The name of information society is mainly due to the development of information and communication technology (ICT), which has penetrated all economic and social activities, deeply influencing our standard of living.
The use of informatics in the economic field has contributed to the growing importance of the notion of information, which has become a valuable factor of production in a deeply competitive economy.
Information technology provides the information support necessary for the development of any business, in conditions of efficiency, integrating equipment and software components necessary for information processing, communications, networks, and databases.
The information society refers to "an economy and a society in which access, acquisition, storage, processing, transmission, dissemination and use of knowledge and information have a decisive role."
Information and knowledge are the main resources of the information society and by using information and telecommunications services, in the context of using the Internet, ensures access and exchange of information directly to the user. In such a society, the financial resources must be directed towards investments in creative activities (conception) thus obtaining new products and services.
NARCISA ISAILA
Chapter 1. Information and communication technology in the information society / 7
1.1. Premises of the appearance of the information society / 7
1.2. Initiatives and programs regarding the information society / 9
1.3. Concepts specific to data organization and processing / 12
1.4. Information in the information society / 15
1.5. The dimensions of the information society / 20
1.6. The computer system and the information system in the economic field / 21
1.7. End user informatics / 24
Chapter 2. Computing system - a tool in digital information processing / 25
2.1. Concepts specific to computer systems / 25
2.2. Architecture of computer systems / 30
2.3. Types of computers / 33
2.4. Architectural organization of personal computers / 38
Chapter 3. Windows operating system - basic software in computer use / 45
3.1. Operating system features / 46
3.2. Operating system specific concepts / 48
3.3. Windows 7/52 operating system
3.3.1. Windows 7/55 graphical interface
3.3.2.The Windows Explorer 7/59 Utility
3.3.3. Computer maintenance programs in Windows 7/66
3.3.4. Windows 7/67 software support system
3.4. Windows 8 - in a new operating system / 68
Chapter 4. Connectivity through computer networks / 69
4.1. Concepts specific to computer networks / 69
4.2. Classification of networks / 71
4.3. Network architectures / 73
4.4. The Internet in the economic environment / 76
Chapter 5. Microsoft Word processor / 81
5.1. Microsoft Word 2007 application interface / 82
5.2. Document level operations / 83
5.3. Working with tables in Word 2007 / 89
5.4. Writing Mathematical Symbols (Equation Editor) / 91
5.5. Working with drawings, schemes and images / 91
5.6. Creating graphics in Word / 97
Chapter 6. Multimedia presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint / 99
6.1. PowerPoint application interface / 100
6.2. Creating PowerPoint presentations / 101
6.3. Slide Master / 107
6.4. The dynamics of presentations through animation and transition effects / 108
Chapter 7. Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Editor / 111
7.1. Microsoft Excel 2007 application interface / 111
7.2. Spreadsheet operations / 112
7.3. Performing calculations with functions / 119
7.4. Graphical representations in Excel / 126
7.5. Data management in spreadsheet applications / 130
Chapter 8. Relational database management systems / 133
8.1. Concepts specific to databases and database management systems / 135
8.2. Components of the Microsoft Access DBMS 2007 / 136
8.3. Management of relational databases in the Access-SQL environment / 161
Chapter 9. Application integration in the Office package / 179
9.1. Data transfer in the Microsoft Office 2007 package / 179
9.2. Data transfer between Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint applications / 185
9.3. Exporting data from Access to Word / 189
9.4. Importing data from Access into Excel / 192
Chapter 10. Applications specific to the economic field / 195
10.1. Commercial correspondent / 195
10.2. Applications in Excel / 202
10.3. Applications in QBE Access mode / 206
10.4. Applications in the SQL Access environment / 221
Bibliography / 226
The name of information society is mainly due to the development of information and communication technology (ICT), which has penetrated all economic and social activities, deeply influencing our standard of living.
The use of informatics in the economic field has contributed to the growing importance of the notion of information, which has become a valuable factor of production in a deeply competitive economy.
Information technology provides the information support necessary for the development of any business, in conditions of efficiency, integrating equipment and software components necessary for information processing, communications, networks, and databases.
The information society refers to "an economy and a society in which access, acquisition, storage, processing, transmission, dissemination and use of knowledge and information have a decisive role."
Information and knowledge are the main resources of the information society and by using information and telecommunications services, in the context of using the Internet, ensures access and exchange of information directly to the user. In such a society, the financial resources must be directed towards investments in creative activities (conception) thus obtaining new products and services.