CGS chapter 3
Application software - ✔✔End-user software
Accomplish a variety of tasks
Three categories of application software - ✔✔General Purpose Applications
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Specialized Applications
Mobile Apps
general-purpose applications - ✔✔includes word processing programs, spreadsheets, presentation
graphics, and database management systems
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specialized applications - ✔✔includes thousands of other programs that tend to be more narrowly
focused and used in specific disciplines and occupations
user interface - ✔✔is the portion of the application that allows you to control and to interact with the
program
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Graphical User Interface (GUI) consists of: - ✔✔•Icons
•Pointer
•Windows
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•Menus•Menu bar
•Toolbars•Buttons
•Dialog Boxes
window - ✔✔is simply a rectangular area that can contain a document, program, or message
Ribbon GUI - ✔✔An interface that uses a system of ribbons, tabs, and galleries to make it easier to
find and use all the features of an application.
Common Features in Microsoft - ✔✔Ribbon GUI
Spell checkers
Alignment
Font and Font Sizes
Tables
Reports
Ribbons - ✔✔replace menus and toolbars by organizing commonly used commands into a set of 8
tabs. These tabs display command buttons that are the most relevant to the tasks being performed by
the user.
, Tabs - ✔✔are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas. Each tab is then organized into
groups that contain related items. Some tabs, called contextual tabs, appear only when they are
needed and anticipate the next operation to be performed by the user.
like "file" "design" "page highlight"
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ribbons are below these
Galleries - ✔✔simplify the process of making a selection from a list of alternatives. This is
accomplished by graphically displaying the effect of alternatives before being selected.
Word Processor Programs - ✔✔create text-based documents=
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-Memos, letters, and reports
-Newsletters, manuals, and brochures
Word processing programs=
-Microsoft Word•Most popular
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-Apple Pages
-Google Docs
-OpenOffice Writer
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one of the most flexible and widely used software tools.
Creating a Flyer - ✔✔•Spell Checker
•Center-alignment
•Grammar Checker
•Fonts
•Font Sizes
•Word Wrap
•Character Effects
Creating a Report - ✔✔•Report Features=
AutoCorrect
•Footnote
•Header or Footer
•Captions and Cross References
•Tables
Spreadsheets - ✔✔organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports
Application software - ✔✔End-user software
Accomplish a variety of tasks
Three categories of application software - ✔✔General Purpose Applications
%
Specialized Applications
Mobile Apps
general-purpose applications - ✔✔includes word processing programs, spreadsheets, presentation
graphics, and database management systems
0
specialized applications - ✔✔includes thousands of other programs that tend to be more narrowly
focused and used in specific disciplines and occupations
user interface - ✔✔is the portion of the application that allows you to control and to interact with the
program
0
Graphical User Interface (GUI) consists of: - ✔✔•Icons
•Pointer
•Windows
1
•Menus•Menu bar
•Toolbars•Buttons
•Dialog Boxes
window - ✔✔is simply a rectangular area that can contain a document, program, or message
Ribbon GUI - ✔✔An interface that uses a system of ribbons, tabs, and galleries to make it easier to
find and use all the features of an application.
Common Features in Microsoft - ✔✔Ribbon GUI
Spell checkers
Alignment
Font and Font Sizes
Tables
Reports
Ribbons - ✔✔replace menus and toolbars by organizing commonly used commands into a set of 8
tabs. These tabs display command buttons that are the most relevant to the tasks being performed by
the user.
, Tabs - ✔✔are used to divide the ribbon into major activity areas. Each tab is then organized into
groups that contain related items. Some tabs, called contextual tabs, appear only when they are
needed and anticipate the next operation to be performed by the user.
like "file" "design" "page highlight"
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ribbons are below these
Galleries - ✔✔simplify the process of making a selection from a list of alternatives. This is
accomplished by graphically displaying the effect of alternatives before being selected.
Word Processor Programs - ✔✔create text-based documents=
0
-Memos, letters, and reports
-Newsletters, manuals, and brochures
Word processing programs=
-Microsoft Word•Most popular
0
-Apple Pages
-Google Docs
-OpenOffice Writer
1
one of the most flexible and widely used software tools.
Creating a Flyer - ✔✔•Spell Checker
•Center-alignment
•Grammar Checker
•Fonts
•Font Sizes
•Word Wrap
•Character Effects
Creating a Report - ✔✔•Report Features=
AutoCorrect
•Footnote
•Header or Footer
•Captions and Cross References
•Tables
Spreadsheets - ✔✔organize, analyze, and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports
