Applications Software
Applications software is software that is capable of doing a specific job A job is called an application Examples include word processing software, spreadsheet software, DTP software, etc
Common Features Certain features are common to different applications software For example, page numbering is a feature of many types of software such as word-processing, database, spreadsheet, etc The slides that follow show many of the common features
Page layout / format
Formatting text
Formatting blocks of text
Functions of spreadsheets
Other Features These are features you would find many different types of software and include: copy, cut and paste font type, size, style and colour drag and drop undo and redo find and replace zoom help print and print review page layout (e.g., margins, headers and footers, alignment, orientation, page breaks, page numbering) templates inserting images
Task Using the Template PowerPoint file provided create an information presentation for: Word Processing Software (done for you) Desktop Publishing Software Slideshow Software Multimedia Software Web Authoring Software Create your own On next slide
Create Your Own Spreadsheet Software Database Management Software Photo Editing Software Video Editing Software Graphics Manipulation Software Communications Software (social networking, chat, instant messaging, file transfer and clients) Gaming Software Apps for Portable Phones