Application Software and Digital Media

What Can Your Computer Do for You?

Chapter 3

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the difference between application software and system software.

2. Define key concepts in application software including personal productivity software, versions, and suites.

3. List and describe the eight major categories of personal productivity software tools.

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Student Learning Outcomes

4. Describe digital media and why knowing something about digital media is important.

5. Define the concepts related to two-dimensional images and photos, 3-D graphics, audio, and video.

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Introduction

There are two major categories of software – system software and application software.

Both system and application software are vitally important to your productivity.

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Introduction

SystemSoftware

SystemSoftware

Application Software

Application Software

Two main categories of software

Two main categories of software

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Introduction to Software”

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Examples Application Software

Inventory ManagementInventory Management Financial ManagementFinancial Management

Writing Term PapersWriting Term PapersSlide PresentationsSlide Presentations

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3.1 The Application Software You Need

• Personal productivity software is application software that is designed to help you be more productive in performing personal tasks such as:– Writing letters– Managing your checkbook– Creating electronic slides

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Personal Productivity Software

DesktopDesktopPublishingPublishingDesktopDesktop

PublishingPublishingWord Word

ProcessingProcessingWord Word

ProcessingProcessingWebWeb

AuthoringAuthoringWebWeb

AuthoringAuthoring

CraphicsCraphicsCraphicsCraphics PIMPIMPIMPIMPresentationPresentationPresentationPresentationSpreadsheetSpreadsheetSpreadsheetSpreadsheet

PersonalPersonalFinanceFinancePersonalPersonalFinanceFinance

E-MailE-MailE-MailE-MailDBMSDBMSDBMSDBMSWeb BrowserWeb BrowserWeb BrowserWeb Browser

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Let Your Needs Drive Your Purchase

p.3.69 Fig. 3.1

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Software Publishers, Names, and Versions

Corel Paradox 10

PUBLISHER NAME VERSION

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Application Software Suites

p.3.70 Fig. 3.2

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Software Suites

Four major software suites

Four major software suites

Microsoft Office 2003 Pro

Microsoft

Office 2003 Premium

WordPerfect Office 2002 Standard

WordPerfect Office 2002 Pro

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Software Suites

A bundle of related software packages sold

together as a single package

A bundle of related software packages sold

together as a single package

Two major advantages:Two major advantages:

Less Expensive

Ease of use

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3.2 Personal Productivity Software Tools

• Writing a letter (Word processing)

• Creating a presentation (Presentation)

• Maintaining a checking account balance (Spreadsheet or Personal Finance)

• Creating a graph (Graphics)

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Word Processing & Desktop Publishing

• Word processing software helps you create letters, memos, and other basic documents

• Desktop publishing software extends word processing software to include design and formatting techniques to enhance the layout and appearance of a document

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Word Processing Software – Some Capabilities

TemplatesGrammar Check AutoCorrect

Marco Language

Smart Tags

Thesaurus

Columns

Tracking ChangesTables

Spell CheckCollaboration

Mail Merge

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Designing a Web Page Using HTML

HTML allows you to specify:HTML allows you to specify: The content to appear on the Web siteThe content to appear on the Web site The formatting of that contentThe formatting of that content

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Web Authoring Software

p. 3.72 Fig. 3.3

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “HTML - The Language of the Internet” and “HTML Editors”

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Web Authoring Software

Animation

Graphicalimages

Audio

Video clipsDesign

DevelopMaintain

Web pagesand/or

Web sites

Web authoring software is application software that helps you design and develop Web sites and pages that you can publish on the Web

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Graphics Software

• Crop (adjust) photos to an appropriate size

• Add captions

• Change and transpose colors

• Combine photos to create a photo collage

• Work freehand to create drawings

• Create and manipulate 3-D images

• Add animation features

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Graphics Software

p. 3.73 Fig. 3-4

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Graphics Software”

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Spreadsheet Software

p. 3.74 Fig 3.6

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Spreadsheet Applications”

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Spreadsheet Software

Numbers

Functions

Formulas

1234.65

= B5+C5+D5+E5

=SUM(B5:E5)

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Presentation Software

p. 3.76 Fig. 3-7

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Presentation Applications”

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Productivity with Presentation Software

• Add audio and video• Insert images, photos, and art• Incorporate links to Web sites• Use slide transitions to move from one slide to the next• Time the changing of the slides so you don’t have to

manually move from one slide to the next• Apply design templates to create a consistent look and

feel for all your slides• Insert common header and footer information on all your

slides• Print handout pages (with multiple slides per page) for

your audience

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Personal Information Management Software

• Can create and maintain…• To-do lists• Appointments and calendars• Points of contact

• Primary software for PDAs or palmtop computers

• Software available for desktop and notebook computers

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Personal Finance Software

• Personal Finance software capabilities:– Maintain a checkbook, prepare a budget, track

investments, monitor credit card balances, pay bills electronically

• Online banking is the use of your computer system, to interact electronically with your bank, including:– Writing checks, transferring funds, and obtaining a list

of your account transactions

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Database Management System (DBMS) Software

Allows you to manage large amounts of information

Arrange, modify, and extract information

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Database Management System Software

•Database management system (DBMS)– Used to manage large amounts of information– Allows you to arrange, modify, and extract information

from a database– Create logical relationships among groups of

information

•DBMSs work on everything from PDAs to large mainframes

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Database Applications” and“Database Management Systems”

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Two Most Common Web Browsers

MicrosoftInternetExplorer Netscape

Communicator

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Web Browsers”

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E-mail Software

p. 3.79 Fig. 3-10

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Using E-Mail” and “Web Browsers”

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3.3 Digital Media

• Digital media is any type of media or information that is represented and stored discretely as a series of 0s and 1s

Art

Animation

Sounds Video PhotosImages

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Digital Media: Word of Caution

• When creating a Web site with media that is not text, you must walk a fine line between your desire for photos and images with a high quality of resolution and the issue of how long it will take somebody to download those photos and images

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Two-Dimensional Images and Photos

• Bitmap graphic (raster graphic or a bitmap) is a grid of dots, with each dot representing a specific color, which makes up the entire image or photo

• Vector graphic creates and stores a set of instructions for re-creating the image or photo

• Image resolution refers to the density of the grid used for the image

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Two-Dimensional Images and Photos

• Color palette is the selection of colors that will be used for each dot in the bitmap graphic grid

• Grayscale palette a color palette which is used to produce images and photos in a black-and-white style using shades of grays

• True color or 24-bit color palette a color palette having 16.7 million colors

• True color 32-bit color palette a color palette having 16.7 million colors and special effects such as transparency and dithering

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Variety Graphics Formats

.png.tiff or.tif

.bmp

.gif

.jpeg or .jpg

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Three Dimensional (3-D)

• 3-D – Technology that presents information to you in such a way that you have the illusion that the object you’re viewing is actually in the room with you

• 3-D graphics instructions including length, width, locations, and drawing parameters for creating a wireframe of the image

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3-D Terminology

Wireframe is the complete skeletal structure of a 3-D graphic imageWireframe is the complete skeletal structure of a 3-D graphic image

Rendering is the process of covering the wireframe with colors and texturesRendering is the process of covering the wireframe with colors and textures

Ray tracing is a technique for adding shades and shadows to a 3-D graphic based on the location of a light source

Ray tracing is a technique for adding shades and shadows to a 3-D graphic based on the location of a light source

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Creating 3-D Images

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Graphics Software”

p. 3.83 Fig. 3-14

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Newest Types of Digital Media

Audio

Video

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Sound and Video Software”

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Audio Concepts

• Waveform audio is a digital representation of sounds, in which samples of a sound are captured at periodic intervals (sampling rate) and stored as unique sequences of 0s and 1s

• Sampling rate is the number of times per second (hertz) that a sound is captured during the recording process

.aif

.ra.mp3

.wav

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Digital Video

• Video files are extremely large because of their:

Frame rateVideo window size

Multiple tracks

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Digital Video Terminology

Video Window size refers to how large the window is on your screen as it displays a videoVideo Window size refers to how large the window is on your screen as it displays a video

Video frame rate number of frames per second (fps) used for a video Video frame rate number of frames per second (fps) used for a video

Tracks refers to the number of various forms of media in the video i.e. voice, music, and video would be three tracks

Tracks refers to the number of various forms of media in the video i.e. voice, music, and video would be three tracks

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3.4 Consumer Q&A

1. When I Buy Software, Do I Really Own it?

2. Is There Software I Can Try Out before I Buy It?

3. Is Installing Software a Difficult Task?

4. How Can I Add Video to My Web Site?

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3.6 Key Terms

• .aif (Audio Interchange Format)

• .bmp• .gif (Graphics Image

format• .jpeg• .mp3• .png (Portable

Network Graphic)

• .ra (RealAudio)• .tiff• .wav (Wave)• 3-D graphics• Application software• Bitmap graphic• Color palette

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3.6 Key Terms

• Database management system software (DBMS)

• Desktop publishing software

• Graphics software• Image resolution• Personal finance

software

• Personal information management (PIM) software

• Personal productivity software

• Presentation software

• Ray tracing• Rendering

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3.6 Key Terms

• Sampling rate• Spreadsheet software• System software • Vector graphic• Video frame rate• Waveform audio

• Web authoring software

• Wireframe• Word processing

software

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Review of Concepts

1. Identifying Personal Productivity Software Tools

2. Matching Careers to Personal Productivity Software Tools What software is in your future?

3. Understanding Formulas and Functions Buy a home for an investment

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Hands On ProjectsE-Commerce

1. Downloading Players and Plug-Ins Enjoy all forms of Web multimedia

2. Finding Freeware and Shareware Caution: Freeware may not be “free”

3. Buying Software Download it from the Web

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Hands On ProjectsEthics, Security & Privacy

1. Software Piracy It’s a big problem world wide Should poorer countries be denied access to

software and other technologies? How much is too much money for software

publishers to make?

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Hands On Projectson the Web

1. Storing Your Personal Files on the Web It can be free

2. Learning More about Digital Media What’s a bitblt?

3. Downloading Free Images, Photos, and Art

4. Finding Free Screen Savers Are they really necessary?

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Hands On ProjectsGroup Activities

1. Building a Web Page with Microsoft Word

It’s as simple as typing

2. Capturing Audio on Your Computer It’s as simple as speaking

3. Games and Entertainment Software4. Using Microsoft Paint

Can you draw with your mouse?