪Spreadsheet Applications
▪Graphics Software
▪Database Management Systems (DBMS)
WORD PROCESSOR
▪ A device or software program capable of creating, storing, and
printing text documents.
▪ It allows users to write and modify text, display it on a screen,
save it electronically, and print it out.
Examples:

Writer, Presentation, Spreadsheets Google Docs Notepad Text Maker Pages

SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS
▪ A computer application for computation, organization, analysis
and storage of data in tabular form.
▪ Spreadsheets were developed as computerized analogs of
paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data
entered in cells of a table.
Examples:
Google Sheet Plan Maker Numbers
GRAPHICS SOFTWARE
▪ Refers to a program or collection of programs that enable a
person to manipulate images or models visually on a computer.
Examples:

Adobe Illustrator Microsoft Paint Snipping Tool Adobe Dreamweaver

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

▪ A software to create and manage databases, allowing users to

create, read, update and delete data in a database.
▪ A database is a collection of interrelated data organized so that
individual records or groups of records can be retrieved to
satisfy various criteria.
Examples:
Apache Cassandra Oracle Database
LET’S EXPLORE EXCEL

✓ Basic Formulas (Addition, ✓ Filtering

Subtraction, Multiplication, ✓Data Validation
Division,Average
✓Vlookup
✓Conditional Formatting
✓Pivot Table
✓IF Function
✓Graphs
✓Sorting