Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software that allows users to create professional slideshow presentations. It has tools for adding text, images, videos, charts and more. PowerPoint also offers various layouts, designs, and animation features. The main components of a PowerPoint presentation include slides, which are individual pages that contain text, graphics and other media; and layouts, which refer to the arrangement of content on each slide. To use PowerPoint, users open the application, create and design slides using various tools and features, and can then save their work as a presentation file.