PowerPoint Presentation to Accompany Chapter Application Software Objectives Identify Types and Uses of Business Productivity Software Identify Types and Uses of Personal Software Assess a Computer System for Software Compatibility Compare Various Ways of Obtaining Software Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing Install, Uninstall, and Update Software Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc I d e n t i f y Ty p e s a n d U s e s o f B u s i n e s s P r o d u c t i v i t y Software Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Office Application Suites Include several applications designed to work together Enable collaboration Save files in multiple formats Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Word Processing Creates, edits, and formats documents Creates and edits documents Formatting text Spelling and grammar checkers Graphics – insert and format images Text organizational tools – tables and lists Page layout – headers, footers, page numbers and margins Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Spreadsheet Creates electronic worksheets composed of rows and columns The intersection of a row and column is a cell A statistical analysis tool Creates charts or graphs Sorts, filters, and rearranges data Can be customized Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Presentation Creates electronic presentations that enable the displaying of facts, figures, and ideas on slides Creates, edits, and rearranges slides that contain • Text • Graphics • Video • Audio • Slide transitions • Animation Uses easy to see color schemes and large font sizes Contains design templates with predefined colors, fonts, and layouts Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Database Creates and manages a collection of related records organized into one or more tables Creates and edits tables consisting of records and fields Produces forms for easy data entry Generates reports to display selected information Creates queries to pull out records that meet specific criteria Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Personal Information Manager A personal information manager (PIM) manages your email, calendar, contacts, and tasks – all in one place Shares calendars Facilitates scheduling meetings Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc Making Business Work Other Types of Business Software Financial Software Helps keep track of expenses and taxes Tracks invoicing, payroll, and inventory Generates reports and graphs Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 10 Assess a Computer System for Software Compatibility Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 20 Will It Run? Your System Specs Specific hardware and software information about a computer system Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 21 Will It Run? System Requirements Minimum hardware and software specifications the computer must meet to run the program Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 22 Compare Various Ways of Obtaining Software Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 23 Where to Get It Licensing Proprietary License Open Source License Grants a license Grants ownership Ownership remains with the software publisher Source code must be freely available Found on most commercial software Can be modified and redistributed Most restrictive in terms of distribution and installation Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 24 Where to Get It Free or Fee Four models for software distribution: Retail: user pays fee to use software for unlimited time Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, TurboTax Freeware: can be used at no cost for unlimited time Apple iTunes, 7-Zip, Evernote Shareware: allows you to try before you buy Microsoft, Adobe Donationware: developers accept donations Apache OpenOffice Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 25 Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 26 Cloud Computing Takes processing and storage off desktop and puts it in the cloud Companies are known as Cloud Service Providers (CSP) Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 27 Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) The use of servers in the cloud • Reduces the cost for hardware, software and personnel Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 28 Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Provides an environment to develop, test, and deploy custom web apps • Facilitates collaboration between developers Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 29 Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) The delivery of applications over the Internet – or web apps • Most visible to users (access to email and Facebook) Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 30 Install, Uninstall, and Update Software Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 31 Install, Uninstall, and Update Software Install Copying files to a computer that may alter settings and create new files Uninstall Proper removal of files, folders, and settings associated with a program Update Editing software already installed to add features, fix a bug, improve compatibility, or increase the levels of a game Objective Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 32 Questions Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 33 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher Printed in the United States of America Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc 34 ... Objective Copyright © 20 17 Pearson Education, Inc 22 Compare Various Ways of Obtaining Software Objective Copyright © 20 17 Pearson Education, Inc 23 Where to Get It Licensing Proprietary License... Apache OpenOffice Objective Copyright © 20 17 Pearson Education, Inc 25 Discuss the Importance of Cloud Computing Objective Copyright © 20 17 Pearson Education, Inc 26 Cloud Computing Takes processing... source Objective Copyright © 20 17 Pearson Education, Inc 19 Assess a Computer System for Software Compatibility Objective Copyright © 20 17 Pearson Education, Inc 20 Will It Run? Your System Specs