business computer application

1. business computer application College of Business Instructor: Mr. Ahmed Abumosameh University of Palestine

2. Lecture 4.1 computer software

3. Software A set of instructions given to the computer to solve problems or to control different operations of the computer is known as computer software. The computer software is classified into Three main categories: • Application software • System software • Programming Languages

4. Application Software What is application software? • Programs that perform specific tasks for users

5. Business Software What is business software? • Software that assists people in becoming more effective and efficient

6. Business Software What is word processing software? • Allows users to create and manipulate text and graphics • Clip art is a collection of graphics that you caninsert intodocuments

7. Business Software What are popular word processing features? AutoCorrect AutoFormat Collaboration Columns GrammarChecker Macros Mail Merge Smart Tags Tables Templates Thesaurus TrackingChanges VoiceRecognition Web PageDevelopment

8. Business Software What is a font? • A name assigned to a specific design of characters • Font size specifies the size of the characters in a particular font in points (a single point is about1/72 of an inch in height) • Font style adds emphasis to a font such as bold, italic, and underline

9. Business Software A named collection of data, instructions, or information • Each file has a file name What is a file?

10. Business Software What is voice recognition? • The computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken words

11. Business Software = A1+B2 (*C12) = D1+E2 (*F12) = SUM (C12:Y12) What is spreadsheet software? • Organizes data • Performs calculations andrecalculates when data changes

12. Business Software How is a spreadsheet organized? • Columns identified by letters • Rows identified by numbers • A cell is the intersection of a column and row

13. Business Software What is a function? • A predefined formula that performs common calculations • =C4+C5+C6+C7+C8 • =SUM(C4:C8)

14. Business Software What is charting? • Allows you to display spreadsheet data in graphical form

15. Business Software What is database software? Allows you to create and manage data Add, change, delete, sort, and retrieve data

16. Business Software Can be sent as a report to the printer Run queries to retrieve data How do you extract information from a database?

17. Business Software What is presentation graphics software? • Used to create visual aids for presentations • A presentation is sometimes called a slide show

18. Business Software What is slide sorter view? • View of small versions of all slides in a presentation

19. Business Software How can slides be printed? • Outline of the presentation • Notes along with each slide • Audience handout with two or more slides per page

20. Business Software What is PDA software? • Allows PDA users to create documents, take notes, manage budgets, view photographs, and more • Most include personal information manager(PIM) software • Calendar, address book, synchronization with desktop computer

21. Business Software lower cost ease of use What is a software suite? A collection of individualapplications sold asa single package Two major advantages:

22. Business Software What is project management software? • Allows you to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the events, resources, and costs of a project

23. Business Software What is accounting software? • Helps companies record and report their financial transactions

24. Graphics and Multimedia Software What are some popular graphics and multimedia software products?

25. Graphics and Multimedia Software What is desktop publishing software? • Enables you to design and produce sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics, and brilliant colors

26. Graphics and Multimedia Software organize manage maintain What is Web page authoring software? • Allows users of all skill levels to create Web pages • Some application software programs include Web page authoring programs video graphicalimages Web pagesand/orWeb sites audio animation

27. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use What software products are available for home, personal,and educational use?

28. Software for Home, Personal, and Educational Use Webbrowsers Videoconferencing E-mail Chat rooms Instantmessaging FTP Newsgroups What software facilitates communication?

29. Applications on the Web What is a Web application? • A software application that exists on a Web site, such as maps and directions • Some Web applications store your data and information at their site • Some are free

30. Applications on the Web Third-party organization that manages and distributes software and services on the Web Allows companies to outsource information technology (IT) needs What is an application service provider (ASP)? Categories: enterprise ASP, local/regional ASP, specialist ASP, vertical market ASP, and volume business ASP

31. Applications on the Web What is Web-based training (WBT)? • Self-directed, self-paced instruction on a topic on the Web • Distance learning (DL) is the delivery of education at one location while the learning takes place at other locations

32. Learning Aids and Support Tools Within an Application What is Web-based Help? • A Web site linked from Online Help • Provides updates and more resources to respond to technical issues about software • Often has a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page • Some Web sites contain chat rooms where user can talk directly with a technical support person

33. Programming Languages The computer language is a way of communication between user and computer. A set of words, symbols and codes used to write programs. There are two types of programming languages: • Low level languages • Machine Language • Assembly Language • High level language • Procedural Languages (Pascal, Fortran, Cobol) • Object – Oriented languages (C++, Java) • Database Query Languages (SQL)