My OperaSoftware - Microsoft Powerpoint
Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:43:26 PM
Introduction about the most popular presentation software which can apply in education
Microsoft PowerPoint, usually just called PowerPoint, is a commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The current versions are Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 for Windows and 2011 for Mac.
PowerPoint presentations consist of a number of individual pages or "slides". The "slide" analogy is a reference to the slide projector. Slides may contain text, graphics, sound, movies, and other objects, which may be arranged freely. PowerPoint, however, facilitates the use of a consistent style in a presentation using a template or "Slide Master".
The presentation can be printed, displayed live on a computer, or navigated through at the command of the presenter. For larger audiences the computer display is often projected using a video projector. Slides can also form the basis of webcasts.
PowerPoint provides three types of movements:
1. Entrance, emphasis, and exit of elements on a slide itself are controlled by what PowerPoint calls Custom Animations
2. Transitions, on the other hand are movements between slides. These can be animated in a variety of ways.# Custom animation can be used to create small story boards by animating pictures to enter, exit or move
Versions for Microsoft Windows include:
* 1990 PowerPoint 2.0 for Windows 3.0
* 1992 PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows 3.1
* 1993 PowerPoint 4.0 (Office 4.x)
* 1995 PowerPoint for Windows 95 (version 7.0) — (Office 95)
* 1997 PowerPoint 97 (version 8.0) — (Office 97)
* 1999 PowerPoint 2000 (version 9.0) — (Office 2000)
* 2001 PowerPoint 2002 (version 10) — (Office XP)
* 2003 Office PowerPoint 2003 (version 11) — (Office 2003)
* 2007 Office PowerPoint 2007 (version 12) — (Office 2007)
* 2010 PowerPoint 2010 (version 14) — (Office 2010)
Some new features in PowerPoint 2007:
SmartArt
Set to become a much used feature in PowerPoint, SmartArt lets you select from a wide range of diagram styles to enhance your text. Start from scratch and type the text into a special text box or convert selected bullet text into a SmartArt object. Introducing Powerpoint 2007
Framing
New formats for images in the Picture Tools tab offer a range of effects for making circular and oval photos, adding frames, rotating the image to interesting angles, and adding reflections and shadows. Introducing Powerpoint 2007
Simpler Selection
The new Selection pane shows a list of objects on the current slide. Use it to alter their order—the topmost object in the list is on the topmost layer of the slide. You can also change the visibility of objects or rename them (making them easier to identify when creating custom animations, for example). Introducing Powerpoint 2007
Recoloring
Use the Recolor tool to tint photos and clip art, giving them a sophisticated monochromatic look that matches the slide's color scheme. Just select the photo and sample variations from the Recolor list; the image on the slide changes as you hold your mouse over each color.
[/font]Microsoft PowerPoint
Developer(s): Microsoft
Stable release: 2010 (14.0.4760.1000) / June 15, 2010; 10 months ago (2010-06-15)
Operating system: Microsoft Windows
Type: Presentation program
License: Proprietary commercial software
Website : office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint
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