Microsoft Office Powerpoint logo |
PowerPoint
is software that lets you create materials that can be presented using a
projector. Using this material to announce a report or proposal is called a
presentation. Using PowerPoint, you can create screens that effectively
incorporate colorful text and photographs, illustrations, drawings, tables,
graphs, and movies and transition from one to another like a slide show. You
can animate text and illustrations on the screen using the animation feature as
well as add sound effects and narration. Moreover, you can print out materials
to distribute when you are making a presentation.
PowerPoint
is a part of "Office", a suite of products combining several types of
software for creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and for
managing e-mail.
Why
is it called “Office”?
You
might wonder why document creation and spreadsheet software that you use at
home are a part of a suite of software called "Office". There is a
historical reason for this. Previously, document creation and spreadsheet
software were used primarily for work. The software was combined into a suite
of software for work so it was called "Office". Since then, personal
computers have become popular even in the home, but the software suite,
which combines document creation and spreadsheet software, is still called
"Office".
Referring
to PowerPoint
PowerPoint
is usually referred to as "PowerPoint" in the software screens or
help. It is also referred to sometimes as "Microsoft PowerPoint",
"Office PowerPoint", and "Microsoft Office PowerPoint Word
2010". They all represent the PowerPoint presentation software.
Can
you use PowerPoint to print materials for meetings?
The
main use of PowerPoint is to create screens for presentations and to project
them onto a screen using a projector, but it is also widely used to lay out
text and drawings on large paper, such as A3, because it lets you lay out the
text and drawings freely.
No comments:
Post a Comment