Exam 6: Application Software: Desktop and Mobile Apps

When entering a formula or function into a cell, most spreadsheet programs require that you begin with some type of symbol, usually the asterisk character (*).

To create presentation graphics, database software is used.

____________________, sometimes called productivity software suites, are used by most businesses and many individuals to produce written documents.

Discuss the page formatting and document formatting options that most word processing programs offer.

____ is freeware software.

Many business software services are offered as ____, including applications geared for collaboration, scheduling, customer service, accounting, project management, and more.

In spreadsheet programs, labels and constant values are always copied exactly to the new location; what happens to formulas when they are copied depends on whether they use relative cell referencing or ____.

To retrieve information from a database, queries and reports are used.

A ____ is a group of values and other data organized into rows and columns, similar to the ruled paper worksheets traditionally used by bookkeepers and accountants.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 6-1 When Mary started college, her parents bought her a new computer that came loaded with the bare essentials in terms of software applications. She is now looking into purchasing additional software. Mary enjoys taking digital photos and would like software that would allow her to perform tasks such as correct brightness or contrast, eliminate red eye, crop, resize, etc. In order to have this functionality on her computer, she needs a photo ____ program.

Businesses and many individuals often use office suites, sometimes called ____, to produce written documents.

A single spreadsheet document is often called a ____.

____ can be used, copied, modified, and distributed to others without restrictions.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 6-2 Bryan has just started an internship in which he uses a database frequently. The database contains information about the company's employees. Bryan's supervisor senses that he is anxious about using the database and drops by to give him a short tutorial. The supervisor explains that each employee's information forms a separate ____.

Most spreadsheet programs allow multiple worksheets to be saved together in a single spreadsheet file, called a(n) workbook . _________________________

Cloud software is delivered on demand via the Web to wherever the user is at the moment, provided he or she has an Internet connection. _________________________

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 6-2 Bryan has just started an internship in which he uses a database frequently. The database contains information about the company's employees. Bryan's supervisor senses that he is anxious about using the database and drops by to give him a short tutorial. Bryan's supervisor explains that to retrieve information from the database, Bryan needs to use a ____.

____ is a shareware program.

What does it mean to "edit" a document? Describe some common methods for editing documents.

____ is used to plan, schedule, track, and analyze the tasks involved in a project, such as the construction of a building or the schedule for preparing a large advertising campaign for a client.