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ComputingEssentials2008Chapter3:BasicApplicationSoftwareAnswerstoEndofChaptermaterialsPage1of7KeyTermsKeyTermDefinitionanalyticalgraph(70)Avisualrepresentationofdatainaworksheet.(Seealsochart)applicationsoftware(62)End-usersoftwareandisusedtoaccomplishavarietyoftasks.AutoContentwizard(77)AfunctioncontainedinMicrosoft’sPowerPointthatstepsauserthroughtheprocessofcreatingapresentation.basicapplication(62)Softwarethatiswidelyusedinnearlyeverydisciplineandoccupation.(Seealsogeneral-purposeapplications,productivityapplications)bulletedlist(66)Asequenceoftopicsthatisprecededbyagraphicalelement.businesssuite(80)Acollectionofprofessional-gradeapplicationprograms,includingawordprocessor,spreadsheet,databasemanager,andmore.(Seealsoproductivitysuite)button(63)Usedintoolbarstoprovideshortcutsforquickaccesstocommonlyusedcommands.cell(69)Aboxinaspreadsheetapplicationthatistheintersectionofarowandacolumn.charactereffect(66)Theappearance,orstyle,ofafont,suchasbold,italics,orunderline.chart(70)Avisualrepresentationofdatainaworksheet.(Seealsoanalyticalgraph)column(69)Averticalarrangementoffiguresinspreadsheetapplication.computertrainer(81)teachnewusershowtousethelatestsoftwareandhardware.contextualtab(63)NewfeatureofMicrosoftOffice2003thatappearsautomaticallywhenneeded.database(74)Acollectionofrelateddatadatabasemanagementsystem(DBMS)(74)Aprogramthatsetsup,orstructures,adatabase,andprovidestoolstoenter,edit,andretrievedatafromthedatabase.(Seealsodatabasemanager)databasemanager(74)Aprogramthatsetsup,orstructures,adatabase,andprovidestoolstoenter,edit,andretrievedatafromthedatabase.(Seealsodatabasemanagementsystem)designtemplate(77)Aelementinapresentationgraphicsapplicationprovideprofessionallyselectedcombinationsofcolorschemes,slidelayouts,andspecialeffects.dialogbox(62)Apop-upboxthatprovidesadditionalinformationandrequestsuserinput.document(66)Filesthatarecreatedbyawordprocessingprogram.editing(66)Theactofmodifyingadocument.field(74)Acolumninadatabasetablethatrepresentsanelementofdatatobegathered.findandreplace(66)Theactofquicklylocatingtextinadocumentandreplacingitwithablankormodifiedtext.font(66)Theappearanceofcharactersinadocumentfontsize(66)Referstotheheightandwidthofafont.ComputingEssentials2008Chapter3:BasicApplicationSoftwareAnswerstoEndofChaptermaterialsPage2of7form(74)Anitemthatdisplaysonacomputermonitorandtypicallyreflectsthecontentsforonerecordinatable.format(68)Theappearance,orreadability,ofadocument.formula(69)Amathematicalequation,orinstruction,tocalculatenumbers,usedinaspreadsheetapplication.function(69)Aprewrittenformulaprovidedbyaspreadsheetapplicationthatperformscalculations.galleries(63)NewfeatureofMicrosoftOffice2003thatsimplifiestheprocessofmakingselectionsfromalistofalternativesbyreplacingdialogboxeswithvisualpresentationsofresults.grammarchecker(66)Apre-programmedfunctionwithinawordprocessingapplicationthatchecksforproblemswithcapitalization,punctuation,andsentencestructure.graphicaluserinterface(GUI)(62)Displaygraphicalelementscallediconstorepresentfamiliarobjectsandamouse.homesoftware(79)Integratedpackagesarepopularwithmanyhomeusers.(Seealsopersonalsoftware)homesuite(80)Thesecontainpersonalsoftwareapplicationsorprogramsintendedforhomeuse.(Seealsopersonalsuite)icons(62)Graphicalelements(orpicture)thatrepresentsaprogramordevice.integratedpackage(79)Asingleapplicationthatprovidesthefunctionalityofawordprocessor,spreadsheet,databasemanager,andmore.label(69)Descriptionofthecontentsofaroworcolumninaspreadsheetapplication.(Seealsotextentry)masterslide(77)Aspecialslidethatdoesnotappearinapresentationbutcontrolstheformatandplacementofallslidesinapresentation.menu(62)Alistofthevariousoptions,commands,and/ortoolsavailabletotheuserinanapplication.menubar(62)Arectangularbandlocatedonthetoppartofthescreeninanapplicationthatcontainsthemenuoptions.numberedlist(66)Asequenceoftopicsthatisprecededbyanumericalelement.numericentry(69)Anumberorformulainspreadsheetapplicationpersonalsoftware(79)Integratedpackagesarepopularwithmanyhomeusers.(Seealsohomesoftware)personalsuite(80)Thesecontainpersonalsoftwareapplicationsorprogramsintendedforhomeuse.(Seealsohomesuite)pointer(62)Agraphicalelementonthecomputerscreenthatiscontrolledbyamouseandisusedtoselectitemsonthescreen.presentationgraphics(77)Applicationsthatcombineavarietyofvisualobjectstocreateattractive,visuallyinterestingpresentations.productivitysuite(80)Acollectionofprofessional-gradeapplicationprograms,includingawordprocessor,spreadsheet,databasemanager,andmore.(Seealsobusinesssuite)query(74)Aquestionorarequestforspecificdatacontainedinadatabase.range(69)Aseriesofcontinuouscellsrecalculation(70)TheprocessofcalculatingallformulasandrecreatingallComputingEssentials2008Chapter3:BasicApplicationSoftwareAnswerstoEndofChaptermaterialsPage3of7chartsinaworksheetwhenachangeismadeoneormorenumbersorformulas.record(76)Arowinadatabasetablethatisacollectionofrelatedfields.relationaldatabase(74)Themostwidelyuseddatabasestructurethatorganizesdatabasetablesaccordingtorelatedfields.report