CHAPTER 4
PRESENTATIONS
4.1 PRESENTATION – AN INTRODUCTION
A presentation is a good way to convey pieces of information, usually in the form of an
outline, to a large audience. Presentations are usually demonstrations, introductions,
lectures or speeches intended to inform, inspire, motivate or present a new idea/product.
Generally, computerized presentations are appealing to users because these are easy to
create, edit and generally small enough to fit onto a CD or a USB Drive.
Presentations consist of a number of individual pages called "slides". Slides may contain
text, graphics, movies, and other objects, which may be arranged freely. So, a presentation is a
combination of slides, handouts, notes, and outlines all in one file. You can add text, graphics, photos,
clip art, sound and video to your slides.
A presentation is any kind of interaction between a speaker and audience, but it usually
involves one or more of the following visual aids: LCD projectors, computer-based slides,
handouts, and speaker notes.
The presentation can be printed or even displayed live on a computer. For larger
audiences the computer display is often projected using a video projector.
4.2 MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
Microsoft PowerPoint (MS PowerPoint), usually just called PowerPoint, is a closed source
commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft office
suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows operating system.
4.2 Presentations
In the Microsoft office suite, PowerPoint is the presentation graphics software used to
design dynamic and easy to use presentation. Today, PowerPoint presentations in many
forms, styles and custom layouts are used by working professionals, academics, students,
medical practitioners and others to display data and information in a visual manner.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a professional presentation program that allows the user to
create "presentation slides" that can be displayed on the computer screen or through a
projector that is plugged in to the computer.
As a part of the Microsoft Office Suite, PowerPoint has become the world's most widely
used presentation program used for making visual aids for presentations. The primary users
of this software are sales and business staff, teachers, and trainers. This software is relatively
easy to use and is designed to provide a novice user with a professional presentation tool at
a minimal cost.
There are three main functions within PowerPoint presentation software: creation,
editing, and presentation. The functionality provided in this tool interacts seamlessly with
all other Microsoft Office applications. This gives the user the ability to copy and paste text
and images from other documents and quickly incorporates them into a presentation.
Microsoft release PowerPoint 2010 (included in Office 2010) on June 15, 2010. It has been
redesigned with a much more features, user-friendly and intuitive layout than its
predecessors. PowerPoint 2010 provides a variety of professionally designed templates,
themes, and style galleries to help you create great-looking presentations.
In PowerPoint 2010, how a window displays depends on the size of the window, the size
of your monitor, and the resolution to which your monitor is set. Resolution determines
how much information your computer monitor can display. If you use a low resolution, less
information fits on your screen, but the size of your text and images are larger. If you use a
high resolution, more information fits on your screen, but the size of the text and images are
smaller.
4.2.1 Features of PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 enables you to quickly create high-impact, dynamic
presentations. Some of the important features of PowerPoint 2010 are:
Intuitive User interface: PowerPoint 2010 has a new, intuitive user interface called
the Ribbon that helps you create better presentations much more quickly than you
could in earlier versions of PowerPoint.
Create Dynamic presentations: PowerPoint 2010 quickly create dynamic and great-