Basic Application Software

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What are the common features of applications software?

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User Interface, Graphical User Interface, Pointer, window, menus, dialog box, toolbars

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portion of the application that you work with

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user interface

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displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects and a mouse

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graphical user interface (gui)

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used to select items such as icons

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pointer

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rectangular area that can contain a document, program, or message

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window

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present commands that are typically displayed in a menu bar at the top of the screen

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menus

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provides additional information and requests user input may appear

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dialog box

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below the menu bar and contain small graphic elements called buttons that provide shortcuts for quick access to commonly used commands

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toolbars

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these create text-based documents and are one of the most felxible and widely used software tools

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word processors

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this feature automatically moves the insertion point to the next line once the current line is full

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word wrap

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this feature provides synonyms, antonyms, and related words for a selected word or phrase

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thesaurus

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feature to locate and replace selected words

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find a replace

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feature to look for misspelled words and problems with capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure

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spelling and grammar checkers

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these software organize, analyze and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports

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spreadsheets

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consists of one or more related worksheets

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workbook files

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also known as spreadsheet/sheet, is a rectangular grid of rows and columns

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worksheet

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part of sheet identified by letters

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columns

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part of sheet identified by rows

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numbers

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part of sheet intersection of a row and column that contains text or numeric entries

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cell

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part of sheet that refers to instruction to calculate or process

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formula

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part of sheet that refers to prewritten formulas provided by the spreadsheet program that perform calculations

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functions

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part of sheet consisting of series of continuous cells

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range

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visual representations of data in a worksheet

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analytical graphs or charts

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changing one or more numbers in spreadsheet will automatically recalculate all related formulas and charts

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recalculation

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is a collection of data

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database

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a program that sets up, or structures, a databaes

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databaes management system (dbms)

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most widely used database structures

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relational database

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make up the basic structure of a relational database with columns containing field data and rows containing information

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tables (row - records, columns - fields)

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each record contains _____________ about some specific person, place or thing

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fields of data

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are given field names that are display at the top of each table

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fields

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is the unique field of a record

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primary key

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tool to quickly rearrange a table's records according to a selected field

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sort tool

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tool to question/request for specific data contained in a database

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query

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tool to reflect the contents for one record in a table

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database forms

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tool referring to listing of an entire field in a table or a slected fields based on a query involving several tables

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reports

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programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations

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presentation graphics

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a wizard that guides you through the process of creating a variety of different types of presentation

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autocontent wizard

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provide an excellent way to quickly create a presentation by presenting a sample layout with sample text

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tempates

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the autocontent wizard ask you to selected your ___________-

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presentation sstyle

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helps to compare different design templates quickly

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master slide