Dot point 8 – By Jessica Matikainen

CONTENTSPresentation softwar

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Application software

Authoring software

Animation software

Web browsers

HTML editors

Sum-it-up

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

CONTINUE – PRESENTATION SOFTWAREPresentation consists of a series of slides. Popular ones include:

Microsoft PowerPoint

Lotus Freelance

Aldus Persuasion

CONTINUE – PRESENTATION SOFTWAREPresentation software creates several documents such as:

On-screen presentations (left)

Audience handouts

Overhead transparencies

Speaker’s notes

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Microsoft Word: An example of application software

CONTINUE - APPLICATION SOFTWAREApplication software is used for a specific task. These

include:

Word processors (left)

Spreadsheets

Graphic software

AUTHORING SOFTWARE

Macromedia Flash: An example of authoring software

CONTINUE – AUTHORING SOFTWAREIt is used to combine separate

media types, that is text,

graphics, animation, audio

and video. It allows for

interactivity. An example is

Macromedia Flash (left).

ANIMATION SOFTWARE

CONTINUE - ANIMATION SOFTWAREThis software takes individual images and creates an illusion of movement. Different types include:

2D

3D

Warping and morphing

WEB BROWSERS

Mozilla Firefox: an example of web browsers

CONTINUE – WEB BROWSERS

These are software programs stored on a computer that

allows access to the web. It will receive multimedia files

embedded in a web page. An example may be Mozilla

Firefox.The browser – that is, Mozilla Firefox

HTML EDITORS

CONTINUE – HTML Editors

Web pages are created using HTML. HTML editor is a

software program that specialises in writing HTML code.

<title>start

</title>finish

SUM-IT-UP

Software is therefore significantly used in making and

displaying multimedia. It aids in various areas such as

presentation and organising tasks (for example, using a

word processor for text).

BIBLIOGRAPHYImages were obtained from:•software logohttp://www.zaphu.com/v1/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/microsoft-office-logo.png•PowerPoint logohttp://www.tigerdirectnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/microsoft-powerpoint-2007.jpg•flash screenhttp://www.patrickjansen.net/components/images/screenshotpj640-480.jpg•flash symbolhttp://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aqsa.org.uk/Portals/0/Multimedia/flashIcon.png&imgrefurl=http://www.aqsa.org.uk/MULTIMEDIA/PhotoGallery/tabid/85/language/en-GB/Default.aspx&usg=__VZQg4M5bwFajbIIrnyev4KajXDo=&h=300&w=300&sz=24&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=uZrc2qle16wasM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmacromedia%2Bflash%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DX%26um%3D1•animationhttp://www.siggraph.org/publications/video-review/sig2005/SVRAT152Images/png/TickAnimation1.png•Microsoft Clipart

CONTINUE – BIBLIOGRAPHY Warp imagehttp://www.download-for-free.com/imgb/funny-morph-maker.jpg Mozilla firefoxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_3.5_logo.png Html imagehttp://www.webtechu.com/tutorial/img/notepad1.png Microsoft word symbolhttp://www.aqsa.org.uk/Portals/0/Misc/Microsoft%20Word.png operating softwarehttp://www.posmarket.com.au/images/Operating-Systems-Software.jpg

Music was obtained from: Sonic mystery (http://sonicmystery.blogspot.com/ )with the track ‘lioness’ in the web site –

www.last.fm - permission to use was verified.

Information was obtained from: Powers, GK. Information Processes and Technology. (2003). Heinemann: 22 Salmon street,

Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207.