ETECH

• Productivity tools are computer applications that allow users to view, create, and modify office documents quickly and easily

  
• Productivity tools enable people to be more efficient, effective, and produce more satisfying results in their daily work and activities
• Office Suite refers to a collection of two or more productivity applications that are bundled and sold together, typically including a word processor, spreadsheet creator, and presentation creator
• Office suites can be computer-based or web-based, created and designed to work with one another to let users share data in an easy and hassle-free manner
• Computer-based office suites require the user to install the program itself on a computer using a DVD-ROM device, flash drives, or through online installation
• Microsoft Office is the most widely used office suite, including applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Outlook, Publisher, and SharePoint
• LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite that supports file formats of other well-known Office Suites, including applications like Writer, Calc, Impress, Base, Draw, and Math
• Microsoft 365 is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft, including features like 1TB OneDrive storage, 3D embedded images, speech-to-text, and handwritten text to printed text conversion
• Web-based office suites like Google Apps and Microsoft Online allow users to create, modify, and store files online, with the ability to collaborate with others in real-time
• Database Management Systems (DBMS) are designed to verify, manipulate, specify, retrieve, and manage stored data
• Spreadsheet software is used to sort, compute, and organize numerical data, commonly used in financial, academic, or any sector that requires calculated data
• Presentation software is used for project presentations for both academic and business purposes, displaying interactive slideshows to express ideas, projections, and proposals
• Word processing software is used to view, edit, and create text documents, allowing users to type and format texts, insert and modify objects, modify the document layout, and proofread documents
• Before the rise of productivity tools, people needed to be physically in the office to work with documents and other files, but now tasks can be done faster and more conveniently
• Benefits of using productivity tools include instant collaboration, quick access regardless of location, increased productivity and accuracy, lower workload and errors, easier project tracking, different formats and sources, time-saving, and enhanced information security
• Microsoft Word is a word processing program that allows for the creation of both simple and complex documents, featuring functions like Mail Merge, Label Generation, Illustrations Group, and Image Placement
• Mail Merge is one of the most powerful and commonly used features of Microsoft Word
• Word is a word processing program allowing for the creation of simple and complex documents

  
• Mail Merge is a powerful feature in Microsoft Word allowing the creation of documents combined with another document or data file
• Label Generation is included in the mail merge feature on Microsoft Word
• Illustrations Group in Word makes documents richer, more impressive, and more informative
• Pictures in Word are electronic or digital pictures saved in any local storage or inserted from online sources
• Clipart/Icons in Word are line art drawings or images used as generic representations for ideas and objects
• Shapes in Word allow for composing and representing ideas or messages, useful for layout designs especially for posters/advertising
• Smart Art in Word are predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to form organizational or structural ideas
• Chart in Word allows representation of data characteristics and trends in documents, useful for preparing reports
• Screenshot in Word provides a snipping tool for capturing specific parts of the screen
• Text Wrapping in Word allows moving images in relation to text on the document
• Excel is a spreadsheet editor featuring calculation capabilities, graphing tools, and pivot tables
• Average, CountIf, and AverageIf are functions in Excel for calculations
• PowerPoint is a slide show presentation program rich in multimedia, featuring functions like Hyperlink and Embedding objects
• Hyperlink in PowerPoint creates links to specific slides, websites, or local files for easy navigation during presentations
• Embedding objects in PowerPoint creates links to files saved in the device without affecting the original file
• Tips for PowerPoint presentations include keeping slide counts to a minimum for clarity and simplicity
• Designing presentations should focus on clarity, simplicity, visuals, consistency, and contrast for effective communication
• Office Suite also known as application suite or productivity suite