TECH : TOP APPLICATION SOFTWARE TO HAVE ON A COMPUTER SYSTEM AS A BEGINNER. (MICROSOFT OFFICE | PART 3 )

 In the Previous Article, we talked about the Top Application software to have on a computer system as a Beginner, In which we have emphasize on ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE which is the number one top Application to have on a computer system. AND SECONDLY, We move to TYPING TUTOR but today We are moving down to the Number three Top application to have on a computer system which is MICROSOFT OFFICE PACKAGE.

1.       MICROSOFT OFFICE: This is one of the great Application programs to have on a computer system as a professional or beginner desktop publisher.  With this application software, one will be able to perform different tasks on his/her computer system. Microsoft Office is a collection of software programs commonly used in an office environment. It is available on both Windows and Mac and includes programs, servers, services, and solutions for various business purposes. Though, Microsoft office Application software contains many different sub applications inside. Some of the Sub applications inside the Microsoft Office package are as follows: 

Microsoft Office includes the following programs:

• MICROSFT Access: Database management program
• MICROSFT Excel: Spreadsheet program
• MICROSFT  Lync: Collaboration and communication tool
• MICROSFT  OneNote: Note taking program
• MICROSFT  Outlook: Personal information managers and communications program (e-mail, contacts, schedules, documents)
• MICROSFT  PowerPoint: Presentation graphics program
• MICROSFT  Project: Project management programs and solutions
• MICROSFT  Publisher: Business publishing and marketing materials program
• MICROSFT  Visio: Business and technical diagramming program
• MICROSFT  Word: Word processing program

Let me quickly write short note on the above listed Sub Microsoft programs,  but I promised to elaborate more on them in the next article.

But today, I will only write on the four most common sub Microsoft programs to have on a computer system, and I will continue about the rest sub programs in the next article.

Ø*  MICROSOFT WORD: Microsoft Word or MS-WORD (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. The purpose of the MS Word is to allow the users to type and save documents.

Similar to other word processors, it has helpful tools to make documents.

• Spelling & grammar checker, word count (this also counts letters and lines)
• Speech recognition
• Inserts pictures in documents
• Web pages, graphs, etc.
• Tables
• Displays synonyms of words and can read out the text
• Prints in different ways

It can be bought at shops and normally comes with Microsoft Office, but can be bought separately and also, it can be downloaded online.

Ø*   MICROSOFT EXCEL: Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.

Microsoft Excel has the basic features of all spreadsheets, 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 for different perspectives (using pivot tables and the scenario manager). 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, and then reporting the results back to the spreadsheet. It also 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, or in general, as a design tool that asks the user questions and provides answers and reports.  In a more elaborate realization, an Excel application can automatically poll external databases and measuring instruments using an update schedule, analyze the results, make a Word report or PowerPoint slide show, and e-mail these presentations on a regular basis to a list of participants. ( Culled from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel )

             It can be bought at shops and normally comes with Microsoft Office, but can be bought separately and also, it can be downloaded online.

Ø *  MICROSOFT POWERPOINT:  Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software developed by Microsoft. It is a standard component of the company's Microsoft Office suite software, and is bundled together with Word, Excel and other office productivity tools. The program uses slides to convey information rich in multimedia. The term slide refers to the old slide projector, which this software effectively replaces. PowerPoint experienced a very significant change in PowerPoint 97, which added predefined transition effects and allowed the user to time them appropriately so that slides would transition automatically. This allowed a presenter to follow a predefined progression and go on with the presentation without pausing to change or read the slides.

You can create a video scene in Microsoft PowerPoint with effects transitions and so on.

      Ø* MICROSOFT ACCESS:  Microsoft Access is a pseudo-relational database engine from Microsoft.    Access is used for both small and large database deployments. This is partly due to its easy-to-use graphical interface, as well as its interoperability with other applications and platforms such as Microsoft’s own SQL Server database engine and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

  It can be bought at shops and normally comes with Microsoft Office, but can be bought separately and also, it can be downloaded online.
 
In the next Article, we will expatiate more on the MICROSOFT OFFICE software
Good Luck.
Written and Edited by: BILAWU AYOYINKA ( HERO ).