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    Presentation Software

    • A presentation program is a computer


    software package used to organize and display
    information, normally in the form of a slide
    show.

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    Examples of Presentation Software include:

    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • OpenOffice.org Impress
    • Kpresenter
    • AppleWorks,
    • Adobe Persuasion
    • Corel Presentations

    • Lotus freelance etc

    2
    ADVANTAGES OF PRESENTATION SOFTWARE OVER TALK
    AND CHALK METHOD

    • The presentation usually draws more


    attention from the audience
    • Multi media components such as video clips,
    audio clips and clip art images can be included
    onto your slides
    • The timings of the slides can be set so that the
    presentation automatically displays the next
    slides after a given period of time

    3
    • The presentations usually provides a wide
    variety of presentation formats and layouts for
    the slides
    • The presentation can be viewed and printed in
    different formats e.g. the outline formats, the
    notes page format, the audience handout
    formats
    • Easy to use because of auto correct features
    • It is faster and accurate than the talk and chalk

    4
    Features of Presentation Soft
    • Slide
    A slide is a single page of a digital
    presentation created in presentation
    software programs such as PowerPoint,
    OpenOffice Impress.
    • Slide Layout
    The slide layout is the arrangement of all the
    items that make up a slide, such as title,
    graphics or text boxes.

    5
    • Animations:
    • Are visual effects applied to individual items on the slide
    such as graphics, titles or bulleted points
    • Transition:
    • Are visual movements as one slide changes to another.
    • Slide Show:
    • is the presentation of all the digital slides created in a
    presentation program, shown one after the other on a
    projection screen.

    6
    • Slide Master:
    • Is a design template that allows a user to preset
    layouts, colors and fonts for all slides in the
    presentation at once
    • Hyperlink
    • Allows the user to link slides in a presentation and
    quickly access another location e.g. link to another
    file
    • Notes Area:
    • Allows the speaker to keep notes for personal
    reference during the presentation.
    • Summary slide:
    • This feature creates one new slide with a list of all the
    titles of the slides in the presentation
    7
    Common terms in presentations (cont)

    • Normal View
    • In Microsoft PowerPoint , it is the main
    working window in the presentation. The
    slide is shown full size on the screen.
    • Slide Sorter View
    A window in Microsoft PowerPoint that
    displays thumbnail versions of all your slides,
    arranged in horizontal rows.

    8
    • Graphics: The presentation application permits the addition
    of various types of graphics, such as bar charts, line charts,
    clip art, and photographs.
    • Headers, Footers, & Slide Numbering: Allows you to specify
    customized headers and footers that the presentation file
    will put at the top and bottom of every presentation. The
    presentation automatically keeps track of page numbers so
    that the correct number appears on each page.
    • Spell Checker: A utility that allows you to check the spelling
    of words in a presentation file.
    • Print: Allows you to send a presentation file to a printer to
    get a hardcopy or many hardcopies as you would like.
    • Thesaurus: A built-in thesaurus that allows you to search for
    synonyms (words with similar meaning) and antonyms
    (‘opposites’) without leaving the word processor.
    • Tables: Allows you to add tables and include content in rows
    and columns
    Microsoft PowerPoint?
    • PowerPoint is an
    application for creating
    presentations that can be
    output as
    • 35mm slides,
    • Paper overheads,
    • Directly from the
    computer monitor, or
    • Printed as handouts or
    speaker notes .
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