Computer software is classified into two categories: System Software and Application Software.
System software is software that consists of a group of programs.
Application software is software that can perform a specific task for the user.
The main purpose of Word Processing Tool is to produce documents.
Database software is a collection of related data. The purpose of this tool is to organise and manage data.
The spread sheet tool is used to maintain budget, financial statements and sales records.
Presentation tool is used to display the information in the form of slide show.
Multimedia software is tool that allows the user to create audio and videos with the help of Media players and real players.
We can choose either portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) orientation for all or part of our document.
Word automatically inserts a page break when we reach the end of a page.
We can drag existing tab stops left or right along the ruler to a different position.
As we type our document, red wavy lines will appear under any word that is spelled incorrectly.
Print Preview automatically displays when we click on the Print tab.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation tool that supports text, shapes, graphics, pictures and multimedia.
The Themes in PowerPoint helps us to select the backgrounds by default.
A transition can be as simple as fading to the next slide or as complex as a flashy, eye-catching effect.
There are three categories of unique transitions to choose from, all of which can be found on the Transitions tab: Subtle (slight transitions), Exciting (strong transitions), Dynamic Content.
The most common types of animations effects include entrances and exits.
We can also add sound to increase the intensity of our animation effects.
In the PowerPoint gallery, entrance effects icons are coloured green, emphasis effects icons are coloured yellow, and exit effects icons are coloured red.
We can press the Esc key at the top left of our keyboard to stop or end the slide show in PowerPoint.
PowerPoint allows presentations to be saved as files that can be posted on video sharing platform like YouTube or just played on any other media.