office technology

• application software can be bought of the shelf
• there are tw categroies of application software which are special - purposed program and general purpose program
• special purpose programs are desinged to perfomr specific tasks such as inventory ,payroll,education,games
• general purpose programsare programs/applictions designed to be used by many people to do general tasks such as word processor ,spreadsheets,databaseetc
• menu is a applications softwae feature which presents commands available for selection
• shortcut keys are a feature for application software which are special keys for frequently used commands
• toolbar is a feature for appkications software presents graphic objects for commands
• help is a feature that presents that presents explanations of variouse commands
• dialog box is a feature used to specify additional command options
• insertion point is a feature that shows where data can be entered
• scroll bars is a feature that used to display additional info
• editing is a feature that changes entered info
• cut,copy and paste is a feature that allows user to delete,copry or move information
• undo is a feature that restores work prior to last command
• save and print is a feature that saves work in a file and prints a copy of it on paper
• WYSIWYG: denoting the representation of text on-screen in a form exactly corresponding to its appearance on a printout.
• WYSIWYG =what you seeis what you get meaning that what info you see on the monitor is what you get on your processed work
• basic applications in software are: word processors,spreadsheets,database,presentation graphics
• a software suite is a collection of software programs that are designed to work together to perform a specific task