A brief info about presentation and a productivity software

1. INTRODUCTION TO
PRESENTATION
BASIC 8 COMPUTING LESSON
01/02/2023
OSBORN MARTIN GATUGBE

2. What is Presentation Software?
Presentation Software is a
program used to create slide
shows.

3. What is Multimedia?
Multimedia means presenting data in
more than one medium, such combining
text, graphics, animation, video and
sound.

4. Mention five examples of Presentation
software?
1. MS-PowerPoint
2. Google Slides
3. Canva
4. Corel Presentation
5. Adobe persuasion
6. Apple Keynotes

5. PowerPoint window Interface
Quick Access Toolbar Title bar
Slide
Status bar
Slides pane
Ribbon

6. Mention five tabs of the PowerPoint ribbon.
1. File
2. Home
3. Insert
4. Design
5. Transition
6. Animation
7. Slideshows
8. Review
9. View

7. Name five features of presentation software.
a. Text
b. Images
c. Sound
d. Video
e. Animation
f. Slides
g. Slide master
h. Slide transitions
i. Slide notes
j. Hyperlinks
k. Buttons

8. Describe the importance of using presentation
software with respect to the following:
a. Text: text enhancement such as bold, italics and underlines help to draw attention to particular
pieces of text on a slide
b. Images: 1. Good use of images help to draw audience attention. 2. Help elaborate on a point made
by text.
c. Sound: use to make an impact, use to grab the audience attention, create the right atmosphere for
presentation
d. Video: It presents detailed information better than images and texts.
e. Animation: it is the movement of text or object within presentation.
f. Slides: It consists of images, links, videos, animations and sound

9. Describe the importance of using presentation
software with respect to the following:
g. Slide master: It allows the style (font, font-size, background) to be set once and then used
throughout the presentation
h. Slide transitions: It is used to move from one slide to the next slide with an effect.
i. Slide notes: They allows the presenter to see the current slide and any other notes
associated with. These notes are not visible to the audience.
j. Hyperlinks: They are in a form of underlined text, an image, an object or chart that linked
slides to slides, slides to websites, slides to email addresses, etc.
k. Buttons: They are used to navigate from one part of the presentation to another.

10. Outline three benefits of Presentation
Software
1. Enhance Collaboration: It allows for better collaboration amongst teams.
2. Flexibility: It allows you to create a variety of slides that are specific.
3. Engagement: It allows live presentation through animations, images and
interactive videos.
4. Ease of use: It offers templates and dashboard designs to create
professional presentations.

11. Note:
1. We can check and correct the spelling of words in PowerPoint.
2. We can change language of a PowerPoint slides.
3. We can translate PowerPoint slides into different languages.
4. A theme is a predefined set of colors, fonts, and visuals effects that you apply to your
slides for unified, professional look.
5. A template is a theme plus some content for a specific purpose (such as a sale
presentation, a business plan, or classroom lesson)

12. Home Work
1. What is a PowerPoint theme?
2. Describe how to use Template for your presentation.