Question: What is a PowerPoint presentation or PPT?
Answer: A combination of various slides depicting a graphical and visual interpretation of data,
to present information in a more creative and interactive manner is called a PowerPoint
presentation or PPT.
Question: What is a slide show in a PowerPoint presentation?
Answer: When all the slides of a PowerPoint presentation are set in series and then presented
to a group of people, where each slide appears one after the other, is a set pattern, this is known
as a PowerPoint slide show.
Question: What all elements can be added to a slide?
Answer: The following elements can be added to a Powerpoint slide:
1. Clip Art
2. Graphs
3. Tables
4. Photographs
5. Charts
6. Media Clips
7. Videos
Uses of PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint presentations are useful for both personal and professional usage. Given below are
a few of the major fields where PPT is extremely useful:
Education – With e-learning and smart classes being chosen as a common mode of
education today, PowerPoint presentations can help in making education more
interactive and attract students towards the modified version of studying
Marketing – In the field of marketing, PowerPoint presentations can be extremely
important. Using graphs and charts, numbers can be shown more evidently and clearly
which may be ignored by the viewer if being read
Business – To invite investors or to show the increase or decrease in profits, MS
PowerPoint can be used
Creating Resumes – Digital resumes can be formed using MS PowerPoint. Different
patterns, photograph, etc. can be added to the resume
Depicting Growth – Since both graphics and text can be added in a presentation,
depicting the growth of a company, business, student’s marks, etc. is easier using PPT
Features of MS PowerPoint
There are multiple features that are available in MS PowerPoint which can customise and
optimise a presentation. The same have been discussed below.
Slide Layout
Multiple options and layouts are available based on which a presentation can be created. This
option is available under the “Home” section and one can select from the multiple layout options
provided.
Insert – Clipart, Video, Audio, etc.
Under the “Insert” category, multiple options are available where one can choose what feature
they want to insert in their presentation. This may include images, audio, video, header, footer,
symbols, shapes, etc.
The image below shows the features which can be inserted:
Slide Design
MS PowerPoint has various themes using which background colour and designs or textures can
be added to a slide. This makes the presentation more colourful and attracts the attention of the
people looking at it.
This feature can be added using the “Design” category mentioned on the homepage of MS
PowerPoint. Although there are existing design templates available, in case someone wants to
add some new texture or colour, the option to customise the design is also available. Apart from
this, slide designs can also be downloaded online.
Refer to the below for slide design:
Animations
During the slide show, the slides appear on the screen one after the other. In case, one wants to
add some animations to the way in which a slide presents itself, they can refer to the
“Animations” category.