Write in brief about the sub-categories of application software.
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There are four categories of application software: business, graphics and multimedia, home/personal/education, and communications. Probably the most well known business application is Microsoft Office, which includes word processing (Word), spreadsheet (Excel), Database (Access) and Presentation graphics (PowerPoint).Word processing software creates text documents; from memos and letters to research papers – anything that requires “writing”. Documents can be easily modified; font style, size or color, paragraph style, word wrapping, spelling. You can move text, either a selection of words or entire sentences or paragraphs, and insert graphs, tables or pictures, among other things. Spreadsheets organize data (numbers) in columns and rows, and perform math calculations and functions (predefined formulas). Users can enter their own data in the spreadsheet, and the application can perform functions (apply formulas) to create new results from the entered data, including graphs.Database software is similar to spreadsheets in that they contain tables (related rows and columns) of data, but the difference is that a database allows for easy management and retrieval of that data. Queries are run to extract data in presentable results, like a screen shot or a report.Presentation Graphics is a effective visual aid to present data or ideas. Software will include predefined layouts for graphics like bar charts, pie charts or bullet point text. Each page is referred to as a slide. Slides can incorporate text, charts or pictures.