PowerPoint was invented in 1984 by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin and was originally called "Presenter". Microsoft later acquired Presenter in 1987 and renamed it to PowerPoint. Originally developed for Apple Mac, PowerPoint is now used by over 500 million users globally with over 30 million presentations created daily and over 120 million business people using it for presentations.

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PowerPoint was invented in 1984 by Robert
Gaskins and Dennis Austin of Forethought, Inc.
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PowerPoint was originally named “Presenter”.
3 “Presenter” was later acquired by Microsoft In
1987 and renamed PowerPoint.
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PowerPoint was originally developed for the
Apple Mac only.
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We have over 500 million PowerPoint users all
over the globe today.
Following are some interesting stats and facts
regarding PowerPoint:
by Neetu Singh
EditableTemplates.com
Globally, over 30 million presentations are
created every day.
Well over 6 million teachers use PowerPoint
for their classroom lectures.
Over 120 Million business people use
PowerPoint all over the globe for business
presentations.
• An average PowerPoint slide includes 40
words.
As of 2012, an estimated 95% share of
presentation software market.
Is used by presenters at an estimated
frequency of 350 times/per second
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