Introduction to Computing Skills Report for Healy Ltd: Productivity

This report provides an introduction to computing skills, focusing on office productivity software and its application within a business context, specifically for Healy Ltd. It covers the use of word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet software, detailing their features and benefits. The report analyzes training and product costs, presenting data in worksheets and screenshots to illustrate findings. It then explores technological advances, including payroll systems, business management applications, and online platforms, and their potential to enhance business productivity. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of these technologies for improving efficiency and profitability, recommending their implementation for Healy Ltd. The report includes references to support its arguments.

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Table of Contents
Task: 1.............................................................................................................................................3
Worksheet:1.................................................................................................................................3
Worksheet: 2................................................................................................................................3
Task: 2.............................................................................................................................................5
1. Introduction:.............................................................................................................................5
2. The screenshot of Training Costs with data view:...................................................................6
3. Office productivity software:.......................................................................................................9
Word processing software:..........................................................................................................9
Presentation Software features:.................................................................................................10
Spreadsheet software features:..................................................................................................13
4. Describe three technological advances in terms of software and hardware that could help
Healy to increase their business productivity................................................................................15
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................17
Reference:......................................................................................................................................18

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Task: 1
Worksheet:1
Training Costs
8/21/2017
Training Cost
Training
Types
Cost per person
(excluding VAT)
Number of staff
undertaking training
Total cost of each
training
Basic £30.00 10 £300.00
Intermedia
te
£40.00 25 £1,000.00
Advanced £50.00 14 £700.00
Total cost of excluding VAT £2,000.00
VAT (%) 17.5
Total cost of including VAT £2,350.00
Worksheet: 2
Product Costs
8/21/2017
Product Cost
Office productivity
products
Cost per licence
(excluding VAT)
Number of products
requires
Total Cost of each
product

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Office 365 £100.00 10 £1,000.00
Office 2013 £140.00 15 £2,100.00
Total cost of excluding VAT £3,100.00
Budgets of project £1,500.00
Result cost are over
budget

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Task: 2
1. Introduction:
The aim that lies behind this report is to develop the understanding of Healy staff. In this report,
the focus has been emphasized on information about the technology and technological advance.
The environment of business is very competitive, and helpful to assemble the business decision
through use of technique for enhancing the quality or management. Along with this, the report is
presenting the importance of office productivity software tool and technology like the important
technological tools for the organization. This report is also describing the three different features
of office productivity software, which can help the Healey Ltd to grow in market. The three
fundamentals of this office are productivity software like spreadsheet software, Word Processing
software and Presentation software. There is also very vital role of usage of latest hardware tools
and technology. At the same time, this report is also evaluating the technological advancements
that can be increases the business firms for improving their productivity.

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2. The screenshot of Training Costs with data view:
The screenshot of Product Costs with Data View:
Interpretation of findings:

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The fact and findings from above data table revels that the company has faced a total cost of
2000, when it excludes value added tax. If value added tax is added do it, the total cost becomes
2350. The rate of VAT is 17.5% per person total cost. The company can present its data in a very
simple and understandable form by using the management views. This method can help the
management to present the data in simpler form but this method fails in computing further
calculations, because it will involve too much time in computing of that calculation. After this,
cost factor cannot be evaluated using this method, which make this in effecting for company.
The screenshot of Product and Costs of formula view:
The screenshot of Training Costs with Formula View:

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Interpretation of findings:
In order to present the cost in expanded from; the formula view method can be used. In this
method, different types of software are used by management according to their needs and
requirements in order to compute calculation for propose better decision making. On the basis of
this, it can be revealed that this method can prove as an effective method for the purpose of
computing various costs using appropriate formulas.

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3. Office productivity software:
Tables are very import tool to present any kind of information in easy and understandable
manner, especially for those who don’t have knowledge about the information presented. There
are various facilities that are present in the office productivity software it helps to arrange large
amount of data in such a manner that it becomes presentable information. It is having added
features which help to show data in a modified form so that focus of the reader can be attracted
(Kitchin and Dodge, 2011). There are basically three types of such software are used by
management consultancies: Word processing software, Presentation software and Spreadsheet
software.
Word processing software:
It is software where various reports are prepared with the help of the requirements about the
needed of the customer. One of the features of this software is table; it is having options to
modify column width and row height so that the information can be easily entered in the table.
Customization of the table provides convenience to the users to show the data in a presentable
manner. In case table is having large amount of data than this software provides facility of
shading and changing back ground colour of the cell which helps to highlight the data that is
important for the reader. This facility is also used to show the effect of the data; as red colour for
risk, yellow colour for neutral and green colour for beneficial (Uhlig, et al., 2014). It is also
having facility of molding borders which are used to customize the important data to segregate
from the other information. It also helps the employees to understand needs of the clients when
they send large amount of data with highlighting the specific requirements. On the other side
employees can send the required information to the client in bold border to show it in a better

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and presentable manner. It is also having facility to paste the pictures which enables to create
work more attractive and relevant in case of client requirements.
Table 1: Example showing table features
Highlighting
important
part
1212644
(Neutral)
Logo/ important
pictures
Bold border 9955222
(Risky)
Pass
Fail
Work in
Progress
1512264
(Beneficial)
Presentation Software features:
It is used for presentation of portfolio or any kind of business meeting. It helps to customize the
information in a well presentable manner with the facilities to add graphs, pictures, music and it
is having facility of reader’s note which helps the presenter to speak about the presentation
presents. This reader’s note is only visible to the presenter (Chesher and Kaura, 2012). It is used
by consultancy companies while meeting new clients. There are requirement by the clients for
presentations which can be easily developed with this software.

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Presentation software is having uniqueness in terms of presentation, it is having designing
facility which changes the colors, fonts and transition of the slides at a single click there is also
facility to modify each slide as per the requirements. There are several types of layouts present in
the software used for various purposes. The mainly used two layouts are title and content layout
and Comparison layout (Ainger, et al., 2012). Title and content lay out is used to describe a point
with a heading and details in the content part. Comparison layout is used to
compare/differ/discuss advantages and disadvantages of a certain point or issue.
Designs:

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Layout: