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Applications SoftwareTools for Thinking & Working


Two Types of software:

• Applications Software: software that can perform useful work on general-purpose tasks.

• Systems software: enables the applications software to interact with the computer and helps the computer manage its internal resources.


• Custom-Written software: software designed for a particular customer.

• Packaged software: or a software package, is an “off-the-shelf” program available on disk for use by the general public.

Another Classification


軟體的版本

• Version: 軟體在功能上有重大的更新與改進 , 如 MS-DOS 6.0, Word 7.0,Windows 95,PC-cillin 97

• Release: 軟體在部份功能上有修改 ,如MS-DOS 6.22

• Beta: 提供給一般使用者試用的版本 , 常被稱為搶鮮版 , 如Front Page 98 Beta2

• Patch: 通常是一個執行檔 , 用來覆蓋舊版本的某些檔案• Service Pack: 微軟耍的伎倆 , 用於不停更新的 Windows 95,如Windows 95 Service Pack 1,Windows 95 OSR2


• 向上相容性 (Upward Compatibility, Forward Compatibility): 舊板軟體儲存的檔案可在新版上執行

• 向下相容性 (Downward Compatibility, Backward Compatibility): 新版儲存的檔案可在舊板軟體上執行

軟體的相容性


Copyright, Piracy, Plagiarism, & Ownership of Images & Sound

• A copyright is the exclusive legal right that prohibits copying of intellectual property without the permission of the copyright holder.

• Software and network piracy: Software piracy is the unauthorized copying of copyrighted software. Network piracy is using electronic networks for the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials in digitized form.

• Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the expropriation of another writer’s text, findings, or interpretations and presenting it as one’s own.

• Ownership of images and sounds


Public Domain Software, Freeware, & Shareware

• Public domain software: software that is not protected by copyright and thus may be duplicated by anyone at will.

• Freeware: software that is available of charge.

• Shareware: copyrighted software that is distributed free of charge but requires users to make a contribution in order to receive technical help, documentation, or upgrades.

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Proprietary Software & Types of Licenses

• Proprietary: software whose rights are owned by an individual or business.

Two types of licenses:-- Shrink-wrap licenses are printed licenses inserted into software

packages and visible through the clear plastic wrap.-- A site license permits a customer to make multiple copies of a

software product for use just within a given facility.


The Four Types of applications Software


應用軟體

娛樂 &教育參考

桌面應用

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文書處理

試算表

資料庫

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瀏覽器

個人理財

專案管理

排版系統

電腦輔助繪(CAD)圖設計

影像處理


Features of the Keyboard

• Special-purpose keys: used to enter, delete, and edit data and to execute commands.

• Function Keys: labeled F1, F2, and so on, are positioned along the top or left side of the keyboard. They are used for commands specific to the software being used.

• Macros: A macro is a single keystroke or command-or a series of keystrokes or commands-used to automatically issue a longer, predetermined series of keystrokes or commands.


The User Interface: GUIs, Menus, Help Screens, Windows, Icons, & Dialog Boxes

The user interface is the part of the software that displays information and presents on the screen the various commands by which you communicate with it.With a graphical user interface, or GUI, you may use graphics (images) and menus as well as keystrokes to choose commands, start programs, and see lists of files and other options.


Icon( 圖示 )

Dialog box( 對話盒 )

Tool bar ( 工具列 )

Button( 按鈕 )

Images cannot be trusted!


Window ( 視窗 )

Help screen( 輔助說明視窗 )

Pull-down menu( 下拉式功能表 )


Tutorials & Documentation

• Tutorials: an instruction book or program that takes you through a prescribed series of steps to help you learn how to use the product.

• Documentation: a user manual (book) or reference manual that is a narrative and graphical description of a program.


Word Processing• The Different Kinds of Word Processors• Formatting Documents• Creating Documents• Editing Documents• Printing Documents• Saving Documents


改變 font 改變 size 改變 type

尺規小幫手 ?

A point = 1/72 inch


Formatting Documents

• Type• Spacing and columns• Margins and justification• Pages, headers, footers• Other formatting

Default settings are the settings automatically used by a program unless the user specifies otherwise, thereby overriding them.


Creating Documents

• Cursor: the movable symbol on the display screen that shows you where you may enter data or commands next.

• Scrolling: the activity of moving quickly upward or downward through the text or other screen display.

• Word wrap: automatically continues text on the next line when you reach the right margin.


Editing Documents

• Insert and delete• Search and replace• Block and move• Spelling checker, Grammar checker, Thesaurus


Printing Documents

Most word processing software gives you several options for printing. For example, you can print several copies of a document. You can print individual pages or a range of pages. You can even preview a document before printing it out.

Saving Document

Saving means to store, or preserve, the electronic files of a document permanently on diskette, hard disk, or magnetic tape.Saving is a feature of nearly all applications software, but anyone accustomed to writing with a typewriter will find this activity especially valuable.


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Cell

Bar chart

Line chart

column

row

Spreadsheets


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Analytical graphics, or business graphics, are graphical forms that make numeric data easier to analyze.


Database software• A data base is a collection of interrelated files in a computer

system.• Database software is a program that controls the structure of a

database and access to the data.


DATA HIERARCHYDATA HIERARCHY

• Character : a single letter , number , or special character such as @.• Field : a unit of data consisting of one or more characters.

• Record : is a collection of related fields.

• File : a collection of related records.

• Database : a collection of interrelated files.


Presentation Graphics Software

Presentation graphics software allows people to create graphical representations of data to present to other people.


Data Communications Software

• Online connections• Use of financial services• Automatic dialing services• Remote access connections

Data communication software manages the transmission of data between computers


Electronic Mail Software

Many organizations have “electronic mailboxes.” If you were a sales representative, for example, such a mailbox would allow you to transmit a report you created on your word processor to a sales manager in another area. Or you could route the same message to a number of users on a distribution list.

Electric mail (e-mail) software enables users to send letters and documents from one computer to another.


Desktop Accessories & Personal Information Managers

• Desktop accessories is a software package that provides an electronic version of tools or objects commonly found on a desktop, such as calendar, clock, card file, calculator, and notepad.

• Personal information managers (PIM) is a combination word processor, database, and desktop accessory program that organizes a variety of information.


Integrated Software & Suites

Integrated Software:

Integrated software packages combine the features of several applications program--such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and communications---into one software package.

Software Suites:

Software suites,or simply suites,are applications--like spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, communication, and groupware---that are bundled together and sold for a fraction of what the programs would cost if bought individually.



Groupware Groupware is software used on a network that serves a group of

users working together on the same project.

• Basic groupware• Workflow software• Meeting software• Scheduling software


Internet web Browsers

Web browsers are software programs that allow people to view information at Web sites in the form of colorful, on-screen magazine-style “pages” with text, graphics, and sound.

The World Wide Web: or simply Web, WWW, W3, consists of hundreds of thousands of intricately interlinked sites called “home pages” set up for on-screen viewing in the form of multimedia style.


Search Tools on the Web: Directory & Indexes

• Directories ( 分類式 ): Web directory are search tools classified by topic.• Indexes ( 索引式 ): Web indexes allow you to find specific documents

through keyword searches.





Specialized Software

• Desktop-publishing programs• Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer Aided

Manufacturing (CAM)• Personal finance programs• Painting and drawing programs• Project management programs• Hypertext


Desktop publishing

• Desktop publishing, abbreviated DTP, involves using a microcomputer and mouse, scanner, laser printer, and DTP software for mixing text and graphics to produce high-quality printed output.

• WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)• A page description language is software used to describe to the

printer the shape and position of letters and graphics.




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Non-WYSIWYG Word processor


雪梨歌劇院的結構圖CAD軟體範例 -Auto CAD R14


CAD/CAM


Personal Finance Programs

• Tracking of income and expenses• Checkbook management• Reporting• Income tax• Other


Project Management SoftwareProject management software is a program used to plan, schedule, and control the people, costs, and resources required to complete a project on time.


Drawing & Painting Programs

• Drawing programs are graphics software that allows users to design and illustrate objects and products.

• Painting programs are graphics programs that allow users to simulate painting on screen.

