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Applicationsoftware performstensofthousands ofspecifictasks theenduser needs,likecreatingabudget foraccounting, creatinga resume,ormakingaprofessionalpresentation. Commercialapplicationsoftware hasbeendeveloped byhundreds, eventhousands ofpeopleandisconstantlyevolvingtomeetthe infiniteneeds oftheenduser, sothechancesofapplication softwarenotfulfilling ausersneedsareremote.

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BusinessApplicationSoftwareSuites
Softwaremanufacturers likeMicrosoft andMacproduce business application softwareandselltheminpackages called software suites,orproductivitysuites.Softwaresuitesusuallyhavethreeto fivebasicapplication softwares. softwares
Application WordProcessor Spreadsheet Database Presentation ProjectManagement Microsoft Word2007 Excel2007 Access2007 PowerPoint2007 Project2007 PowerPoint2008forMac Mac Word2008forMac Excel2008forMac

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BusinessApplicationSoftwareSuites
Tofacilitateeaseofuse, Microsofthasincorporated asimilar functionalityintoalloftheirOffice products,whichgivethema familiarlookandfeelthroughout alloftheirproducts, whether theyarerunning onWindowsorMacOS. OS AllofMicrosoftOffice 2007sandMicrosoftOffice2008forMacsapplication softwareare presentedontheusersmonitorinrectangular boxescalled windows.Multiple windowsthatrepresent multipleapplications canbeusedatthesametime,whichiscalledmultitasking. MicrosoftOffice2007sandMicrosoftOffice2008forMacsmost notablechange wastoreplacemenuswithribbons.Theribbon is aGUIelementcomposedofastripacrossthetopofthewindow thatexposesallfunctions theprogramcanperforminasingle place.
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WordProcessingSoftware
Wordprocessorsallowausertomakedocumentfiles.Documents canbecreated,updated through editing, savedtosecondary storage,andeventuallyprinted. Wordprocessing applications are oftentakenforgranted because oftheireaseofuserelativetoother businesssoftwareapplications andtheperception ofsingular use. Awordprocessordocument canalsobesavedasawebpageforthe WorldWideWeb,and oftentimesinabusiness environment, an Intranet,whichallowsanorganization tocommunicate essential informationforoperations.Intranethuman resourcesmanuals, policiesandprocedures, knowledge bases,andmanyotheressential functionscanbecreatedinawordprocessorand posteddirectly, including imagesandhyperlinks.
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Spreadsheets
Spreadsheet softwarelikeMicrosoftExcel2007and MicrosoftExcel 2008forMacpresentsaninterface ingridofinformation separated bycolumnsand rows,oftenfinancial information thatiscapable of calculationand graphing graphing, andmostimportantly importantly, whatifanalysis. analysis Theintersection ofacolumnandrowiscalled acell.Eachcellis labeledaccording toitscolumnandrowlocation,likeB5.Acell holdstwotypesofentries,eithertext ornumeric.Textentries usuallyserveaslabelsornotes.Numericentriesobviouslyhold numbers,butalsoformulas and functions.Formulasreference othercellstocreatearithmeticoperations, likeA12A14.

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Databases
Database softwarelikeMicrosoftAccess2007iswellthoughtout collectionoffilesthatconsistofrecords(rows)ofdataseparated by fields(columns) thatcanbequeried (questioned) toproduce subsetsofinformation information. Datawarehousing allowbusinesses tostoretheirhistoryin relationaldatabases, which iscalledacorporatememory.Data warehousesusedatabase application softwarethatistypically hugerepositoriesofabusinesss historicaldatathatcomesfromall facetsoftheorganization.

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PresentationSoftware
Presentationapplicationprograms likeMicrosoftPowerPoint2007 andMicrosoftPowerPoint2008forMacareusedtodisplay informationtypicallyinaslideshow.Presentationscanbedisplayed onscreen, screen andusuallyareprojectedforanaudience audience. Presentationsoftwareallowsforslidestobeprinted inmany configurations, including handouts fortheaudience.Handouts allowtheaudience toconcentrate onthepresentation ratherthan notetaking,andgreatlyaddtothepresentations credibility.

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SharingInformation
Oneofthemostimportantaspectsofapplication softwaresuitesis theabilitytosharedata andinformation.Forexample,abusiness planmaybemadeupofproposaldocuments createdinWordand budgetspreadsheets createdwithExcel. Excel Manytimesthe spreadsheetcalculates budget forecastfiguresthatalsoneedtobe included intheproposaldocuments. Productivitysuiteshavethreewaysofsharing information between applications: CutandPaste static Objectembedding static Objectlinking dynamic
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SpecializedApplicationSoftware
Imageeditingsoftwares likeAdobePhotoshopareapplication programsthatenable anenduser tomanipulate visualimagesona computer.Computergraphics areclassified intwocategories: rastergraphics vectorgraphics.

AdobeSystemsPhotoshop isagraphics editing application softwareandthecurrentmarketleaderforcommercial businessbitmap,image,andphotographic manipulation and hasbeen described astheindustry standard forgraphics professionals.
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WebAuthoringSoftware
Webauthoring application softwarelikeMicrosoftExpressionWeb 2007 andMicrosoftExpressionWeb2008forMac softwareis specialized application softwarethatallowsausertocreate, publish andadminister websitesontheWorldWideWebthrough publish, theuseofaWYSIWYG interface. (WYSIWYGisanacronymfor WhatYouSeeIsWhatYouGet). Theultimategoalofwebauthoring programsistopostawebsiteon theWorldWideWeb(WWW)oracorporateIntranet.Inbusiness, it isimportanttoknowwhichwebauthoring productsareappropriate forwhich task.

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WebAuthoringSoftware
Professionalwebsitedesigners musttakeintoconsideration many factorsforagoodwebsite. Intention whydoesthewebsiteexist? Viewers Whoaretheexpectedusers? Content Doesithavecompleteandrelevantinformation? DesignLayout Isiteasytonavigate andvisuallyappealing? SearchEngineOptimization Canitbefound bysearch engines? Oneofthemostpowerful webauthoring programsinthebusiness environmentisMicrosoftOfficeSharepoint Designer which allows corporatewebmastersandcontent managers toCreateand administerwebpages likeothercommercialwebauthoring softwareandintranets.
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OtherBusinessApplicationSoftware
Inbusiness, itisimportantthatdocumentfilescanbeused regardlessofoperating systemplatforms,whethertheyare Windows,Linux,Mac,UNIX,etc.Thisisreferredtoaplatform neutral.Adobe isthestandard forthesetypesofplatformneutral documents.Adobes Readerand Writerapplication softwarecan createPDFfilesthatcanbeusedinvirtuallyanycomputing environment.TheacronymPDFstandsforPortableDocument File. Multimediaapplicationsoftware isusedbybusinesses generally to combineand manipulate text,graphics, audio,and videointoa formatlikepresentation software.Multimedia softwareforexample allowsabusiness tocreateaninteractivetraining video.
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OtherBusinessApplicationSoftware
Electronicmail,oremail forshortisacorebusiness application. MicrosoftOfficeOutlook isanexampleofanindustry leading email application.Email isanelectronicmethodofcomposing, sending, storing andreceivingmessagesoverelectroniccommunication storing, systems.Although Outlookmanages andadministers email,itis actuallyapersonalinformationmanager (PIM)thatfacilitates trackingandmanaging personal information. Thebody(message)ofanemailshould bewellwrittenand concise. Anemailapplication programincludes aspellcheckerandgrammar checker.Aonelinesubjectline mustalsobeconciseandletthe emailrecipient knowthetopicofthemessage.
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OtherBusinessApplicationSoftware
Enterpriseresourceplanning (ERP)systemsareapplication software thatattemptstointegrate alldataandprocessesofanentire businessintooneintegrated system.AkeyfeatureofmostERP systemsistheuseofanintegrated database thatstoresdataforthe assortedsystemmodules,likeaccounting andhuman resources functions. OneofthemostcommonERPsismanufactured bySAPAG,the largestsoftwareenterprise inEurope.SAPcallstheirapplication softwaresolutionsthataretypicallyaimedatmidsizetoverylarge organizations.OthernotableandwidelyusedERPsarePeopleSoft andSASSystems,which specialize inmanufacturing, financial, humanresources,andcustomermanagement.
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CollaborativeApplicationSoftware
Collaboration isamethodofmutuallearning betweentwoormore peoplewhoareworkingtogethertowardsacommongoal. Themainformofcollaboration inbusiness iscalledConversational interaction.Conversational interaction isbasically aconversation withtwoormoreparticipants totradeinformation andideas,and alsotobuild relationships. Thereareseveralcollaboration softwaresthataredesigned tohelp peopleachieveacommongoallikeMicrosoftsGroove andLotus Notes,whicharedesktopapplication softwaredesigned tomakeit possibletocollaborate andcommunicate withinsmallbusiness groups.
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