The document summarizes a PowerPoint presentation project created by a group with 5 members. It discusses the history and development of PowerPoint, starting as "Presenter" software created by Forethought in 1990 and later acquired by Microsoft. It also covers PowerPoint's competitors like Prezi, PowToon, and ClearSlide. The document outlines the various tabs in PowerPoint, including File/Home/Insert/Design/Transitions/Slide Show/Review/View tabs and their functions.

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2. PROJECT
POWERPOINT
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GROUP MEMBERS
M. AHSAN 0018
ABDUL MOEZ 0034
MEHDI BUKHARI 0083
KHURRAM 0086

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Introduction + Reason to select this topic
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4. INTRODUCTION
• Slide show presentation
• Powerful tool
• Application Software
• Developed by Microsoft
• PowerPoint initially named "Presenter”,
• was created by Forethought Inc.
• May 22,1990
• Diversity consciousness
• Used for Presentation, offices, business
and Army
• Records of data and documents
• Education techniques for lifelong learning
• Art of communications
• Project briefing
• Data Analysis and graphical figure
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6. REASON TO SELECT THIS TOPIC
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History
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11. HISTORY
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• Developed by Microsoft
• May 22, 1990
• PowerPoint initially named "Presenter”
• Originally designed for the Macintosh computer
• The initial release was called "Presenter",

12. • Developed by Thomas Rudkin and Dennis Austin of Forethought, Inc.
• In 1987, it was renamed to "PowerPoint" due to problems with trademarks,
the idea for the name coming from Robert Gaskins.
• Microsoft bought $14 million USD ($29.2 million in present-day
terms),from Forethought, Inc. and became Microsoft's Graphics Business
Unit
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13. ABDUL MOEZ 0034
Competitors of PowerPoint
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14. PREZI
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15. PREZI
• Advantages – Present on multiple devices; can share with coworkers; can be
used by practically anyone; easy to learn how to use; cost effective; can work
on the presentation offline
• Disadvantages – Very template driven; cannot necessarily customize slides;
• Perfect For – Educators; Keynote Speakers; Organizations; Students
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16. POWTOON – ANIMATION
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
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17. POWTOON – ANIMATION
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
• Advantages – Ease Of Use; Truly Customizable Animated Presentations
• Disadvantages – Not suitable to live presentations (but that’s OK)
• Perfect For – Educators (Check out their new app for educators); businesses
that want to create a service/product video; small business professionals; trainers
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18. CLEARSLIDE (SLIDEROCKET)
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19. • Advantages – Can upload files from Keynote, PowerPoint, PDF, Excel and
other formats; Good with Video; online delivery; slide sharing.
• Disadvantages – Interface is complex and limited in the ability to create
“better looking presentation”.
• Perfect For – Sales & Marketing Organizations
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20. AHSAN 0018
File tab to Transmission Tab
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21. FILE TAB
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22. HOME TAB
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23. INSERT TAB
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The Insert tab is where you can insert tables, shapes, charts, headers, or footers,
audio, video, hyperlink into your presentation.

24. DESIGN TAB
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The Design tab is where you can customize the background, theme design ,
slide size and colors, or the page setup of your presentation.

25. TRANSITIONS TAB
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Animation to view
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27. ANIMATIONS
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Use the Animations tab to choreograph the movement of things on
your slides. Note that you can see many possible animations in the
gallery in the Animation group, and see more of them by clicking.

28. SLIDE SHOW
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On the Slide Show tab, set up the way that you want to show your
presentation to others.

29. REVIEW
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The Review tab lets you add comments, run spell-check, or
compare one presentation with another (such as an earlier version).

30. VIEW
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Views allow you to look at your presentation in different ways,
depending on where you are in the creation or delivery process.

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