26. Performance – Refers to program speed and response time. A front office program requiring a user to execute eight steps to print a guest folio impedes organizational efficiency and customer service.
31. Style Checker. Checks a document for readability. For example, a Hemingway short story is written at a fifth grade level according to one style checker.
35. “What if” Analysis: Once data is entered into the spreadsheet, the user can modify the spreadsheet without reentering the data and manipulate the numbers to project various situations such as: “ What if we increase our menu prices by 5%.”
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38. Move and Copy. Spreadsheet data can be moved from one place to another as well as duplicated, including formulas.
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42. Some can manipulate a collection of data just a table at a time: This is called a flat-file database. The classic example of a flat-file is a database consisting of a small, fixed number of fields such as name, address, and phone number.
43. A relational databaseallows data to be retrieved or updated from several tables at once. For example, when the reservation record for Don Shula is completed, the VIP and guest history files will be updated.