Computers Are Your Future Eleventh Edition Chapter 5: Application Software: Tools for Productivity Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall1

General-Purpose Applications Application software is any program that gives the user the ability to complete work on the computer. General-purpose applications, such as word-processing or spreadsheet programs. 2Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall

Types of general-purpose application software Personal productivity programs Multimedia and graphics software Applications that work through and run from the Internet Home and education programs Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall3 General-Purpose Applications

Personal productivity programs Examples Word-processing software Spreadsheet or database software Presentation software Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall4 General-Purpose Applications

Multimedia and graphics software such as graphics plus video or audio. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall5 General-Purpose Applications

Multimedia and graphics software programs Paint, drawing, and animation Image editing Audio Video editing Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall6 General-Purpose Applications

Animation programs give the user the ability to create animation from images and run the animation. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall7 General-Purpose Applications

Audio software is used to capture and process sound used in multimedia presentations. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall8 General-Purpose Applications

Standard sound file formats MP3 Windows Media Audio (WMA) WAV Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall9 General-Purpose Applications

Video editors enable the user to: Modify digitized videos. Save those videos in at least one of the following video file formats: Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Video for Windows Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall10 General-Purpose Applications

Applications that work through the Internet Examples Instant messaging software Web browsers Video conferencing programs Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall11

General-Purpose Applications Web-hosted technology Share files and collaborate. Windows Office Live Google Docs Undesirable Internet software Spyware monitors your activity. Adware targets products to your interests. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall12

General-Purpose Applications Home and educational programs Personal finance software Computer games Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall13

Tailor-Made Applications Software designed for specific businesses or users are known as tailor-made applications. Tailor-made applications normally cost more than general-purpose applications because of their development costs. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall14

Tailor-Made Applications Custom software, developed for a user’s specific needs. Packaged software is developed for the mass market. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall15

Integrated programs provide leading productivity programs in one package. Easy to learn and share the same interface Example: Microsoft Works. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall16 Standalone Programs, Integrated Programs, & Software Suites

System Requirements & Software Versions System requirements program requires. Software is kept current through software upgrading. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall17

Installing & Managing Application Software Installing moving the software to the hard disk. Uninstalling software takes the program off the hard disk. Launching software moves it from the hard disk to memory. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall18