Spread Sheet Software and DTP Notes

enaables users to take control of numbers, taking control of calculation processes

Malleable Matrix: Worsksheet: grids of numbers rows and lettered columns
Values are the raw material the spreadsheet uses to preofrm calculations scuh as #'s.
Replication commands: copy and paste
Austomatic recalulations changes data upon change
Functions: are already set calculations like a square root button
Macros: custom-designed programs that automates tasks in applications.
Templates: are ready-to-use worksheet layouts
Spreadsheets allow you to change numbers wqith automatic calculations
Pie chart: show relati ve proportions of the parts to the whole
Line charts: show trends over time
Bar charts: like a graph but more opportune when the data falls into more categories.
Working wisdom: spreadsheet errors
plan
make accurate assump[tions
double check
make readable
take advabtage of templates
put data first
dont distract
make easy to compare data
make it relate to the rest of the documen

Automatic MAth
many people who use math data depend on Mathematics-processing software
Staistics: the science of collecting and analyzing data


DESKTOP PUBLISHING
used for publishing documents, books, newspapers or magazines
DTP is easy
AoI
Business and employment
saves money and time
S&E
Equality of Access
you can publish at home

8 steps to DTP
1. Write the text
2.Edit Text
3. Add Drawings
4. Design basic format
5. Arrange text and graphics on pages
6. Print your Pages
7.Bind your Work
8. Share with your friends