Analysing the "Good old days"

2 different types of office application that could be used by small business instead of the paper based system that was introduced in the 1970 are Microsoft Word and Microsoft access.

The advantages of using Microsoft word are that it allows the user to save the document they have made and can make changes if needed as the document has been saved it also will allow the user to make any changes such as correcting spelling mistakes or grammar errors so that the document is readable. The advantage of using Microsoft Word over access is that word is able to send multiple copies of the same letter to other people by the means of mail merge.

The advantages of using Microsoft access are that it allow the user to make databases so that they can hold large amounts of data such as customer details or the amount of products that are available it also allow the user to create reports on their chosen subject such as all the customer details on new customers or all the products that must be reordered. The advantage of using access over word is that Access is a lot easier to add new details to the data base whereas when editing a letter it can get very irritating trying to find the correct place to write.

The employment prospects of secretaries and typist changed only slightly as they would still be doing the same job just on different technology, they may have to be trained to use the new software but otherwise their jobs did not change at all

The new job opportunities were IT technicians as they would be needed if the computers failed to work or someone need help, IT graphic designers as they would help to create images that could be used by the company to sell of entice people and web designers as they would help to create and manage a website they helped to make for the company that the company can use to inform buyers of customers.