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Introduction
• “Presenter” developed by Dennis & Thomas for
“Forethought.Inc”
• In 1987, it is renamed to “PowerPoint”.
• PowerPoint 1.0 was first released in 1987 for the
Apple Macintosh.
• Black & White, generating text and graphics pages
for overhead transparencies.
• In 1988, the first full color version came into
market.
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Introduction
• In August 1987, Forethought & PowerPoint were
purchased by Microsoft Co. for $14million USD.
• In 22 May, 1990, first Windows Version were
produced.
• Same day Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
• Since 1990, PowerPoint has been standard part of
the Microsoft Office.
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Presentation Software
• Corel Presentations
• Google Docs
• Harvard Graphics (obsolete)
• IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics (obsolete)
• OpenOffice.org Impress (open source)
• Slide Rocket
• Apple Keynote
• Prezi
• NeoOffice
• KPresenter
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Image of MS PowerPoint
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Charts
Column Chart Line Chart
5
5
4
3 S1
S1
2 0 S1 S2
1 S2
C1 C2
0
C1 C2
Pie Chart Bar Chart
1 Qtr C2
2 Qtr S2
3 Qtr C1 S1
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Some Shortcut Key
SHORTCUT KEYS FUNCTIONS
CTRL + N to create a new presentation
CTRL + D to duplicate the selected slide
CTRL + K to insert a hyperlink
CTRL + L to left align a paragraph
CTRL + M to insert a new slide
CTRL + Y to redo or repeat an action
CTRL + SHIFT + Plus Sign to apply superscript formatting
CTRL + Z to undo the last action
CTRL + B to apply bold formatting
F2 + ALT Save As
F9 + CTRL Minimize the active window
CTRL + Q to quit PowerPoint
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Use of PowerPoint
• Classroom Teaching
• Subject Tutorials
• Seminars
• Meetings and Consultations
• Conferences
• Sales & Marketing
• Events and Trade Shows
• Corporate meetings
• Corporate training and conferences
• Information Kiosks
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Advantages
• A variety of advantages for both the presenter and
the listeners.
• the PowerPoint presentation can be projected onto a
large screen for use in a large auditorium or lecture
hall.
• More exciting than a simple word document or hand
written presentation.
• Non-technical people can create basic presentations
quickly and easily in PowerPoint.
• You can make professional presentations in a short
time.
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Disadvantages
• PowerPoint presentations is the system
requirements involved.
• A computer, projector, screen and electricity will all
be required.
• It will also be necessary to dim the lights in the
room to allow for proper viewing.
• Risk of technical difficulties.
• The success of the presentation depends entirely on
the proper functioning of technology.
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