Much of the developed world's population now requires computer technology to perform a host of tasks. People rely on computers when they go shopping, schedule meetings, create presentations, balance checkbooks, make car payments, or seek entertainment. Many Americans use computers at home, at school, at the library, and at work. People expect all computers to "talk" to one another and allow them to transfer documents without errors between computers so that they can share their work with others. Integrated software makes it easy to do that.

Business office software allows the user to create spreadsheets to track various types of information, including sales targets, expenses, employee attendance, etc. Information captured in spreadsheets can be converted for use in other software programs, including word processing and slide presentation applications.

One type of integrated software is the business office suite, which is now a staple in...