1. Chapter 4 Application Software: Programs that Let You Work and Play
By: Andrea Brown and Cayley Hayes
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2. 1. What type of licensing agreement limits the number of users accessing the software at any given time?
Concurrent licenses (pg. 192)
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3. Software licenses Accept before installing Includes:
Acceptable uses and violating actions
Ultimate owner, under what circumstances copies of the software can be made, and whether the software can be installed on any other machine
Will state, if any, warranty comes with the software
Software licenses are agreements between you, the user, and the software developer
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4. 2. What type of software is designed for a specific industry?
Vertical market software (pg. 189)
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5. Some software applications are tailored to the needs of a particular company or industry.
Examples:
Construction industry- Sage Master Builder
Real Estate- property management software
Emergency Assistance Organizations- ambulance scheduling and dispatching software
Cataloging- library automation software
Sage Master Builder- features establishing tools to help construction companies bid on jobs, integrates project management functions and accounting systems that are unique to the construction industry
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6. More Media At Home Digital Image Editing Software
Digital Audio Software
Media Management Software
Image editing: Microsoft Photo Story, Google’s Picasa, other editing
Audio: garage band
Management: itunes
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7. Gaming Software: Drawing software:
Make sure you have enough processing power, memory, and hard drive capacity to run the program.
Drawing software:
Creates technical diagrams or drawings, animations, and illustrations using painting tools
Game: often push the limit of sound and video quality, be sure your system has the appropriate sound cards, video cards, speakers, monitors, and etc.
Drawing: Programs let you create or edit two-dimensional, line based drawings
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8. Programs often are custom developed to address a particular company’s specific needs.
Referred to as proprietary software
In addition to these specific business software applications that companies can buy off the shelf, programs often are custom developed to address a particular company’s specific needs.
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9. 3. Explain “freeware.”
Any copyrighted software that can be used for free (pg )
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10. Plenty of freeware exists on the Web To find free software:
Type “freeware” in your search engine
Many request a “thank you” for their free software
Examples: games and screen savers, business, educational, and graphics, home, and hobby, and system utility software programs
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11. 4. Explain the difference between “animation” and “transition” when creating a presentation in PowerPoint.
Animation- used to control how and when text and other objects enter and exit each slide
Transition- used to add different effects as you move from one slide to the next during the presentation (pg. 170)
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12. 1:08- 1:33
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13. 5. What are you guilty of if you illegally copy an application onto another computer?
Software piracy (pg. 198)
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14. How Software is Pirated:
Borrowing CDs and installing the borrowed software on own computers
Large-scale illegal duplication and distribution by counterfeiters
Internet
Historically, most common way software has been pirated among computer users has been when they supplemented each other’s software library by borrowing CDs and installing the borrowed software on their own computers
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15. https://www. google. com/search
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16. How to Tell if Your Software is Pirated:
40% of all software is pirated
You can download a free copy of GASP from the Business Alliance Web site
Efforts to stop software piracy are in full force
To determine whether your software on your computer at work or home is pirated, you can download a free copy of GASP (a suite of programs designed to help identify and track license and unlicensed software and other files) from the Business Software Alliance Web site. A similar program is available at the Microsoft Web site.
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17. 6. What feature in PowerPoint do you use to change the “theme” of your presentation?
You can change the “theme” by choosing from different design templates (pg. 170)
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18. 7. What feature in PowerPoint do you use to arrange text and graphics on a slide?
To arrange text and graphics on your slides, you can choose from a variety of slide layouts (pg. 170)
Give you the option of using a single or double column of bulleted text, various combinations of bulleted text, and other content such as clip art, graphics, photos, and even video clips
These layouts give you the option of using a single or double column of bulleted text, various combinations of bulleted text, and other content such as clip art, graphics, photos, and even video clips
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19. 8. Where can you go for help when you have a problem with software?
Can access several different resources to find answers to your questions (pg )
General help or info about the product- many Web sites offer frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Help while working in an application- some programs also offer online help and support
Integrated help- that the documentation for the product is built directly into the software so you won’t have to keep track of bulky manuals
Microsoft Office- little question mark icon found on top right of program screen
Tutorials- can be found on Internet to show how to use a product
FAQs- for answers for the most common questions
Online help- often allows chat over Internet with an online support team member; some context-sensitive and offer task-specific help or screen tips to explain where your cursor is resting
Integrated- can type question, search for a term, or browse the Help topics
Microsoft- icon takes you to the main Help interface
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20. How Do I Install Software?
Program files usually come on a CD or a DVD
Installation Wizard
Programs and Features icon located in the Control Panel on the Start menu
Installation wizard leads you through step by step on how to install
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21. How Do I Uninstall Software?
Does not simply “delete”
Uninstall Program icon in the main program folder on the Start menu
Will run the proper cleanup to clear out all files associated
Just deletes icon not the whole system
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22. Is There A Best Way To Open An Application?
Click on icon located in the All Programs list in the Start menu
Shortcuts
Quick Launch
Desktop
Place shortcuts to most used programs on the Quick Launch toolbar or on desktop
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23. Thank you for listening!
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