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The first software displaying a presentation on a personal computer screen was VCN ExecuVision, developed in 1982. This program allowed users to choose from a library of images to accompany the text of their presentation.
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
Any software program for creating graphic presentations with visual aids, hand-outs, slides, etc. ; texts with graphics, audio, and/or video Also called presentation graphics
Microsoft PowerPoint - widely used because often bundled with Windows, also available for Mac
Keynote -It adds new themes, transitions and animations, and the ability to control the slideshow with an iPhone or iPod touch through the
Softmaker Presentations- does have a few minor drawbacks in the area of help and support and features Office Homes Power Presentations- its is basic, it is still more than enough to create a lovely photo or informational slideshow.
Prezi Pro- interesting slide transitions and object animations, that this presentation software does not offer. Pro Presenter- will work quite well if looking for a slideshow maker that focuses on audio and textual presentations
Media Shout- this software allows you to create basic presentations and offers a dual display feature, the file compatibility issues as well as the limited editing and effects tools put this presentation software at a significant disadvantage.
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
is a popular Commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft which is part of the Microsoft office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computer operating systems.
Developed by Bob Gaskins, a former Berkeley Ph.D. student who envisioned an easy-to-use presentation program that would manipulate a string of slides.
In 1984, Gaskins joined a failing Silicon Valley software firm called Forethought and hired a software developer, Dennis Austin. It was called "Presenter", but was changed to PowerPoint to avoid a trademark problem. It was renamed powerpoint on 1987
19841987: PowerPoint was invented, the first product to attract strategic venture capital from Apple and later the first significant acquisition made by Microsoft
in 1987, Forethought and PowerPoint were purchased by Microsoft Corporation for $14 million
Since 1990, PowerPoint has been a standard part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications 19871993: Gaskins Headed Microsofts business unit in Silicon Valley, managing the growth of PowerPoint to $100 million annual sales worldwide on Mac and Windows
VERSION HISTORY
PowerPoint 1.0 (for Mac, April 1987) produced as output black-and-white overhead transparencies
PowerPoint 2.0 (for Mac, May 1988, and for Windows, May 1990) added output of professional 35mm color slides including online transmission to overnight imaging and processing by Genigraphics.
PowerPoint 3.0 (for Windows, May 1992, and for Mac, September 1992) added output of live video color slideshows including slide transitions, builds, animations, and synchronized sound and video clips.
1997 - Powerpoint 97 linear , always proceeding from one slide to the next; it allows users to envoke predefined transitions and effects in a non -linear movie like style without having to learn programming powerpoint 2002
1999 - Powerpoint 2000 introduced a clipboard that could hold multiple objects at once. Office assistant is noticeable whose frequent unsolicited appearances 2001 - Powerpoint 2002 2003 - Powerpoint 2003 2007 - Powerpoint 2007
1. Select a clean, easy-to-follow format and apply it to every slide (position, color and style)
2.Be sure text contrasts with background. A lightcolored background with dark text is the easiest to read.
3.Use a minimum of a 24 point font size so the audience can see the slides.
6. Slides should be a visual accompaniment and not the entire content of your lecture.
8. Limit the number of graphics to one per slide. 9. Be consistent with effects, transitions, and animations.
Present bulleted lists to highlight key points. Display graphics, sound and video clips.