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of the applications where worksheets are typically used. There are many products of
spreadsheet packages.

MS Excel is the most popular spreadsheet program. Some other examples are Lotus 123

and OpenOf f ice.org Calc.

Presentation Software
Let’s say you are given a task of designing presentation on tree plantation. Now, you

have two ways of going about it—one is doing manually by making charts and posters,
and second is computerising the presentation by use of diff erent presentation packages
like Microsoft PowerPoint.

Microsoft PowerPoint has many powerful features, which help us to design an eff ective

presentation with animation eff ects. Some other examples are Adobe Flash and
OpenOf f ice.org Impress.

Database Management Packages
Business processes are always associated with a huge amount of data. To store,
manipulate and process such data, some software packages are needed which

are collectively known as Database Management
Packages/Software/Systems (DBMS). It is defi ned as
Think and Discuss
software that organises and maintains the data in a
Which application software
database for providing the information. Many database
will you use if you have to
management packages are available in the market. MS prepare a presentation on
Access, Oracle, OpenOf f ice.org Impress, Ingres, Sybase ‘Natural Disasters’?

and Informix are the major products of database
management systems.

Customised Application Software

Although general purpose application software are exclusively used by all users for
general applications, there are certain software which are meant for some special
applications and organisations. Besides general purpose application software, some

organisations also need software for activities like desktop publishing, graphics,
multimedia, animations, fi nancial accounting, sales and marketing, inventory and export

documentation. This software are collectively known as special purpose application
software.

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