Text C: Application Software

Document production software assists you with composing, editing, designing, printing, and electronically publishing documents. The three most popular types of document production software include word processing, desktop publishing, and Web authoring. Spreadsheetsoftware is similar to a “smart” piece of paper that automatically adds up the columns of numbers you write on it. You can use it to make other calculations, too, based on simple equations that you write or more complex, built-in formulas. Because it is so easy to experiment with different numbers, this type of software is particularly useful for what-if analyses. Database software helps you store, find, organize, update, and report information stored in one or more tables. When two sets of records are related, database software allows you access data from both tables at the same time. Graphics software, including paint, photo editing, drawing, 3-D, and presentation software, is designed to help you create, manipulate, and print images.

Music and video editing software, educational and reference software, and entertainment software are the most popular categories of personal computer software. A software suite is a “bundled” collection of application software sold as a single package. For businesses, vertical market software is designed to automate specialized tasks in a specific market or business. Horizontal market software is generic software that can be used by just about any kind of business. Groupware is a type of horizontal market software designed to help several people collaborate on a single project using LAN or Internet connections.

Link the beginning and the ending of the sentence.

1. Various kinds of document production software provide tools for	a) establish relationships between different types of records.
2. Database software stores data as a series of records and allows you to	b) from encyclopedias to medical references, from map software to cookbooks and telephone books.
3. Reference software spans a wide range of applications -	c) entertainment software.
4. Computer games are the most popular type of	d) “word wrap”, a spelling checker.
5. Most document production software includes such features as	e) creating and formatting printed and web-based materials.

Find the words with a similar meaning in the text.

1) worksheet; 2) to modify; 3) helpful; 4) to refresh; 5) to keep; 6) to handle; 7) to work with others

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