Microsoft PowerPoint
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Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows) | |
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Developer: | Microsoft |
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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 |
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Latest release: | 2004 v11.3.1 / December 12, 2006 |
OS: | Mac OS X |
Use: | Presentation |
License: | Proprietary |
Website: | PowerPoint 2004 for Mac |
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
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.
[edit] See also
- OpenOffice.org Impress, a free, open source alternative to PowerPoint
- Apple Keynote
[edit] External links
- Official website of PowerPoint at Microsoft
- flashgeek PowerPoint tutorials and community, especially in regards to using PowerPoint in combination with Macromedia Flash.
- PowerPoint Heaven — The Power to Animate Contains PowerPoint movies, showcases, PowerPoint games, animation templates and tutorials on creating animations for your PowerPoint Presentations.
- PowerPoint FAQ pages Compilation of Frequently Asked Questions in the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Discussion Groups.
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 Download (freeware, 1.9 MiB.) Free PowerPoint Viewer provided by Microsoft, supports presentations from PowerPoint 97 to 2003. (only Windows)
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Download (freeware, 25.8 MiB.) Free PowerPoint Viewer provided by Microsoft, supports presentations from PowerPoint 97 to 2007. (only Windows)
- pdfonline.com Upload a .ppt and get a .pdf via email
[edit] Discussion Groups
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint Discussion Group
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint Yahoo! Group — Help and advice for users of PowerPoint
[edit] Articles
- Atkinson, Cliff (2004). PowerPoint usability: Q&A with Don Norman. Retrieved on 2006-05-28.
- Parker, Ian (May 2001). "Absolute PowerPoint: The software that tells you what to think". The New Yorker (May 28, 2001): 76–87.
- Tufte, Edward R. [1997] (January 2002). “The decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger” Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative, 5th rev. printing, 38–52, Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press. ISBN 0-9613921-2-6.
- EServer TC Library: Presentations (2001–2006). Retrieved on 2006-05-28.
- Making a list, checking it twice: Interiew with Dean Eppler. Astrobiology Magazine (2005-10-13). Retrieved on 2006-05-28. (Astronauts using PowerPoint to replace paper checklists.)
- Rutledge, Patrice (2003). Creating Streaming Media Presentations with Microsoft Producer for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
- Makeuseof, kalygul (2006). Top 6 Free Online Powerpoints Compared.