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FINITI ION OF APPL F LICATI ION SO OFTWA ARE DEF

Application so oftware is a compu s uter program or a suite of c computer r prog grams tha perform a particular function for the user. Applicati at ms ion softw ware inclu udes all p programs that perf form spec cific tasks such as word s s processing, spreadshe eet, datab base, pres sentation, e-mail a , and Web browsing A software ap pplication that enables a us to disp ser play and i interact with text, w imag ges, and o other info ormation typically located o a web page at a website on on th World Wide We he eb.

TYP PES OF APPL F LICATI ION SO OFTWA ARE

COMMON TYPES OF A N APPLIC CATION SOFT N TWARE E 1)W WORD PROCESSING

A wo processing pro ord ogram is a office applicatio that enables us an a on sers to creat edit, f te, format an print te nd extual do ocuments It also o s. offers com mmands that enables u users to f format a documen so that they can create an nt attra active ap ppearance e.

2) SPREA ADSHEET
A spreadshee is a pro et ogram tha process inform at ses mation in the form of grid o of colum mns and rows. It is also cal lled a tab ble. Table cells can hold valu or ues math hematical formulas Spread l s. dsheets ar indispe re ensable to ools for anyone who works wi numbe ith ers.

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ENTATI ION 3) PRESE

A pre esentation softwar enable users to create t re es o transpare encies, slides and hand douts for presentation. It allows a us to cre ser eate visua aids for al r presentation to communicate id deas, mes ssages an other i nd informatio to a on grou up.

4) GRAPH HICS E EDITIN NG

Grap phics editing is a p program that can edit digita represe e al entation or non-tex o xt infor rmation such as dr rawings, c charts or photogra aphs.

RE ITE SOFTWAR SUI

A software su uite is a collection of individ dual progr rams sold as a sing d gle pack kage. The software suite is d e designed to enhan the pe nce erformance of our r work It typic k. cally includes word processing, sprea d adsheet, presentat tion and e email. Currentl Micros ly, soft Office is a very popular example of softw e y r e ware suite being used. 83

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EXA AMPLES OF SO S OFTWAR SUIT RE TES

USA AGES OF APPL LICATIO SOFT ON TWARE E

USA AGES O WO OF ORD PR ROCESSING S SOFTW WARE

A wo processing soft ord tware (wo proce ord essor) allo ows user to creat and ma rs te anipulate documen e nts containing mo ostly text and som t metimes graphics. I g It prov vides the a ability to create, c check spelling, edit t and format a documen on the screen be nt efore prin nting it to paper. A wo processing soft ord tware can be used to produ docum n d uce ments suc as ch lette ers, memo report fax cover sheet mailing labels, newslette os, ts, ts, ers, and web pages. Ex xamples of word p processing softwar are Mic g re crosoft Word, StarO Office Wr riter, TexM Maker and Corel WordPerfe W ect. Som feature of word processing includ the capability o me es d de of: creating and editing docu g ument defining the size of paper on which to print and spec g e r h t cifying the margin changin the sha ng ape and s size of characters organising texts in newsle etter-style column ns incorporating ma any types of graph s hical imag ges typing w words in a paragra aph contin nually wit thout processing the ENTER R key at t the end o each lin of ne reviewing the sp pelling of a docume (spelling check ent ker) insertin header and foot in a do ng r ter ocument drawing tables o any size or shap g of e pe

USA AGES O SPR OF READS SHEET SOFTW WARE

Spre eadsheet software is an app plication that allow users t ws to or rganise and manip pulate dat in rows and colu ta s umns. It pr roduces w worksheet that req ts quire repetitive calcu ulations budgetin maint ng, taining a grade book, balancing acc counts, tracking investment calculat t, ting 84

SMK SETA loan payment estima ts, ating proj ject costs and prep s paring fin nancial sta atements. me es include: Som feature of spreadsheet i creating editing and form g, matting worksheet in rows a w and colum mns containing formu ulas which can per rform calc culations on the da in the ata e workshe eet making charts, w which dep picts the data grap d phically su uch as column charts o pie cha or arts what-if analysis, the ability of reca , alculating the rest of the wo orksheet when data in a w worksheet changes s.

AGES O PRE OF ESENT TATION SOFT N TWARE E USA

Presentation software is an app plication that allow users t ws reate visu aids fo presentations to commun ual or o nicate to cr ideas messag and o s, ges other info ormation to an aud t dience. Exam mples of p presentat tion softw ware are Microsoft M Powe erPoint, S StarOffice Impress and Core e s elDraw. Som feature of presentation software include: me es providin a varie of pre ng ety edefined presentation forma that define the p ats d e complementary colours fo backgr or rounds, te and graphical accents o ext a on the slides providin a varie of layouts for each indiv ng ety e vidual slid such as a title de slide, a two-colu umn slide and a slide with c clip art, a picture, a chart, a table or animatio r on enhancing text, charts an graphic image on a slide with 3-D and nd cal es 3 other sp pecial effe ects such as shadi h ing, shadows and textures setting the slide timing so that the presentation automatically displays o e the nex slide af xt fter a pres delay set applying special effects to the tran o nsition be etween ea ach slide insertin images video and audio clips ng s,

AGES O GRA OF APHIC SOF CS FTWAR RE USA

Grap phics softw ware is an application that allows us sers to work with drawings, photos and pictu ures. It vides the users the ability of creating manipu e g, ulating prov and printing g graphics. Examples of graphics softw ware are M Microsoft Paint, Ad dobe Phot toshop, Adobe A Illust trator, Co orel Painter and Macromedi Firewor ia rks. Som feature of grap me es phics softw ware inclu ude: drawing pictures shapes and othe graphic image with va g s, er cal es arious onscreen tools such as a pe brush, eyedrop en, , pper and p paint bucket modifying the co ontrast an brightn nd ness of an image n cropping unwant ted objec cts removin red eye ng adding special ef ffects suc as shadows and glows ch d 85