Analysing the “good old days”

Paper based systems in office enviroments needs to be changed. Too much space is used to store the paper. Also it means more trees are being cut down.

Two applications that are effective for office use for typing and replacing paper based systems are 'Mircosoft Word' and 'Microsoft Excel' The programs are both very similar, they are basically virtual paper were the user types in what they want written, just like handwriting it but with typing. Benefits of there programs are that it a mistake is made then it can easily be corrected. Another advantage is that the documents are stored onto the computer or a server. This means there is less space taken up by filing cabenits etc.

An advantage of paper based documents is that if the computer/server breaks it may mean loss of all the data or that it cannot be acessed for a while. With paper it can be retrived from the filing cabinet at any time.

Typists and secretaries jobs were affected when office pakcages started to come into the workplace because if they didn't learn how to use the software effectively by the time it was in their workplace, the company may fire them and hire someone who could use it.

This means lots of ICT jobs were created as people were needed to maintain and fix the computers and servers. Also people who were already using these software packages would be hired over people who didn't know how to use them.