Unit R005: Understanding Computer Systems

Introduction Applications Software• Applications software is

software that is capable of doing a specific job

• A job is called an application

• Examples include word processing software, spreadsheet software, DTP software etc

• Certain features are common to different applications software

• For example, page numbering is a feature of many types of software such as word-processing, database, spreadsheet etc

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Page layout / format

Page layout / format

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Formatting text

Formatting text

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Formatting blocks of text

Formatting blocks of text

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Functions of spreadsheets

Functions of spreadsheets

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Other Features• These are features you would find many different types of software

and include:– Copy, cut and paste– Font type, size, style and colour– Drag and drop– Undo and redo– Find and replace– Zoom– Help– Print and print review– Page layout (e.g., margins, headers and footers, alignment, orientation, page breaks,

page numbering)– Templates– Inserting images