Unit 5 Office Automation Text 1 Fundamentals of office Automation Office automation is the application of computer and communications technology to improve the productivity of office workers. In the mid-1970s, the term was used to describe the interactive use of word and text processing systems. Later it leads to a so-called"integrated electronic office of the future The major functional components of an office automation system include text processing electronic mail nformation storage and retrieval sonal assistance features task management Electronic mail and filing permit a user to compose and transmit a message on an office automation system. In the early 1970s, the ARPAnet community developed a number of such systems. These systems have been heavily used. Through standard message format protocols, several hundred different computers are able to exchange information with one another. In the electronic message world, they identify the sending and receiving mailboxes day s organizations have a wide variety of office automation hardware and software components. The list includes telephone and computer systems electronic mail word processing desktop publishing database management systems two-way cable TV office-to-office satellite broadcasting voice recognition and sy Each of these components ended to automate a task or function that is presently It will be possible to change substantially the way people work in an office, when computer, ommunication, office equipment are networked, and an office worker can easily access the entire system through a personal computer sitting on his or her desk 参考译文 办公自动化基础 办公自动化应用计算机和通信技术来改善办公室人员的工作效率。在20世纪70年代中 期,该术语被用来描述文字和文本处理系统的交互应用。后来它导致了所谓的“未来综合电 子办公室”的出现
Unit 5 Office Automation Text 1 Fundamentals of Office Automation Office automation is the application of computer and communications technology to improve the productivity of office workers. In the mid-1970s, the term was used to describe the interactive use of word and text processing systems. Later it leads to a so-called "integrated electronic office of the future". The major functional components of an office automation system include: • text processing • electronic mail • information storage and retrieval • personal assistance features • task management Electronic mail and filing permit a user to compose and transmit a message on an office automation system. In the early 1970s, the ARPAnet community developed a number of such systems. These systems have been heavily used. Through standard message format protocols, several hundred different computers are able to exchange information with one another. In the electronic message world, they identify the sending and receiving mailboxes. Today's organizations have a wide variety of office automation hardware and software components. The list includes: • telephone and computer systems • electronic mail • word processing • desktop publishing • database management systems • two-way cable TV • office-to-office satellite broadcasting • on-line database services • voice recognition and synthesis Each of these components is intended to automate a task or function that is presently performed manually. It will be possible to change substantially the way people work in an office, when computer, communication, office equipment are networked, and an office worker can easily access the entire system through a personal computer sitting on his or her desk. 参考译文 办公自动化基础 办公自动化应用计算机和通信技术来改善办公室人员的工作效率。在 20 世纪 70 年代中 期，该术语被用来描述文字和文本处理系统的交互应用。后来它导致了所谓的“未来综合电 子办公室”的出现
办公自动化系统的主要组成部分包括 文本处理 电子邮件 信息存储与检索 个人事务辅助功能 任务管理 电子邮件和文件系统允许用户在办公自动化系统中撰写和传送消息。20世纪70年代初 期, ARPAnet组织开发了很多这样的系统。这些系统得到了广泛的应用。有了标准的信息传 输协议,几百台不同的计算机就可以相互交换信息。在电子信息世界里,这些协议确认是发 送邮箱还是接收邮箱 当今的机构配置了各种各样的办公自动化硬件和软件,包括: ·电话及计算机系统 电子邮件 文字处理 桌面出版系统 数据库管理系统 双向有线电视 办公室对办公室的卫星广播 联机数据库服务 声音识别及合成系统 每一种设备都力图使目前由手工完成的任务和功能自动化。当计算机、通信和办公设备 连成网络,办公室职员能方便地通过自己桌面上的计算机访问整个系统时,办公室内人们的 工作方式就会发生实质性的变化。 Text 2 Microsoft office 2000 Office 2000 is an incredible set of business tools. It can help you increase your productivity Office 2000 is a fully integrated set of tools that work together. Office 2000 can make your job much easier. If you do have questions, there are always the"office assistants The Office 2000 suits are bundled in a variety of ways. You can get just the products you need. Microsoft Office Professional 2000 comes bundled with
办公自动化系统的主要组成部分包括： • 文本处理 • 电子邮件 • 信息存储与检索 • 个人事务辅助功能 • 任务管理 电子邮件和文件系统允许用户在办公自动化系统中撰写和传送消息。20 世纪 70 年代初 期，ARPAnet 组织开发了很多这样的系统。这些系统得到了广泛的应用。有了标准的信息传 输协议，几百台不同的计算机就可以相互交换信息。在电子信息世界里，这些协议确认是发 送邮箱还是接收邮箱。 当今的机构配置了各种各样的办公自动化硬件和软件，包括： • 电话及计算机系统 • 电子邮件 • 文字处理 • 桌面出版系统 • 数据库管理系统 • 双向有线电视 • 办公室对办公室的卫星广播 • 联机数据库服务 • 声音识别及合成系统 每一种设备都力图使目前由手工完成的任务和功能自动化。当计算机、通信和办公设备 连成网络，办公室职员能方便地通过自己桌面上的计算机访问整个系统时，办公室内人们的 工作方式就会发生实质性的变化。 Text 2 Microsoft Office 2000 Office 2000 is an incredible set of business tools. It can help you increase your productivity. Office 2000 is a fully integrated set of tools that work together. Office 2000 can make your job much easier. If you do have questions, there are always the “office assistants”. The Office 2000 suits are bundled in a variety of ways. You can get just the products you need. Microsoft Office Professional 2000 comes bundled with:
Word 2000 Power Point 2000 Outlook 2000 PhotoDraw 2000 Publisher 2000 the microsoft small Business tools You only have to go through two stand-alone applications to almost meet the price of the full Office 2000 Premium suite. Each tool in the suite is powerful, easy to use, and will meet your business and home office needs To utilize office 2000 you will need at least a Pentium class PC 166MHz or higher with at least 32MB, and preferably 64MB, of RAM Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 or higher/ or 2000 and at least a super VGA or higher monitor, CD, and mouse We found the programs integrated quite well together and ran very smoothly. Microsoft has changed the look and feel considerably, with new icons to launch each application and great new wizards. Now Office 2000 having a far larger footprint than earlier versions. If run on PCs that just meet the minimum qualifications, it could cause problems with speed and multitasking. Office 2000 allows users to easily share documents, E-mail, databases, etc 参考译文 Microsoft office 2000 omie2000是一组功能强大得令人难以置信的商业工具软件,它能够帮助用户提高工 作效率。而且软件之间配合默契,简化了用户的工作。如果有疑问,你随时都可以求助“Ofce 助手” Office2000软件包是以不同方式捆绑的。用户可以找到自己需要的产品。微软 Office 200专业版是与下列软件捆绑在一起的: Word 2000 Power point 2000 Outlook 2000 Access 2000 Front Page 2000 PhotoDraw 2000 Publisher 2000 ·微软的一些小型商业工具软件 如果用户自己选择以上任意两种独立的应用软件,它们的价格几乎就等于整个 Office 2000软件包的价格。整组软件都用得着,并且很划算。其中每个软件的功能都很强大,而 且使用方便,能够满足商业和家庭办公的需要
• Word 2000 • Excel 2000 • PowerPoint 2000 • Outlook 2000 • Access 2000 • FrontPage 2000 • PhotoDraw 2000 • Publisher 2000 • the Microsoft Small Business Tools You only have to go through two stand-alone applications to almost meet the price of the full Office 2000 Premium suite. Each tool in the suite is powerful, easy to use, and will meet your business and home office needs. To utilize Office 2000 you will need at least: • a Pentium class PC 166MHz or higher • with at least 32MB, and preferably 64MB, of RAM • Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 or higher/ or 2000 • and at least a super VGA or higher monitor, CD, and mouse. We found the programs integrated quite well together and ran very smoothly. Microsoft has changed the look and feel considerably, with new icons to launch each application and great new wizards. Now Office 2000 having a far larger footprint than earlier versions. If run on PCs that just meet the minimum qualifications, it could cause problems with speed and multitasking. Office 2000 allows users to easily share documents, E-mail, databases, etc. 参考译文 Microsoft Office 2000 Office 2000 是一组功能强大得令人难以置信的商业工具软件，它能够帮助用户提高工 作效率。而且软件之间配合默契，简化了用户的工作。如果有疑问，你随时都可以求助“Office 助手”。 Office 2000 软件包是以不同方式捆绑的。用户可以找到自己需要的产品。微软 Office 2000 专业版是与下列软件捆绑在一起的： • Word 2000 • Excel 2000 • PowerPoint 2000 • Outlook 2000 • Access 2000 • FrontPage 2000 • PhotoDraw 2000 • Publisher 2000 • 微软的一些小型商业工具软件 如果用户自己选择以上任意两种独立的应用软件，它们的价格几乎就等于整个 Office 2000 软件包的价格。整组软件都用得着，并且很划算。其中每个软件的功能都很强大，而 且使用方便，能够满足商业和家庭办公的需要
要想应用 Office软件,至少要求 166MHz或更快的奔腾类PC 至少32MB内存,64MB内存更好 Windows95/98/Me/NT40或以上 Windows2000操作系统 ·至少超级VGA或更高分辨率的显示器、光驱和鼠标。 发现这些程序之间集成得很好,在我们的计算机上运行十分平稳。微软还极大地改变了 Ofce2000的外观和效果,它使用了新的图标启动每个应用软件,以及功能更强大的新的 向导程序。现在的 Office比以前的版本占用了更大的空间,在只满足最低配置要求的PC机 上运行 Office2000时,速度和多任务处理方面都容易出现问题。 Office2000有利于任务协 作的信息共享,用户可以容易地实现文档、电子邮件、数据库等的共享。 Text 3 Microsoft word 2000 Microsoft Word 2000 provides powerful tools for creating and sharing professional documents, anyone with a Web browser can view Microsoft Word 2000 is a full-featured word processing program that allows you to create many types of personal and business communications, including word processing announcements memos business document academic reports other forms of written documents The Microsoft Word Auto Correct Spelling, and Grammar features allow you to proofrea documents for errors in spelling and grammar. As you create a specific document, such as a business letter or resume, Word provides wizards, which ask questions and then use your answers to format the document before you type the text of the document The Collect and Paste feature allows you to cut or copy as many as 12 objects( text, pictures e-mail messages, and so on) and collect them on the Office Clipboard. Then you can paste them into the same document or different documents. Collect and Paste can be used within a singl Office 2000 application or among multiple Office 2000 applications Microsoft Word automates many often-used tasks and provides you with powerful desktop blishing tools to use as you create professional-looking brochures, advertisements, and newsletters. The drawing tools allow you to design impressive 3-D effects by including shadows textures, and curves. Floating tables permit you to position a table in an exact location on a page and then wrap text around the table Microsoft Word makes it possible to access Web pages and search for information, design nd publish Web pages on an intranet or the Internet, insert a hyperlink to a Web page in a word processing document, and retrieve pictures from other Web pages. Clicking the hyperlink starts the Microsoft Outlook mail program and allows you to send an e-mail message to the author of he cover letter
要想应用 Office 软件，至少要求： • 166MHz 或更快的奔腾类 PC。 • 至少 32MB 内存，64MB 内存更好。 • Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 或以上/Windows 2000 操作系统。 • 至少超级 VGA 或更高分辨率的显示器、光驱和鼠标。 发现这些程序之间集成得很好，在我们的计算机上运行十分平稳。微软还极大地改变了 Office 2000 的外观和效果，它使用了新的图标启动每个应用软件，以及功能更强大的新的 向导程序。现在的 Office 比以前的版本占用了更大的空间，在只满足最低配置要求的 PC 机 上运行 Office 2000 时，速度和多任务处理方面都容易出现问题。Office 2000 有利于任务协 作的信息共享，用户可以容易地实现文档、电子邮件、数据库等的共享。 Text 3 Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2000 provides powerful tools for creating and sharing professional documents, anyone with a Web browser can view. Microsoft Word 2000 is a full-featured word processing program that allows you to create many types of personal and business communications, including • word processing announcements • letters • memos • business documents • academic reports • other forms of written documents The Microsoft Word AutoCorrect, Spelling, and Grammar features allow you to proofread documents for errors in spelling and grammar. As you create a specific document, such as a business letter or resume, Word provides wizards, which ask questions and then use your answers to format the document before you type the text of the document. The Collect and Paste feature allows you to cut or copy as many as 12 objects (text, pictures, e-mail messages, and so on) and collect them on the Office Clipboard. Then you can paste them into the same document or different documents. Collect and Paste can be used within a single Office 2000 application or among multiple Office 2000 applications. Microsoft Word automates many often-used tasks and provides you with powerful desktop， publishing tools to use as you create professional-looking brochures, advertisements, and newsletters. The drawing tools allow you to design impressive 3-D effects by including shadows, textures, and curves. Floating tables permit you to position a table in an exact location on a page and then wrap text around the table. Microsoft Word makes it possible to access Web pages and search for information, design and publish Web pages on an intranet or the Internet, insert a hyperlink to a Web page in a word processing document, and retrieve pictures from other Web pages. Clicking the hyperlink starts the Microsoft Outlook mail program and allows you to send an e-mail message to the author of the cover letter
参考译文 Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft word2000为用户创建和共享专业文档提供了强大的工具,拥有Web浏览器 的任何人都可以查看这些专业文档 Word2000是一个功能齐全的字处理程序,用它你可以生成各种类型的个人或商业信 函,包括通知、信件、备忘录、商业文件、学术报告以及其他形式的书面文件。 当你录入文件时,Word2000的 Auto Correct、 Spelling和 Grammar程序可以帮助你检查 拼写和语法错误。当你要创建一个文件,如一封商业信函或一份简历时,Word2000会提供 些向导,它们先提出一些问题,然后在你输入文件的内容之前,用你的回答规定该文件的 格式。 Word2000的 Collect和 Paste程序可使用户剪切或拷贝多达12种对象(如文本、图片、 电子邮件等),并把它们放在 Office剪贴板上。然后你可以再把它们粘贴到同一文件或其他 文件中去。 Collect和Pase功能可以在单个Oce2000应用程序中使用,也可以在多个offe 2000应用程序中使用 Word可以实现许多常用任务的自动化,并为你提供功能强大的桌面出版工具,供你在 制作具有专业水准的小册子、广告和通信稿时使用。绘图工具中的阴影、纹理和曲线可使你 的设计有很强的三维效果。浮动表格可以将一个表放在一页的准确位置上,而且其周围还可 以环绕文字。 Word允许用户在内联网上或因特网上浏览Web网页、查询信息、设计并发布网页,在 字处理文件中向某网页插入一个超链接,也可以从其他网页中检索图片。单击超链接将启动 微软 Outlook邮件程序,于是你就可以向该信函的作者发一封电子邮件了 Text 4 Electronic Commerce For some time now, large business enterprises have used electronic commerce to conduct their business-to-business transactions. Electronic data interchange(EDI) on private networks began in the 1960s, and banks have been using dedicated networks for electronic funds transfer (EFT almost as long Recently, however, with the increased awareness and popularity of the Internet, electronic commerce has come to encompass individual consumers as well as businesses of all sizes The Internet is already changing the way that many companies conduct their business. As that influence grows, and more companies use the Internet, the possibilities for conducting business-to-business commerce on the Internet will expand greatly, and become more of a routine part of Electronic commerce is defined as the buying and selling of products and services over the Internet, but there are many more aspects. From its inception, electronic commerce had included the handling of purchase transactions and funds transfers over computer networks. It's grown now to include the buying and selling of new commodities such as electronic information. And the companies are seeking to take advantage of the capabilities of electronic commerce. The number is greater than merely adopting our present view of commerce to perform those same transactions over electronic networks Then, what is electronic commerce? Electronic commerce is a system that includes not only those transactions that center on
参考译文 Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2000 为用户创建和共享专业文档提供了强大的工具，拥有 Web 浏览器 的任何人都可以查看这些专业文档。 Word 2000 是一个功能齐全的字处理程序，用它你可以生成各种类型的个人或商业信 函，包括通知、信件、备忘录、商业文件、学术报告以及其他形式的书面文件。 当你录入文件时，Word 2000 的 AutoCorrect、Spelling 和 Grammar 程序可以帮助你检查 拼写和语法错误。当你要创建一个文件，如一封商业信函或一份简历时，Word 2000 会提供 一些向导，它们先提出一些问题，然后在你输入文件的内容之前，用你的回答规定该文件的 格式。 Word 2000 的 Collect 和 Paste 程序可使用户剪切或拷贝多达 12 种对象（如文本、图片、 电子邮件等），并把它们放在 Office 剪贴板上。然后你可以再把它们粘贴到同一文件或其他 文件中去。Collect 和 Paste 功能可以在单个 Office 2000 应用程序中使用，也可以在多个 Office 2000 应用程序中使用。 Word 可以实现许多常用任务的自动化，并为你提供功能强大的桌面出版工具，供你在 制作具有专业水准的小册子、广告和通信稿时使用。绘图工具中的阴影、纹理和曲线可使你 的设计有很强的三维效果。浮动表格可以将一个表放在一页的准确位置上，而且其周围还可 以环绕文字。 Word 允许用户在内联网上或因特网上浏览 Web 网页、查询信息、设计并发布网页，在 字处理文件中向某网页插入一个超链接，也可以从其他网页中检索图片。单击超链接将启动 微软 Outlook 邮件程序，于是你就可以向该信函的作者发一封电子邮件了。 Text 4 Electronic Commerce For some time now, large business enterprises have used electronic commerce to conduct their business-to-business transactions. Electronic data interchange (EDI) on private networks began in the 1960s, and banks have been using dedicated networks for electronic funds transfer (EFT) almost as long. Recently, however, with the increased awareness and popularity of the Internet, electronic commerce has come to encompass individual consumers as well as businesses of all sizes. The Internet is already changing the way that many companies conduct their business. As that influence grows, and more companies use the Internet, the possibilities for conducting business-to-business commerce on the Internet will expand greatly, and become more of a routine part of commerce than it do today. Electronic commerce is defined asthe buying and selling of products and services over the Internet, but there are many more aspects. From its inception, electronic commerce had included the handling of purchase transactions and funds transfers over computer networks. It's grown now to include the buying and selling of new commodities such as electronic information. And the companies are seeking to take advantage of the capabilities of electronic commerce. The number is greater than merely adopting our present view of commerce to perform those same transactions over electronic networks. Then, what is electronic commerce? Electronic commerce is a system that includes not only those transactions that center on
buying and selling goods and services to directly generate revenue, but also those transactions that support revenue generation, such as generating demand for those goods and services, offering sales support and customer service, or facilitating communications between business partners Electronic commerce builds on the advantages and structures of traditional commerce Electronic commerce enables new forms of business, as well as new way s of doing business Amazon. com, for example, is a bookseller based in Seattle, Washington. The company has no physical stores, sells all their books via the Internet, and coordinates deliveries directly with the publishers so they do not have to maintain any inventory. Companies such as Kantara and software. net take this a step further. Because all of their products(commercial software packages are electronic, and can be stored on the same computers that they use for processing orders and serving the Web, their inventory is totally digital. As another example, AMP Inc. is offering its clients the opportunity to purchase electronic connectors and related components directly from its Web-based catalog, bypassing the need for EDI-based purchase orders and confirmations 参考译文 电子商务 段时间以来,大型企业已经利用电子商务进行B-to-B的事务处理了。20世纪60年代 在专用网络上就开始了电子数据交换(EDI),与此同时,银行在专用网络上使用电子资金 转账(EFT)。然而,近来随着人们对互联网的认识提高以及 Internet的普及,电子商务已 经影响了个人用户和各种规模的商业活动。 互联网正改变着公司经营业务的方式。随着这种影响的扩大和更多的公司使用互联网, 在 Internet上进行B-to-B商务活动的可能性将明显提高,并越来越成为日常商务工作的一部 电子商务被定义为是通过因特网进行商品的买卖和服务的,其实它内容还远不止这些 从一开始电子商务就包括了对计算机网络上购物事务和资金转账的处理。到今天其实已发展 为可以进行诸如电子信息之类的新商品买卖了。同时,对公司来讲,充分利用电子商务的种 种先进功能比仅仅在网络上采用现在的商业方式去完成上述同样的事务处理能获得更大的 商机 那么,什么是电子商务呢? 电子商务是一个系统,它不仅包括可以直接产生收益的那些商品买卖和服务,而且也包 括那些支持产生收益的事务处理,比如为那些商品和服务所产生的需求、提供销售支持和客 户服务或提供商业伙伴之间的通信等。电子商务增加了由计算机网络提供的种种灵活性而成 电子商务产生了一些新的商业模式和运营方式。例如,亚马逊( Amazon con)是一家 位于华盛顿州西雅图的图书经销商。这家公司没有实际的书店,而是通过因特网售书,与出 版商合作直接发送图书,因而,该公司不必拥有任何库存。而像 Kantara和 software. net这 样的公司在此方面更进了一步。 因为他们的所有产品(商务软件包)都是电子化的,都能存储在相同的计算机中(这些 计算机用于处理订单,并作为web服务器使用)因而其库存完全数字化。作为另外一个例 子,AMP公司正向其客户提供这样的机会:客户可以直接从它的Web服务器目录上选购电 子接插件和相关配件,无需基于电子数据交换EDI的定购和确认
buying and selling goods and services to directly generate revenue, but also those transactions that support revenue generation, such as generating demand for those goods and services, offering sales support and customer service, or facilitating communications between business partners. Electronic commerce builds on the advantages and structures of traditional commerce. Electronic commerce enables new forms of business, as well as new ways of doing business. Amazon.com, for example, is a bookseller based in Seattle, Washington. The company has no physical stores, sells all their books via the Internet, and coordinates deliveries directly with the publishers so they do not have to maintain any inventory. Companies such as Kantara and software.net take this a step further. Because all of their products (commercial software packages) are electronic, and can be stored on the same computers that they use for processing orders and serving the Web, their inventory is totally digital. As another example, AMP Inc. is offering its clients the opportunity to purchase electronic connectors and related components directly from its Web-based catalog, bypassing the need for EDI-based purchase orders and confirmations. 参考译文 电子商务 一段时间以来，大型企业已经利用电子商务进行 B-to-B 的事务处理了。20 世纪 60 年代， 在专用网络上就开始了电子数据交换（EDI），与此同时，银行在专用网络上使用电子资金 转账（EFT）。然而，近来随着人们对互联网的认识提高以及 Internet 的普及，电子商务已 经影响了个人用户和各种规模的商业活动。 互联网正改变着公司经营业务的方式。随着这种影响的扩大和更多的公司使用互联网， 在 Internet 上进行 B-to-B 商务活动的可能性将明显提高，并越来越成为日常商务工作的一部 分。 电子商务被定义为是通过因特网进行商品的买卖和服务的，其实它内容还远不止这些。 从一开始电子商务就包括了对计算机网络上购物事务和资金转账的处理。到今天其实已发展 为可以进行诸如电子信息之类的新商品买卖了。同时，对公司来讲，充分利用电子商务的种 种先进功能比仅仅在网络上采用现在的商业方式去完成上述同样的事务处理能获得更大的 商机。 那么，什么是电子商务呢？ 电子商务是一个系统，它不仅包括可以直接产生收益的那些商品买卖和服务，而且也包 括那些支持产生收益的事务处理，比如为那些商品和服务所产生的需求、提供销售支持和客 户服务或提供商业伙伴之间的通信等。电子商务增加了由计算机网络提供的种种灵活性而成 的。 电子商务产生了一些新的商业模式和运营方式。例如，亚马逊（Amazon.com）是一家 位于华盛顿州西雅图的图书经销商。这家公司没有实际的书店，而是通过因特网售书，与出 版商合作直接发送图书，因而，该公司不必拥有任何库存。而像 Kantara 和 software.net 这 样的公司在此方面更进了一步。 因为他们的所有产品（商务软件包）都是电子化的，都能存储在相同的计算机中（这些 计算机用于处理订单，并作为 Web 服务器使用）因而其库存完全数字化。作为另外一个例 子，AMP 公司正向其客户提供这样的机会：客户可以直接从它的 Web 服务器目录上选购电 子接插件和相关配件，无需基于电子数据交换 EDI 的定购和确认