1. Business Software
1.1. spreadsheet
1.1.1. users to organize data
1.1.2. charting depicts data
1.2. database
1.2.1. users to create
1.2.2. users to access
1.2.3. manage a database
1.3. presentation
1.3.1. create visual aids for presentations
1.3.1.1. communicate ideas
1.3.1.2. messages
1.3.1.3. other information
1.4. note taking
1.4.1. enter typed text
1.4.2. handwritten comments
1.4.3. drawing
1.4.4. sketches anywhere on a page
1.5. personal information manager
1.5.1. appointment calender
1.5.2. address book
1.5.3. notepad
1.6. business software for phones
1.6.1. scaled down versions of software
1.7. business software suites
1.8. project management
1.8.1. user to plan
1.8.2. schedule
1.8.3. track
1.8.4. analyze
1.8.4.1. events
1.8.4.2. resources
1.8.4.3. costs of a project
1.9. accounting
1.9.1. helps companies record
1.9.2. report their financial transactions
1.10. document management
1.10.1. sharing
1.10.2. distributing
1.10.3. searching
1.11. enterprise computing software
1.12. web page development
1.13. word processing
1.13.1. autocorrect
1.13.2. autoformat
1.13.3. collaboration
1.13.4. columns
1.13.5. grammar checker
1.13.6. ink input
1.13.7. macros
1.13.8. mail merge
1.13.9. reading layout
1.13.10. research
1.13.11. search and repiace
1.13.12. smart tags
1.13.13. tables
1.13.14. templates
1.13.15. thesaurus
1.13.16. tracking changes
1.13.17. voice recognition
2. Software for Home,Personal,and Educational Use
2.1. personal finance software
2.2. legal software
2.3. tax preparation software
2.4. personal DTP software
2.5. personal paint/image editing software
2.6. personal photo editing software
2.7. clip art/image gallery
2.8. video and audio editing software
2.9. home design/landscaping software
2.10. travel and mapping software
2.11. reference software
2.12. educational software
2.13. enterainment software
3. Application Software for Communications
3.1. web broser
3.2. E-mail
3.3. instant messaging
3.4. chat room
3.5. text,picture,video messaging
3.6. RSS aggregator
3.7. blogging
3.8. newsgroup/message board
3.9. FTP
3.10. video conferencing
4. Graphics and Multimedia Softwaer
4.1. computer-aided design software
4.2. desktop publishing software
4.3. paint/image editing software
4.4. professional photo editing sofware
4.5. video and audio editing sofware
4.6. multimedia authoring software
5. Web Applications
5.1. users to access and interact with device that is connected to the internet
5.2. users to access and interact with software from any computer
6. Learning Tools for Application Software
6.1. online help
6.1.1. ask a question
6.1.2. access the help topics in the subject
6.1.3. access the help topics in the alphabetical order
6.2. web-based training
6.2.1. internet technology
6.2.2. consists of application