What is Microsoft PowerPoint?
Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software, the program uses slides to convey information rich in multimedia.
Microsoft PowerPoint is an easy program to use and a powerful tool for giving a presentation. Whether your presentation needs a visual kick, tools for collaboration, easy access or the ability to share information beyond the initial meeting, PowerPoint is a good option. It can even help reduce speaking anxiety by drawing eyes away from the speaker and towards a screen. Just do not expect this technology to substitute for sound and dynamic speaking skills.
PowerPoint added some features to help making the presentation more professional and enjoyable by the reader. They added predefined transition effects and allowed the user to time them appropriately so that slides would transition automatically. This allowed a presenter to follow a predefined progression and go on with the presentation without pausing to change or read the slides. Also it introduced the “ribbon” interface, marking a drastic change from the previous interface style.
Microsoft PowerPoint Benefits
- Visual Impact
- The use of multimedia can help to improve the audience’s focus.
- PowerPoint allows to use images, audio and video to have a greater visual impact.
- Collaboration
- Multiple people can collaborate on and contribute to a presentation.
- By going to the “Review” tab at the top of the program and clicking the “New Comment” button, you can leave notes and reposition them on the screen for other team members to view.
- Comments can be an especially beneficial tool for clarification.
- Content Sharing
- Share PowerPoint presentation with the world.
- Upload presentation to websites such as YouTube with everything featured in the work including all of the slides, commentary and transitions.
- The file will be saved in WMV format, which is capable of playback on Windows Media Player and can be uploaded to most video sites.
- Flexibility
- PowerPoint can be used in a number of different effective ways to communicate with your audience.
- Slides are completely customizable.
- There are three types of presentations
- Text-heavy: good for lecture.
- Image-heavy: make presentation more conversational in style.
- Combination of both: gives listeners the benefits of both visual aids and notes.
