Session 5 PowerPoint basics
PowerPoint There are a number of different ways of putting together a presentation with your PC. The most common is using presentation software such as Microsoft’s PowerPoint, which is where we will start our journey of discovery into the world of presentations and presentation software. The main advantage of PowerPoint is that it is very, very easy to use and put together a presentation. What is PowerPoint? As mentioned before, PowerPoint is Microsoft's Presentation application. A PowerPoint presentation is made up of a number of slides. Although it can be standalone, it is usually used as a visual aid for a formal presentation. A PowerPoint presentation is executed as a slideshow and each slide can be displayed on the screen one at a time. This is the traditional way of creating a presentation. When creating a traditional presentation, be careful not to crowd the slides with too much information. They should not include your whole presentation word for word, just highlig...