Exam 3: Application Software

Most personal finance software includes financial planning features, such as analyzing home and personal loans, preparing income taxes, and managing retirement savings.

A(n) ____________________ is a request for specific data from a database.

____ software serves as the interface between the user, the application software, and the computer's hardware.

Application software often includes an image ____, which is a collection of clip art and photographs.

A major advantage of using word processing software is that users easily can change what they have written.

Presentation graphics software provides a variety of layouts for each individual slide.

Figure 3-4 As shown in Figure 3-4, all of a worksheet s columns and rows are displayed on the screen at one time.

____ software is software that enables professional designers to create sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics, and many colors.

To help organize a presentation, you can view ____________________ versions of all the slides similarly to how 35mm slides look on a photographer's light table.

____________________ is a type of CBT (computer-based training) that uses Internet technology and consists of application software on the Web.

____ is ideal for the production of high-quality color documents such as textbooks, corporate newsletters, marketing literature, product catalogs, and annual reports.

Define the following five categories of software: packaged, custom, Web-based, open source, and shareware.

A serif font does not have the short decorative lines at the upper and lower ends of the characters.

Figure 3-4 Describe how spreadsheets like the one in Figure 3-4 are organized.

Open source software ____.

To ____ a document means to make changes to its existing content.

Using database software, you can ____.

The top of a window has a(n) ____, which is a horizontal space that contains the window's name.

Discuss what note taking software is and how it is used.

Users with an artistic ability can create their own graphics using paint/image editing software and then ____ (bring in) the graphics into a presentation graphics software slide.