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Application Software

                  It  is  a  program  designed  to  help  users  perform  specific  tasks. It is  designed to be used by
                  end-users. Writer, Impress and Calc are application software. Generally, people refer to application

                  software as software.
                  Application software can be broadly classified into two categories:

                                                               Application
                                                                Software




                                    General Purpose                                                     Customised
                                       Software                                                           Software





                        Word            Presentation         Desktop Publishing            Multimedia
                      Processors          Software             (DTP) Software               Processors



                             Spreadsheets    Database Management            Image Processing
                                                 Systems (DBMS)                 Software

                  General Purpose Software

                  General purpose software are those which have not been developed according to the needs
                  of a particular organization or a particular industry. It can be used for both commercial and
                  non-commercial or purposes. The general purpose software can further be classified into seven

                  different groups on the basis of their use. These are:

                       Word Processors are used to create, edit and format text documents. They are commonly
                       used in businesses, schools and at home. LibreOffice Writer is the most commonly used
                       word processor. Some other word processors are WordPerfect, Writer and Kword.

























                                    LibreOffice Writer                                LibreOffice Calc


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