PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

PRESENTATION  SOFTWARE

Presentation sorftware is a program or a computer software package that is used to display information in the form of a slide show.The presentation software allow the users to present information in an engaging way such as with text,pictures,sounds and videos.

                The presentation software sometimes called presentation graphics.Presentation software is used to generate visual presentations.These presentation program make it easy to mix and match graphic elements,texts and sound to relay important information.Some very popular presentation are Powerpoint and impress.

                Powerpoint is the leader on the windows platform and is created by Micrsoft.Powerpoint can be brought separately or is included in the micrsoft office suite of programs.

                Open office.org impress is created by sun microsystem Inc.open office impress (as commonly known), is part of a suite of programs offered as a free download. The suite also contains a word processor a spreadsheet program and a drawing program.

Presentation software is used to create visual presentations.Presentations consists of a number of individual pages or slides.These presentations are delivered in a slideshow format and can be created with a variety of programs.Commonuses for this type of software include teaching a new or complex concept to a group of students,training employees on key concepts or new policies or presenting a proposal to a group.

Advantages

Presentation are very useful tools for teaching and learning process.The advantages are:

·         It is easy to learn and use.

·         Presentations are easy to edit.

·         Excellent for summarizing facts.

·         Great for showing graphics/chart/diagrams to audience.

·         Presentations can be displayed to a large audience by connecting a digital projector.

·         It allows facing audience  and making eye contact rather than facing screen.

IMPRESS

Open office impress is a presentation software program that is part of a suite of programs offered free from open office.org. Open office impress is a great tool for presentation in classroom, business and personal use.

·         Each page of a open office impress presentation is called a slide.The default orientation of the slide is in landscape layout which means that the slides is 11 inch wide by 8 inch tall.

·         Bullets are small dots, squares, dashes or graphic objects that begin a short descriptive phrase. Title and text slide layout or as it is more commonly called the bulleted list slide is used to enter key points about our topic.

·         Design templates  is created so that even though different slides types can have different layout and graphics, the whole presentation goes together as an attractive package.

·         The term slide type or slide layout can be used interchangeably. There are several different types of slides/slide layout in open office impress. Depending on the type of presentation you are creating you may use several different slide layout or just keep repeating the same few. Slide types includes

Ø  Title slide.

Ø  Content slide.

Ø  Title and text slide.

·         Located on the right side of the screen, the task pane changes to show options that are available for the current task that you are working on.

·         Slide transitions are the visual movements as one slide changes to another. There are dozens of different option to choose from for how your  slide will appear on the screen.

·         In this, animations are visual effects applied to individual items on the slide such as graphics, title or bullet points rather than to the slides itself.

·         The default design template when starting a open office impress presentation, is a plain white slide is the slide master.

·         A complete range of views are supported:

Drawing / outlines/slides/notes/handouts to meet all the needs of presenters and audiences.

·         Impress supports multiple monitors and the standard incorporated presenter console extension gives more control over slide show presentation such as the ability to see the upcoming slide, view slide notes and control the presentstion timer while the audience is looking at the current slides.

POWERPOINT

Powerpoint is the presentation software of the Microsoft office software suite. One of the most widely used office programs, powerpoint has application for personal use, academics and business. It is highly customizable; you can edit powerpoint presentations to be as personal or professional as you want. Powerpoint has a relatively simple user interface which you can easily pick up. However,mastering each of its functions will allow you to create impressive presentations to engage the audience powerpoint was officially launched on may 22,1990 as a part of the Microsoft office suite.

The ability to present material to an audience is where powerpoint earns its industry-standard reputation. Years ago,someone would have to place and remove individually printed acetate sheets from an overhead projector. Now a presenter can advance virtual slides using a mouse, keyboard or handheld device.With embedded audio and video , the presenter can easily control a computer and organized presentation from start to end.

·         New     : Button used to open a new powerpoint presentation.

·         Open   : This button is used to open a existing presentation.

·         Save     : Button used to save a presentation.

·         Search : Option used to search for a text in the presentation.

·         Print    : Button for a printing a presentation.

·         Cut       : Button to cut the selected text.

·         Copy    : Copies the selected text.

·         Paste   : Paste the selected text.

·         Undo    : Reverses the last performed action.

·         Redo    : Reverses the last delete action.

·         Zoom   : Used to magnify a slide.

·         Help     : Buttons for powerpoint help topics.

·         Print preview      : Takes you to the print preview screen.

·         Spell check         : Check the spelling of a text.

·         Format painter    : Copies a formatting style to another application.

·         Show formatting : Button to hide/show text formatting.

·         Insert hyperlink   : Button used to insert a hyperlink.

·         Insert chart          : Button used to insert  a chart.

·         Insert table           : Button used to insert a table.

·         Expand all            : To view all the contents of a slide.

·         Show/Hide grid    : Button to show/hide grids.

·         Color/Gray scale  : Changes the text in color or gray scale.

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