Text output appearance ranges from typewritten to typeset quality. Word processing is the most commonly used application for text output. Graphic output includes line drawings, maps, presentation business graphics, computer-aided design, computer painting, and photographic reproduction. PowerPoint uses graphics for presentations from files generally called clipart . Programs like Adobe Illustrator are used to draw and create graphics.
Sound output ranges from the message beeps the computer system produces to the human voice to music.
Programs such as RealAudio or Windows Media Player are used for sound playback. Video output is photographs or moving images such as television and videotaped material. It is common these days to see text and graphics output combined in a printed document, often in color. This is usually referred to as a compound document, Simply defined, a compound document is a single file that has been created by two or more applications. A document that has text from word processing and a worksheet from the spreadsheet, which can be opened and used by either application, is a compound document.