HISTORY OF SOFTWARE PRESENTATION

The first software displaying a presentation on a personal computer screen was VCN ExecuVision, developed in 1982. This program allowed users to choose from a library of images to accompany the text of their presentation.

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE Any software program for creating graphic

presentations with visual aids, hand-outs, slides, etc. ; texts with graphics, audio, and/or video

Also called presentation graphics

OTHER PRESENTATION SOFTWARES

Corel Presentations - can produce executable

files; for MS Windows only

Microsoft PowerPoint - widely used because

often bundled with Windows, also available

for Mac

Lotus Freelance (IBM) - for MS Windows only

Keynote -It adds new themes, transitions and

animations, and the ability to control the slideshow

with an iPhone or iPod touch through the

Keynote Remote application for Mac, from Apple

OpenOffice.org Impress - free, powerful,

multiplatform, can export PowerPoint file

Softmaker Presentations- does have a few minor drawbacks in the area of help and support and features

Office Home’s Power Presentations- its is basic, it is still more than enough to create a lovely photo or informational slideshow. 

Prezi Pro- interesting slide transitions and object animations, that this presentation software does not offer.

Pro Presenter- will work quite well if looking for a slideshow maker that focuses on audio and textual presentations

Media Shout- this software allows you to create basic presentations and offers a dual display feature, the file compatibility issues as wellas the limited editing and effects tools put this presentation software at a significant disadvantage.

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

is a popular Commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft which is part of the Microsoft office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computer operating systems.

it is among the most prevalent forms of persuasion technology.

Developed by Bob Gaskins, a former Berkeley Ph.D. student who envisioned an easy-to-use presentation program that would manipulate a string of slides.

In 1984, Gaskins joined a failing Silicon Valley software firm called Forethought and hired a software developer, Dennis Austin.

It was called "Presenter", but was changed to PowerPoint to avoid a trademark problem.

It was renamed “powerpoint” on 1987

1984–1987: PowerPoint was invented, the first product to attract strategic venture capital from Apple and later the first significant acquisition made by Microsoft

in 1987, Forethought and PowerPoint were purchased by Microsoft Corporation for $14 million

Since 1990, PowerPoint has been a standard part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications

1987–1993: Gaskins’ Headed Microsoft’s business unit in Silicon Valley, managing the growth of PowerPoint to $100 million annual sales worldwide on Mac and Windows

VERSION HISTORY

PowerPoint 1.0 (for Mac, April 1987) produced as output black-and-white overhead transparencies

PowerPoint 2.0 (for Mac, May 1988, and for Windows, May 1990) added output of professional 35mm color slides including online transmission to overnight imaging and processing by Genigraphics.

PowerPoint 3.0 (for Windows, May 1992, and for Mac, September 1992) added output of live video color slideshows including slide transitions, builds, animations, and synchronized sound and video clips.

1994 - Powerpoint Version 4 1995 - Powerpoint 95

1997 - Powerpoint 97 – linear , always proceeding from one slide to the next; it allows users to envoke predefined transitions and effects in a non -linear movie like style without having to learn programming powerpoint 2002

1999 - Powerpoint 2000 – introduced a clipboard that could hold multiple objects at once. Office assistant is noticeable whose frequent unsolicited appearances

2001 - Powerpoint 20022003 - Powerpoint 20032007 - Powerpoint 2007

GUIDELINES FOR AN EFFECTIVE AND CREATIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

1. Select a clean, easy-to-follow format

and apply it to every slide (position, color

and style)

2.Be sure text contrasts with background. A

light-colored background with dark text is the

easiest to read.

3.Use a minimum of a 24 point font size so

the audience can see the slides.

4. Limit each slide to 5 or 6 lines. Don’t put

too much onto each slide or use too many

slides.

5. Avoid long sentences.

6. Slides should be a visual accompaniment

and not the entire content of your lecture.

7. Avoid fancy fonts that can be hard to

read. Sans serif fonts such as

Arial or Verdana show up well.

8. Limit the number of graphics to one per

slide.

9. Be consistent with effects, transitions, and

animations. 10. Check for errors in spelling, punctuation,

and grammar.

WHEN AND WHY SHOULD YOU USE IT?

Help structure your presentation.

Outline the main points you wish to make.

Facilitate showing visual information such as

graphs, tables and charts.

Display images or screen captures for

demonstrating Web resources.

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Present bulleted lists to highlight key points.

Display graphics, sound and video clips.

Easily make information available on the Web

by posting it after the presentation