
Student's
Guide to Information
Technology
# capturing images of the documents using a scanner
# transferring them to the host computer, where they are stored on
Worm optical discs (i.e. optical discs which allow you to write the
data in a non-erasable form)
0 handling them like any other computer-based information, i.e.
retrieving them, passing them to workstations such as PCs which
are connected to the host computer, and so on.
Office automation software
The main types of software used for office automation applications
are:
# database software for record-keeping applications
# spreadsheet software for applications involving tables of dat