Basic Application Software Flashcards
What are the common features of applications software?
User Interface, Graphical User Interface, Pointer, window, menus, dialog box, toolbars
portion of the application that you work with
user interface
displays graphical elements called icons to represent familiar objects and a mouse
graphical user interface (gui)
used to select items such as icons
pointer
rectangular area that can contain a document, program, or message
window
present commands that are typically displayed in a menu bar at the top of the screen
menus
provides additional information and requests user input may appear
dialog box
below the menu bar and contain small graphic elements called buttons that provide shortcuts for quick access to commonly used commands
toolbars
these create text-based documents and are one of the most felxible and widely used software tools
word processors
this feature automatically moves the insertion point to the next line once the current line is full
word wrap
this feature provides synonyms, antonyms, and related words for a selected word or phrase
thesaurus
feature to locate and replace selected words
find a replace
feature to look for misspelled words and problems with capitalization, punctuation and sentence structure
spelling and grammar checkers
these software organize, analyze and graph numeric data such as budgets and financial reports
spreadsheets
consists of one or more related worksheets
workbook files
also known as spreadsheet/sheet, is a rectangular grid of rows and columns
worksheet
part of sheet identified by letters
columns
part of sheet identified by rows
numbers
part of sheet intersection of a row and column that contains text or numeric entries
cell
part of sheet that refers to instruction to calculate or process
formula
part of sheet that refers to prewritten formulas provided by the spreadsheet program that perform calculations
functions
part of sheet consisting of series of continuous cells
range
visual representations of data in a worksheet
analytical graphs or charts
changing one or more numbers in spreadsheet will automatically recalculate all related formulas and charts
recalculation
is a collection of data
database
a program that sets up, or structures, a databaes
databaes management system (dbms)
most widely used database structures
relational database
make up the basic structure of a relational database with columns containing field data and rows containing information
tables (row - records, columns - fields)
each record contains _____________ about some specific person, place or thing
fields of data
are given field names that are display at the top of each table
fields
is the unique field of a record
primary key
tool to quickly rearrange a table’s records according to a selected field
sort tool
tool to question/request for specific data contained in a database
query
tool to reflect the contents for one record in a table
database forms
tool referring to listing of an entire field in a table or a slected fields based on a query involving several tables
reports
programs that combine a variety of visual objects to create attractive, visually interesting presentations
presentation graphics
a wizard that guides you through the process of creating a variety of different types of presentation
autocontent wizard
provide an excellent way to quickly create a presentation by presenting a sample layout with sample text
tempates
the autocontent wizard ask you to selected your ___________-
presentation sstyle
helps to compare different design templates quickly
master slide
