Microsoft PowerPoint

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Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows)
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Developer: Microsoft
Latest release: 12.0.4518.1014 / November 6, 2006
OS: Microsoft Windows
Use: Presentation
License: Proprietary
Website: PowerPoint Home Page - Microsoft Office Online
Microsoft PowerPoint (Mac OS X)
Developer: Microsoft
Latest release: 2004 v11.3.1 / December 12, 2006
OS: Mac OS X
Use: Presentation
License: Proprietary
Website: PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint is a presentation program developed for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computer operating systems. Businesspeople, educators, and trainers use it often. It is a component of the Microsoft Office system.

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[edit] Operation

In PowerPoint, as in most other presentation software, text, graphics, movies, and other objects are positioned on individual pages or "slides". The "slide" analogy is a reference to the slide projector. Slides can be printed, or (more often) displayed on-screen and navigated through at the command of the presenter. Slides can also form the basis of webcasts.

[edit] Versions

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Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 - 2007 Icons

Versions for Microsoft Windows include:

  • 1993 PowerPoint 4.0 (Office 4.x)
  • 1995 PowerPoint 7 for Windows 95 (Office '95)
  • 1997 PowerPoint 97 (Office '97)
  • 1999 PowerPoint 2000 (Office 2000)
  • 2001 PowerPoint 2002 (Office XP)
  • 2003 PowerPoint 2003 (Office 2003)
  • 2006-2007 PowerPoint 2007 (Office 2007)

Note: There is no PowerPoint 5.0 or 6.0, because the Windows 95 version was launched with Word 7. All of the Office 95 products have OLE 2 capacity - moving data automatically from various programs - and PowerPoint 7 shows that it was contemporary with Word 7.

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