• PresentationsA presentation is a collection of data and information that is to be delivered to a specific audience. A PowerPoint presentation is a collection of electronic slides that can have text, pictures, graphics, tables, sound and video. This collection can run automatically or can be controlled by a presenter.

Who uses PowerPoint?◊ Government Agencies

◊ To disseminate information to other agencies

◊ Researchers◊ To present researches to peers at

conferences

◊ Executives◊ To present projects and plan of

actions

◊ Educators◊ To teach concept using print and

visual media

Other spreadsheet programs

• APPLE KEYNOTE• MAC OS

• OPEN OFFICE IMPRESS• LINUX OS

• KINGSOFT PRESENTATION• WINDOWS OS

Displays most frequently used tasks such as New, Open, Save, E-mail, Quick Print, Print Preview, Spelling, Undo, Redo, Slide show from Beginning.

QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR

this contains the general menus

OFFICE BUTTON

this displays the program name and the presentation file name

TITLE BAR

•RIBBON TABS

these contain the tools of each menus, and lets the user get the right tools quickly when needed.

•RIBBON

This shows the menus for each ribbon tabs

•STATUS BAR

Displays thenumber of slides you are

using.

Allows you to quickly switch between PowerPoint views,

changes how your

presentation is displayed on the screen.

•VIEW BUTTONS

• Displays the contents of yourpresentation.• Use the outline tab ifyou want to add large amount of

text.• You can also use it to navigatethrough a presentation by clicking the slide you want to view.

•OUTLINE TAB

•Displays thumbnail representation of each slide in a presentation. •You can use Slide Tab to navigate through a slide by clicking the slide that you want to view.

•SLIDES TAB

Use Notes Pane to add noteseach slide that you can useduring your presentation soyou can remember what tosay.

•NOTES PANE

This is your workspace, where you enter text,insert pictures and objects,and animate your presentation.

•SLIDE PANE