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Chapter
5:
SOttwore
This chapter presents a software
banquet-a
atcgory·by·ategory
disrossion
of
the
many kinds
of
progr:lms available for Apple
computers.
If
you have e\'er a.sked yourself,
-what
an
I do with an
Apple?" you
an
fmd the answer here. Write memos, letlers,
repons,
or
books. Prepare budgets
and
fc:xtta.S15,
and
graph
the
figures
10
get
the
piaure.
Keep personnel records, address lists,
or
atalog
your record collection. Learn touch typing, play games,
or
write your
own
programs. And that'S
JUst
the beginning.
SoftW'3.rc,
the
programs yoo load into your computer,
an
tnlnsform
your computer from a teacher
[0
a
bookkeeper
to a programming
lool. Programs designed for a particular
purpose
or
appliation
are
called
applkalioo
programs. You
em
buy programs Of' write your
own. This chapter
gi,>-es
brief
O\ICrviews
of
the foUowing soft
.....
':I.re
categories.
•
\l'ard
processors
• Data bases
• Spreadsheets
• Graphics
•
Integrated software
• Educalion
•
Entertainment
•
Communications
• Home finance
• Accounting
•
Special
imerCSI
software
• Utilities
• Computer languages
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