Application
Software and
Digital Media
What Can Your Computer
Do for You?
Chapter 3
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
System
Software
Two main categories
of software
Application
Software
SimNet
Concepts Support CD: “Introduction to Software”
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Examples Application
Software
Inventory Management Financial Management
Slide Presentations
Writing Term Papers
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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
Word
Processing
Desktop
Publishing
Web
Authoring
Craphics
Spreadsheet
Presentation
PIM
Web Browser
Personal
Finance
DBMS
E-Mail
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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
Microsoft Office
2003 Pro
Microsoft
Four major
software suites
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
Less
Expensive
Two major advantages:
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
Grammar Check
Spell Check
Tables
AutoCorrect
Templates
Marco
Language
Columns
Smart Tags
Collaboration
Tracking Changes
Thesaurus
Mail Merge
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Designing a Web Page
Using HTML
HTML allows you to specify:
 The content to appear on the Web site
 The formatting of that content
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Web Authoring Software
SimNet
Concepts Support CD:
“HTML - The Language of the Internet” and
“HTML Editors”
p. 3.72 Fig. 3.3
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Web Authoring Software

Web authoring software is application software
that helps you design and develop Web sites and
pages that you can publish on the Web
Video clips
Audio
Graphical
images
Animation
Design
Develop
Maintain
Web pages
and/or
Web sites
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Graphics Software
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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
SimNet
Concepts Support CD: “Graphics Software”
p. 3.73 Fig. 3-4
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Spreadsheet Software
SimNet
Concepts Support CD: “Spreadsheet Applications”
p. 3.74 Fig 3.6
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Spreadsheet Software
Numbers
1234.65
Formulas
= B5+C5+D5+E5
Functions
=SUM(B5:E5)
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Presentation Software
SimNet
Concepts Support CD: “Presentation Applications”
p. 3.76 Fig. 3-7
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Productivity with
Presentation Software
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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
Microsoft
Internet
Explorer
SimNet
Netscape
Communicator
Concepts Support CD: “Web Browsers”
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E-mail Software
SimNet
Concepts Support CD: “Using E-Mail” and “Web Browsers”
p. 3.79 Fig. 3-10
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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
Animation
Images
Photos
Sounds
Video
Art
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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-andwhite 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
.jpeg or
.jpg
.bmp
.gif
.tiff or.tif
.png
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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 image
Rendering 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
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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
.ra
.mp3
.wav
.aif
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Digital Video
• Video files are extremely large because
of their:
Frame rate
Video 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 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
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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)
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.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
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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 Projects
E-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 Projects
Ethics, 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 Projects
on 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 Projects
Group 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 Software
4. Using Microsoft Paint
 Can you draw with your mouse?
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