INTRODUCTION OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software

designed to help the user to perform singular or multiple related specific tasks. It helps to
solve problems in the real world. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software,
office suites, graphics software, and media players.

Application software is contrasted with system software and middleware, which manage and
integrate a computer's capabilities, but typically do not directly apply them in the
performance of tasks that benefit the user. A simple, if imperfect, analogy in the world of
hardware would be the relationship of an electric light bulb (an application) to an electric
power generation plant (a system). The power plant merely generates electricity, not itself of
any real use until harnessed to an application like the electric light that performs a service that
benefits the user.

Application software classification

There are many types of application software:

• An application suite consists of multiple applications bundled together. They usually

have related functions, features and user interfaces, and may be able to interact with
each other, e.g. open each other's files. Business applications often come in suites, e.g.
Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and iWork, which bundle together a word
processor, a spreadsheet, etc.; but suites exist for other purposes, e.g. graphics or
music.
• Enterprise software addresses the needs of organization processes and data flow,
often in a large distributed environment. (Examples include financial systems,
customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and supply-chain management
software). Note that Departmental Software is a sub-type of Enterprise Software with
a focus on smaller organizations or groups within a large organization. (Examples
include Travel Expense Management, and IT Helpdesk)
• Enterprise infrastructure software provides common capabilities needed to support
enterprise software systems. (Examples include databases, email servers, and systems
for managing networks and security.)
• Information worker software addresses the needs of individuals to create and manage
information, often for individual projects within a department, in contrast to enterprise
management. Examples include time management, resource management,
documentation tools, analytical, and collaborative. Word processors, spreadsheets,
email and blog clients, personal information system, and individual media editors may
aid in multiple information worker tasks.
• Content access software is software used primarily to access content without editing,
but may include software that allows for content editing. Such software addresses the
needs of individuals and groups to consume digital entertainment and published
digital content. (Examples include Media Players, Web Browsers, Help browsers, and
Games)
• Educational software is related to content access software, but has the content and/or
features adapted for use in by educators or students. For example, it may deliver
evaluations (tests), track progress through material, or include collaborative
capabilities.
 • Simulation software are computer software for simulation of physical or abstract
systems for either research, training or entertainment purposes.
• Media development software addresses the needs of individuals who generate print
and electronic media for others to consume, most often in a commercial or
educational setting. This includes Graphic Art software, Desktop Publishing software,
Multimedia Development software, HTML editors, Digital Animation editors, Digital
Audio and Video composition, and many others.[2]
• Mobile applications run on hand-held devices such as mobile phones, personal digital
assistants, and enterprise digital assistants : see mobile application development.
• Product engineering software is used in developing hardware and software products.
This includes computer aided design (CAD), computer aided engineering (CAE),
computer language editing and compiling tools, Integrated Development
Environments, and Application Programmer Interfaces. YUH ZEIT * A command-
driven interface is one in which you type in commands to make the computer do
something. You have to know the commands and what they do and they have to be
typed correctly. DOS and Unix are examples of command-driven interfaces.
• A graphical user interface (GUI) is one in which you select command choices from
various menus, buttons and icons using a mouse. It is a user-friendly interface. The
Windows and Mac OS are both graphical user interfaces.

Introduction to Office 2003

Sure, Microsoft Office 2003 has been out for a long time. In fact, the next version of Office is
currently being tested by some users and plans are that this new version will be out later this
year. But I recently realized we don't have an article that explains the basics of Office. And I
also know that there are many people out there who are confused about Office. This article
will help give you a base for understanding what this software is about.

Microsoft Office is a software suite. This means that there are actually several individual
software programs within Office. And the fact that it is a suite of various programs, it is
generally understood that these programs should "play well together." They are built by the
same software company (Microsoft) and they were designed to interact with each other in a
fairly seamless way. And in most cases, that is true. Granted, some programs play nicer with
others from time to time. But the basis of having a suite, versus buying the individual
programs separately, is not only that you save money by purchasing them as a package, but
also that they have additional coding that helps them work together better.

In fact, when "Office" first came out, many years ago, it was more of a bundle that, when
purchased this way, saved money (a package deal). I believe that version was Office version
3. I didn't start using Office until the next version...version 4. Office version 4, by the way,
contained Word version 6, Excel version 4 and PowerPoint version 3! Yes, version numbers
were very confusing! To make matters worse, there wasn't any Word 3, 4, or 5. Microsoft
jumped from Word 2 to Word 6 to keep up with Word Perfect, which at the time in the mid-
90s, had just moved from WP 5 to WP 6. Things got a little less confusing when the next
version of Office came out, called Office 95. Then Office 97 for the PC. But Macintosh users
had other versions, such as Office 98 and later Office X (2001)...then 2004 for the Mac. But
wait! Outlook also came out for the PC in version '98, although there was no PC edition of
Office called 98. That was for the Mac! The PC version moved from 97 to 2000. Confused
yet?

However, since 2000, Microsoft seems to have gotten control of itself and versions are
becoming a bit more reliable in their naming convention. Well, except for 2002, which was
officially called Office XP because someone in marketing apparently decided that you needed
to feel the 'XPerience!

Yes, all these versions still cause a lot of confusion out in the support world of the Internet,
because different versions have different features and do similar tasks, differently. That is
why it is important that, when asking for help, you remember to tell people what version you
are using.

The Programs
So what are all these individual programs that you get with Office and what can they do for
you?

Here's a little diagram that I created (in PowerPoint) to help you see what I am talking about.

All versions of Office come with Word, Excel and Outlook. In fact, Microsoft Office Basic
version is just that...Word, Excel and Outlook. The Standard edition and the Student/Teacher
editions add PowerPoint to that mix. And the Professional version adds Access to the above
programs. A few different business editions mix/match these programs with a few other tools.
Below is a small overview of just some of the features each program offers...

Word
Microsoft Word is your word processor. Like a very glorified typewriter, it allows you to
process your words in various ways. But, although Word is the text-based program, it can
also do other things such as allow you to insert graphics or photos, create charts and graphs,
create tables and even do some calculations. But because it handles your words that is what it
does best. You can create some great looking documents with professional looking
formatting. You can use it to handle your mail merges...one letter to many people. And Word
will allow you to create forms that people can complete online (which is my favorite thing to
do with Word).

Learn more here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857991033.aspx

Excel
Excel is your spreadsheet program. This is like having an electronic version of an
accountant's ledger. You can create individual Workbooks that can contain many individual
Worksheets. Within those sheets, you can keep columns of data in rows of clients or
inventory. You can do balance sheets to figure out your assets and liabilities. You can also
select data from your Workbook to create graphs, charts or run data analysis to track trends
for forecasting future sales.

Learn more here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010858001033.aspx

Outlook
Outlook handles your email, but it's much more than just an email program. Outlook is
considered a PIM, Personal Information Management program. Yes, you can pull down
email from several accounts off the Internet.

But you can also track appointments in multiple calendars, such as one for the Office and
one for home life. You can have reminders display when projects are due and other popups
can tell you when it's time to run into another meeting.

Notes allows you to jot down little bits of information or ideas on little text sheets, similar
looking to sticky notes, which can be sorted in various ways and within various folders.

The Task feature in Outlook allows you to track your ToDo list and handles some basic
project management tasks by allowing you to assign jobs to staff and then track their progress
and deadlines.

Contacts is like your electronic Roledex. Keep all kinds of details about friends, colleagues,
clients, and customers. From the basics like their name and email address, to multiple phone
numbers, addresses, even the name of their secretary.

Learn more here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857931033.aspx

PowerPoint
This is a graphical presentation program. Most people use PowerPoint to create overhead
presentations that can be displayed electronically from their computers. You can also print
transparencies or hand-outs to use with, or instead of, the presentation features. You can also
add animation, movies, music, and sounds to create a multimedia presentation. Presentations
can be set to advance manually or you can use timing features to make the images change on
their own at set intervals. But even if you're not ready for creating slide shows, PowerPoint is
great for creating illustrations (as I did above showing you Office). If you have photos or,
particularly, graphic clipart, you can make modifications to individual elements as with many
graphics only programs.

Learn more here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857971033.aspx

Access
Although you can track data in Excel, such as client data...with a row for each client name
and bits of data noted in various columns, like their address, annual sales, phone numbers, zip
codes, and such, if you need to do more serious database organization, you'll want to use
Access. Excel allows you to create a simple, flat-file database format. But Access is a
relational database, meaning you can put separate data into separate tables and link these
tables by their relationships.

INTRODUCTION OF MS WORD 2003

Microsoft Office 2003 is a productivity suite written and distributed by Microsoft for their
Windows operating system. Released on November 17, 2003, it was the successor to Office
XP and the predecessor to Office 2007.

Features and flaws of word 2003

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Word has a built-in spell checker, thesaurus, dictionary, Office Assistant and utilities for
transferring, copy, pasting and editing text, such as PureText.

[edit] Normal.dot

Normal.dot is the master template from which all Word documents are created. It is one of
the most important files in Microsoft Word. It determines the margin defaults as well as the
layout of the text and font defaults. Although normal.dot is already set with certain defaults,
the user can change normal.dot to new parameters. This will change other documents that
were created using the template and saved with the option to manually update the formatting
styles.

[edit] WordArt

WordArt enables drawing text in a Microsoft Word document such as a title, watermark, or
other text, with graphical effects such as skewing, shadowing, rotating, stretching in a variety
of shapes and colors and even including three-dimensional effects. In Word 2010, users can
apply formatting effects such as shadow, bevel, glow, and reflection to their document text as
easily as applying bold or underline. Users can also spell-check text that uses visual effects,
and add text effects to paragraph styles.
[edit] Macros

Like other Microsoft Office documents, Word files can include advanced macros and even
embedded programs. The language was originally WordBasic, but changed to Visual Basic
for Applications as of Word 97.

This extensive functionality can also be used to run and propagate viruses in documents. The
tendency for people to exchange Word documents via email, USB flash drives, and floppy
disks made this an especially attractive vector in 1999. A prominent example was the Melissa
worm, but countless others have existed in the wild. Nearly all anti-virus software can detect
and clean common macro viruses.

These macro viruses were the only known cross-platform threats between Windows and
Macintosh computers and they were the only infection vectors to affect any Mac OS X
system up until the advent of video codec trojans in 2007. Microsoft released patches for
Word X and Word 2004 that effectively eliminated the macro problem on the Mac by 2006.

Word's macro security setting, which regulates when macros may execute, can be adjusted by
the user, but in the most recent versions of Word, is set to HIGH by default, generally
reducing the risk from macro-based viruses, which have become uncommon

[edit] Layout issues

Before Word 2010 (Word 14) for Windows, the program was unable to handle ligatures
defined in TrueType fonts[72] those ligature glyphs with Unicode codepoints may be inserted
manually, but are not recognized by Word for what they are, breaking spell checking, while
custom ligatures present in the font are not accessible at all. Since Word 2010, the program
now has advanced typesetting features which can be enabled:[73] OpenType ligatures,[74]
kerning, and hyphenation. Other layout deficiencies of Word include the inability to set crop
marks or thin spaces. Various third-party workaround utilities have been developed.[75]
Similarly, combining diacritics are handled poorly: Word 2003 has "improved support", but
many diacritics are still misplaced, even if a precomposed glyph is present in the font.

Additionally, as of Word 2002, Word does automatic font substitution when it finds a
character in a document that does not exist in the font specified. It is impossible to deactivate
this, making it very difficult to spot when a glyph used is missing from the font in use. If
"Mirror margins" or "Different odd and even" are enabled, Word will not allow the user to
freshly begin page numbering an even page after a section break (and vice versa). Instead it
inserts a mandatory blank page which cannot be removed.[76]

In Word 2004 for Macintosh, support of complex scripts was inferior even to Word 97[citation
needed]
, and Word 2004 does not support Apple Advanced Typography features like ligatures or
glyph variants.[77]

[edit] Bullets and numbering

Word has extensive list bullets and numbering feature used for tables, list, pages, chapters,
headers, footnotes, and tables of content. Bullets and numbering can be applied directly or
using a button or by applying a style or through use of a template. Some problems with
numbering have been found in Word 97-2003. An example is Word's system for restarting
numbering.[78] The Bullets and Numbering system has been significantly overhauled for
Office 2007, which is intended to reduce the severity of these problems. For example, Office
2007 cannot align tabs for multi-leveled numbered lists[citation needed]. Often, items in a list will
be inexplicably separated from their list number by one to three tabs, rendering outlines
unreadable[citation needed]. These problems cannot be resolved even by expert users[citation needed].
Even basic dragging and dropping of words is usually impossible[citation needed]. Bullet and
numbering problems in Word include: bullet characters are often changed and altered,
indentation is changed within the same list, bullet point or number sequence can belong to an
entirely different nest within the same sequence[citation needed].

[edit] Creating tables

Users can also create tables in MS Word. Depending on the version, Word can perform
simple calculations. Formulas are supported as well.

[edit] Using formulas

As mentioned in Creating Tables, MS Word supports the use of formulas. To access Word's
formula function in Word 2007, click anywhere in a table, then choose Table Tools>>Layout.
To access Word's formula function in Word 2003, select Table>>Formula. The formula
function is on the ribbon in the Data section. Click on the Formula icon to open the Formula
Dialog box. At the top of the Formula box is a place to enter a formula. Formulas use a
similar convention as that used in Excel. Cell references use the "A1" reference style.
Formulas are written using cell references (for example =A1+A2).[79] Word tables don't
display column and row ids, the address must be determined by counting the number of
columns and rows. For example, cell C4 appears three columns from the left and four rows
down. Once cell addresses are known the formula can be written. Examples are: =C3+C4;
=sum(C2:C10). An optional Microsoft Word add-in program called Formula Builder
provides cell references in a number of different ways so the user doesn't have to determine it
by counting columns and rows. For example, cell references may be added to a formula by
double-clicking the cell.

As an alternative to using actual cell references as the arguments in the formula, you can use
ABOVE, BELOW, LEFT, or RIGHT instead (i.e., =SUM(ABOVE)) which adds a range of
cells.[80] There are limitations to this method. The cells in the range must not be empty and
they must contain numeric values otherwise the calculation will not include the entire range
expected.[81][82] Another problem is that ABOVE, BELOW, LEFT, or RIGHT doesn't
recognize negative numbers when the number is surrounded by parenthesis and as a result
does not calculate correctly.[83] Word also adds the heading row if it contains a numeric value
provided the cells in the range are contiguous and all contain values.[84]

[edit] AutoSummarize

AutoSummarize highlights passages or phrases that it considers valuable. The amount of text
to be retained can be specified by the user as a percentage of the current amount of text.

According to Ron Fein of the Word 97 team, AutoSummarize cuts wordy copy to the bone by
counting words and ranking sentences. First, AutoSummarize identifies the most common
words in the document (barring "a" and "the" and the like) and assigns a "score" to each word
—the more frequently a word is used, the higher the score. Then, it "averages" each sentence
by adding the scores of its words and dividing the sum by the number of words in the
sentence—the higher the average, the higher the rank of the sentence. "It's like the ratio of
wheat to chaff," explains Fein.[85]

[edit] AutoCorrect

In Microsoft Office 2003, AutoCorrect items added by the user stop working when text from
sources outside of the document are pasted in.

[edit] Subscript and superscript issues

In any of the Microsoft word packages, it is impossible to display superscript exactly lying
above subscript. It can only be done using the equation editor.

Versions of word 2003

Year
Name Version Comments
Released
Word for
1989 Windows 1.0 code-named Opus
1.0
Word for
1990 Windows 1.1 code-named Bill the Cat
1.1
Word for
1990 Windows 1.1a for Windows 3.1
1.1a
Word for
1991 Windows 2.0 code-named Spaceman Spiff
2.0
code-named T3 (renumbered 6 to bring Windows version
Word for numbering in line with that of DOS version, Macintosh
1993 Windows 6.0 version and also WordPerfect, the main competing word
6.0 processor at the time; also a 32-bit version for Windows NT
only)
1995 Word 95 7.0 included in Office 95
1997 Word 97 8.0 included in Office 97
only sold as part of Office 97 Powered By Word 98, which
1998 Word 98 8.5
was only available in Japan and Korea
1999 Word 2000 9.0 included in Office 2000
2001 Word 2002 10.0 included in Office XP
Office Word
2003 11.0 included in Office 2003
2003

INTRODUCTION OF MS Excel
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for
Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot
 tables and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It
has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since
version 5 in 1993. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office. The current versions are
2010 for Windows and 2011 for Mac

FEATURES OF MS EXCEL 2003

Basic operation
Microsoft Excel has the basic features of all spreadsheets,[1] using a grid of cells arranged in
numbered rows and letter-named columns to organize data manipulations like arithmetic
operations. It has a battery of supplied functions to answer statistical, engineering and
financial needs. In addition, it can display data as line graphs, histograms and charts, and with
a very limited three-dimensional graphical display. It allows sectioning of data to view its
dependencies on various factors from different perspectives (using pivot tables and the
scenario manager[2]). And it has a programming aspect, Visual Basic for Applications,
allowing the user to employ a wide variety of numerical methods, for example, for solving
differential equations of mathematical physics,[3][4] and then reporting the results back to the
spreadsheet. Finally, it has a variety of interactive features allowing user interfaces that can
completely hide the spreadsheet from the user, so the spreadsheet presents itself as a so-called
application, or decision support system (DSS), via a custom-designed user interface, for
example, a stock analyzer,[5] or in general, as a design tool that asks the user questions and
provides answers and reports.[6][7][8] In a more elaborate realization, an Excel application can
automatically poll external databases and measuring instruments using an update schedule,[9]
analyze the results, make a Word report or Power Point slide show, and e-mail these
presentations on a regular basis to a list of participants

Charts
Graph made using Microsoft Excel

Like some other spreadsheet applications, Microsoft Excel supports charts, graphs or
histograms generated from specified groups of cells. The generated graphic component either
can be embedded within the current sheet, or added as a separate object.

These displays are dynamically updated if cells change content, making a useful design tool.
For example, suppose that the important design requirements are displayed visually; then, in
response to a user's change in trial values for parameters, the curves describing the design
change shape, and their points of intersection shift, assisting the selection of the best design

Working with graphics

The menus related to graphs and graph formatting have been changed completely in Excel
2007. Some common activities in using graphs are rather less transparent than previously. For
example, to add a curve to a graph, one can right click on the graph and choose "select data"
from the drop-down menu, or use the "chart tools/design" tab. However, when there are other
drop-down menus open, this drop-down menu just doesn't show up and the "select data"
option is grayed out (unavailable) from the tool bar. That facet of the menu system must be
"discovered" by the user. These quirks and other nontransparent features contribute to a long
learning curve, and to annoyance if one returns to Excel after an absence long enough to
forget these little "tricks" of the menu system.

Statistical functions
The accuracy and convenience of statistical tools in Excel has been criticized,[25][26][27][28][29] as
mishandling missing data, as returning incorrect values due to inept handling of round-off
and large numbers, as only selectively updating calculations on a spreadsheet when some cell
values are changed, and as having a limited set of statistical tools. Microsoft has announced
some of these issues are addressed in Excel 2010.[30]

Using other Microsoft applications

This section requires expansion.

Applications like Microsoft Access and Microsoft Word can "talk" to each other and to
Excel, and made to use each others' capabilities. One can create a letter template using
Microsoft Word and insert keywords that correspond to different sets of data in Microsoft
Excel. These keywords, marked in red, will be replaced by different words or numbers
entered into an Excel spreadsheet. These letter forms can be used to create multiple letters
dealing with the same type of information, but changed depending on the specific recipient.
Student grade reports, public information letters, and "Junk Mail" are all created in this type
of way

VERSONS
Excel 2.0

Microsoft originally marketed a spreadsheet program called Multiplan in 1982. Multiplan

became very popular on CP/M systems, but on MS-DOS systems it lost popularity to Lotus
1-2-3. Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac in 1985, and the first
Windows version (numbered 2.05 to line up with the Mac and bundled with a run-time
Windows environment) in November 1987. Lotus was slow to bring 1-2-3 to Windows and
by 1988 Excel had started to outsell 1-2-3 and helped Microsoft achieve the position of
leading PC software developer. This accomplishment, dethroning the king of the software
world, solidified Microsoft as a valid competitor and showed its future of developing GUI
software. Microsoft pushed its advantage with regular new releases, every two years or so.

Early in 1993 Excel became the target of a trademark lawsuit by another company already
selling a software package named "Excel" in the finance industry. As the result of the dispute
Microsoft had to refer to the program as "Microsoft Excel" in all of its formal press releases
and legal documents. However, over time this practice has been ignored, and Microsoft
cleared up the issue permanently when they purchased the trademark of the other program.
[citation needed]
Microsoft also encouraged the use of the letters XL as shorthand for the program;
while this is no longer common, the program's icon on Windows still consists of a stylized
combination of the two letters, and the file extension of the default Excel format is .xls.
Excel offers many user interface tweaks over the earliest electronic spreadsheets; however,
the essence remains the same as in the original spreadsheet software, VisiCalc: the program
displays cells organized in rows and columns, and each cell may contain data or a formula,
with relative or absolute references to other cells.

Excel became the first spreadsheet to allow the user to define the appearance of spreadsheets
(fonts, character attributes and cell appearance). It also introduced intelligent cell
recomputation, where only cells dependent on the cell being modified are updated (previous
spreadsheet programs recomputed everything all the time or waited for a specific user
command). Excel has extensive graphing capabilities, and enables users to perform mail
merge.

Since 1993 Excel has included Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), a programming
language based on Visual Basic which adds the ability to automate tasks in Excel and to
provide user-defined functions (UDF) for use in worksheets. VBA is a powerful addition to
the application which, in later versions, includes a fully featured integrated development
environment (IDE). Macro recording can produce VBA code replicating user actions, thus
allowing simple automation of regular tasks. VBA allows the creation of forms and in-
worksheet controls to communicate with the user. The language supports use (but not
creation) of ActiveX (COM) DLL's; later versions add support for class modules allowing the
use of basic object-oriented programming techniques.

The automation functionality provided by VBA made Excel a target for macro viruses. This
caused serious problems until antivirus products began to detect these viruses. Microsoft
belatedly took steps to prevent the misuse by adding the ability to disable macros completely,
to enable macros when opening a workbook or to trust all macros signed using a trusted
certificate.

[edit] Excel 5.0

Versions 5.0 to 9.0 of Excel contain various Easter eggs, although since version 10 Microsoft
has taken measures to eliminate such undocumented features from their products.[44]

[edit] Excel 2000

See also: Microsoft Office 2000

For many users, one of the most obvious changes introduced with Excel 2000 (and the rest of
the Office 2000 suite) involved a clipboard that could hold multiple objects at once. In
another noticeable change the Office Assistant, whose frequent unsolicited appearance in
Excel 97 had annoyed many users, became less intrusive.

INTRODUCTION OF POWERPOINT 2003

Microsoft PowerPoint, usually just called PowerPoint, is a presentation program developed

by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and
Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The current versions are Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 for
Windows and 2011 for Mac.

Versions for Microsoft Windows include:

• 1990 PowerPoint 2.0 for Windows 3.0
• 1992 PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows 3.1
• 1993 PowerPoint 4.0 (Office 4.x)
• 1995 PowerPoint for Windows 95 (version 7.0) — (Office 95)
• 1997 PowerPoint 97 (version 8.0) — (Office 97)
• 1999 PowerPoint 2000 (version 9.0) — (Office 2000)
• 2001 PowerPoint 2002 (version 10) — (Office XP)
• 2003 Office PowerPoint 2003 (version 11) — (Office 2003)

BASIC FEATURES OF POWERPOINT