MS PowerPoint

MS PowerPoint is a program that is included in the Microsoft Office suite.

Which allows the user to create “presentations slides” for personal and
professional purposes. It can be displayed on the computer screen or through
a projector that is plugged into the computer.
PowerPoint is often used to create business presentations, but can also be
used for educational or informal purposes. The presentations are comprised
of slides, which may contain text, images, and other media, such as audio clips
and movies. Sound effects and animated transitions can also be included to
make a presentation more interactive and interesting.
The program was created in a software company named Forethought, Inc. by
Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin.
It was released on April 20, 1987, and after 3 months of its creation, it was
acquired by Microsoft.
The first version of this program, when introduced by Microsoft was MS
PowerPoint 2.0 (1990).

The file extension of a saved PowerPoint presentation:

MS Power Point 97-2003 Presentation .ppt
MS Power Point 2007 .pptx
MS Power Point 2010, 2013 & 2016 .pptx

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
To open MS PowerPoint on a personal computer

1. Click on the start button

2. Then choose “All Programs”
3. Next step is to select “MS Office”
4. Under MS Office, click on the “MS PowerPoint” 

Or

Right click on desktop >New> Microsoft power point presentation

File Tab
This tab opens the Backstage view which basically allows you to
manage the file and settings in PowerPoint. You can save
presentations, open existing ones and create new presentations
based on blank or predefined templates. The other file related
operations can also be executed from this view.
Ribbon

Tabs: They appear across the top of the Ribbon and contain groups
of related commands. Home, Insert, Page Layout are examples of
ribbon tabs.
Slide Area
This is the area where the actual slide is created and edited. You can
add, edit and delete text, images, shapes and multimedia in this
section.
Zoom Options
The zoom control lets you zoom in for a closer look at your text. The
zoom control consists of a slider that you can slide left or right to
zoom in or out, you can click on the - and + buttons to increase or
decrease the zoom factor. The maximum zoom supported by
PowerPoint is 400% and the 100% is indicated by the mark in the
middle.
Slide Views
The group of four buttons located to the left of the Zoom control,
near the bottom of the screen, lets you switch between PowerPoint
views.
Normal Layout view: This displays page in normal view with the
slide on the right and a list of thumbnails to the left. This view
allows you to edit individual slides and also rearrange them.
Slide Sorter view: This displays all the slides as a matrix. This view
only allows you to rearrange the slides but not edit the contents of
each slide.
Reading View: This view fills most of the computer screen with a
preview of your presentation. Unlike Slide Show view, it includes
easily accessible buttons for navigation, located at the bottom-right.
However, like the slideshow you cannot edit anything in this view.
Slide Show view: This view completely fills the computer screen
and is what the audience will see when they view the presentation.
Slide Show view has an additional menu that appears when you
hover over it, allowing you to navigate slides and access other
features you can use during a presentation.
Use the keys on your keyboard—including the arrow keys, Page Up
and Page Down keys, spacebar, and Enter key—to move through the
slides in Slide Show view. Press the Esc key to end the slide show.

Slide Tab
This section is available only in the Normal view. It displays all the
slides in sequence. You can add, delete and reorder slides from this
section.
File tab
Command Description
Save This allows you to save a new file or an
existing file in standard format. If you are
working on a previously saved file this
will save the new changes in the same file
format. If you are working on a new file,
this command would be similar to the
Save As command.
Save As Allows you to specify the file name and
the file type before saving the file.
Open Allows you to open new PowerPoint files.
Close Allows you to close an existing file.
Info Displays the information about the
current file.
Recent Lists series of recently viewed or edited
PowerPoint files.
New Allows you to create a new file using
blank or pre-defined templates.
Print Allows you to select the printer settings
and print the presentation.
Save & Send Allows you to share your presentation
with larger audience via emails, web,
cloud services, etc.
Help Provides access to PowerPoint Help.
Options Allows you to set various options related
to PowerPoint program.
Exit Closes the presentation and exits the
program.
Menu Category (Tab) Ribbon Commands
Home Clipboard functions, manipulating slides,
fonts, paragraph settings, drawing objects
and editing functions
Insert Insert tables, pictures, images, shapes,
charts, special texts, multimedia and symbols
Design Slide setup, slide orientation, presentation
themes and background
Transitions Commands related to slide transitions
Animations Commands related to animation within the
individual slides
Slideshow Commands related to slideshow set up and
previews
Review Proofing content, language selection,
comments and comparing presentations
View Commands related to presentation views,
Master slides, color settings and window
arrangements
View Commands related to presentation views,
Master slides, color settings and window
arrangements

Inserting a New Slide

Home tab > Slides > New Slide.

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.
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.

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. 

Transitions

PowerPoint includes a large number of transitions you can apply to slides. A

transition controls the appearance of one slide as it transitions to the next.
Transitions include one slide morphing into another, a fade of one to another,
and all sorts of special effects such as page curls or animated motion.