POWERPOINT

• MS PowerPoint is a presentation software created by Microsoft
• PowerPoint was designed to facilitate visual demonstrations for group presentations in the business environment.
• Developers of PPT:  Robert Gaskins, Dennis Austin and Tom Rudkin
• Microsoft bought Forethougt Inc at the price of US$14M.
• During 1970 – 1980’s, overhead projectors (OHP) was used by using transparent slide projected onto the screen.
• Placeholders are like containers that can hold contents like text, video, or graphics.
• Slide layout is the design and placement of different elements on a slide.
• File tab - Brings you to backstage view
• Home Tab - contains the most common and basic commands of Powerpoint.
• Insert Tab - it contains an option concerning adding a new element to your slide
• Design Tab - Refer to this tab  to customize the look of your presentation.
• Transition Tab - This tab offers special effects to be applied during the transition between the previous slide to the next slide.
• A transition is a special effect that occurs when you exit one slide and move on to the next during a presentation.
• Animation - Refers to the way the elements of your slide appear (or disappear). 
• An animation is a special effect that applies to a single element on a slide such as text, a shape, an image, and so on.
• Slide Show Tab - contains several options to customize presentations.
• review tab - has useful options, like checking the slide’s spelling, or adding comments.
• View Tab - PowerPoint supports multiple views to allow users to gain the maximum from the features available in the program.
• another way to access view is from the Presentation Views section in the View Tab
• Normal View this is the default view in PowerPoint
• Slide Sorter View - shows a thumbnail image of each slide in your presentation
• Reading View - This view is like a slideshow with access to the Windows taskbar in case you need to switch windows.
• Notes View - shows one slide at a time with the speaker’s notes.
• Slideshow view - shows your presentation as it will look to the audience when you run it.
• Presenter View - use Presenter view to view your notes while delivering your presentation
• Outline View - It displays only the text on your slides, not pictures or other graphical items.
• Hyperlink - To navigate to other parts of the presentation.
• A storyboard is a graphic representation of how your video will unfold, shot by shot.