Transcript Expressing Ideas

Creating Documents
From typewriter to the 21st
century
Applications Software
• Software programs which perform a
specific job or task.
• Productivity Software
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Word Processing
Spreadsheet
Database Management System
Presentation
Personal Information Management
Before Personal
Computers
• 1870 - First commercial
typewriter
• 1902 - first commercial
electric typewriter produced
in Stamford, Connecticut
The State of the Art
Typewriter
• The IBM Selectric
What is this??
What is this??
• Typing pools - prior
to the advent of
word processors,
businesses
required a large
number of
individuals, usually
women, to produce
the required
printed materials
Word Processors
• Allowed text to be
entered and
formatted before
printing.
• Text could be
saved and printed
multiple times.
• Program hard
wired into the
circuit board.
Early Word Processing
Software
• Word Star-one of the first word processing
programs for microcomputers
• Used a <ctrl>-diamond for document
navigation
• Not WYSIWYG
WordPerfect
• Most popular word processing software in
the late 1980’s - early 1990’s.
• Three unique characteristics.
Microsoft Word
• Introduced in 1983 as Multi-Tool Word
• First word processing program to show formatting
on the screen
• Became crucial in the search for and apprehension of
infamous serial killer Dennis Rader, known for decades as
the BTK Killer.
Word Processing Software
Alternatives
• WordPad - Scaled
down word
processor included
with Windows OS
• OpenOffice.org
Writer - free, open
source program.
Text Editors
• No “desktop publishing” feature
• Enter and edit plain text only
• Mostly used for editing software programs
or HTML
Desktop Publishing
• Combines PC’s and page layout
• Much more control over items on page
than in a word processor
• Adobe Pagemaker & Quark Express
Software Suites &
Integrated Programs
• Suites are several
different programs
packaged together
for sale
• Integrated
program are one
program that does
a bit of everything
Keyboard Alternatives
• QWERTY keyboard - based on standard
typewriter
• Dvorak keyboard - allows for much faster
input - fingers leave home base less often
Speech Recognition
• Translate voice to
commands
• Translate voice to
text
• Translate text to
voice