This document introduces a PowerPoint presentation created by four students on the topic of PowerPoint. It provides an overview of PowerPoint, describing it as a program used to create presentations consisting of individual slides that can contain text, graphics, and other objects. It then lists some basic features such as designs, animations, transitions, images, and videos. The document concludes by discussing some advantages like customization and multimedia facilities, and disadvantages such as potential technical issues and overuse of features.
3. PowerPoint
PowerPoint is a graphical presentation program used to organize and
present information. PowerPoint presentations consist of a number of
individual pages or "slides.” Slides may contain text, graphics, sound,
movies, and other objects that can be freely arranged.
This application software is developed by Microsoft Corporation.
4. Basic features of PowerPoint:
There are some basic following features of PowerPoint :
PowerPoint Design Ideas
Animations
Slide Transitions
Images
Videos
Slide Show etc.
5. PowerPoint Design Ideas
It can be found in the “Design” tab in the PowerPoint Ribbon.
We can choose the desired design for our PPT.
Animations
It can be found in the “Animations” tab in the PowerPoint Ribbon.
MS PowerPoint animations helps you to emphasize certain points of your presentation
There are primarily 3 categories of animations in PPT.
Entrance Animation
Emphasis Animation
Exit Animations
6. Slide Transitions
It can be found in the “Transitions” tab in the PowerPoint
Ribbon.
While animation allows you to animate elements within your
slide, transitions allows you to change how slides change
from one to another.
Some of the most important transitions are:
Cut
Reveal
Shapes
Uncover
7. Images
It can be found in the “Insert” tab in the PowerPoint Ribbon.
There are two main ways of adding images.
You could either add an image from your Personal Computer or
you can embed an image from the internet.
Videos
It can be found in the “Insert” tab in the PowerPoint Ribbon.
Videos can be easily added from the storage on your Personal
Computer or you can also be selected from the internet.
9. Education
With e-learning and smart classes being chosen as a
common mode of education today, PowerPoint
presentations can help in making education more
interactive and attract students towards the modified
version of studying
Marketing
In the field of marketing, PowerPoint presentations can be
extremely important. Using graphs and charts, numbers
can be shown more evidently and clearly which may be
10. Business
To invite investors or to show the increase or decrease in
profits, MS PowerPoint can be used
Creating Resumes
Digital resumes can be formed using MS PowerPoint.
Different patterns, photograph, etc. can be added to the
resume
11. Advantages of PowerPoint:
There are some advantages of PowerPoint:
Flexible uses
Multimedia Facility
High Customization
Export Options
Easy sharing and collaboration
Multiple Uses
12. Flexible uses
Microsoft PowerPoint is considered one of the easiest tools
in the presentation world. A beginner can master its skills
within a few days. You just have to select a suitable
template, theme, and text font. You may add multimedia.
And Microsoft PowerPoint will award you an amazing
presentation.
13. Multimedia Facility
Visual learning is often considered better. In this
regard, Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to add
images, animated gifs, videos, graphics, and audio to
your presentation. This keeps the presentation
engaging and practical.
14. High Customization
Microsoft PowerPoint offers high customization with various
designer layouts and interactive templates. There is a wide
variety of creative options available. You can add interesting
text fonts and patterns.
15. Export Options
You can save your presentation in .png or .jpg format.
You can download a pdf or a document file of the
presentation and even animated gifs. It is highly useful
if you have run out of space on your application. You
can download the presentation on the USB Drive.
16. Multiple Uses
About 89% of people use Microsoft PowerPoint to make
presentations. But surprisingly, it offers a lot more uses
than that. It is used in making brochures, banners,
flyers, resumes, gifs, videos, invitations, collages,
logos, and far more.
17. Disadvantages of PowerPoint:
There are some disadvantages of Powerpoint :
May not always engage users
Technical issues
Potential cost
Overused Features
18. Technical issues
There is always a chance of running into technical
difficulties or a virus attacking your program. There can
be connectivity problems and your computer can turn off
in the middle of the presentation, leaving you in chaos.
Moreover, it is not as well adaptable for every computer.
Your font may be altered on another computer having a
different version.
19. Potential cost
Even though the free version offers most of the features
you can use to make a decent presentation. But for
professional use, you have to buy an annual subscription. It
may prove costly software for the users.
20. Overused Features
Due to a lot of options among templates, text fonts, layouts,
and designs; it may appear confusing. Additionally, overusing
the features can make the presentation boring and less
interactive.
21. Conclusion:
Microsoft PowerPoint is a tremendously functional tool for creating
presentations. It covers a long list of benefits that interests the users.
However, the disadvantage mainly depends upon the object of the
user.
