History of PowerPoint Presentation

History of PowerPoint Presentation

• PowerPoint is a presentation program owned by Microsoft Corporation.
• Developed in 1984 by Bob Gaskins at Forethought, with Dennis Austin contributing to its creation.
• Initially called Presenter; renamed to PowerPoint before public release.
• PowerPoint 1.0 launched in 1987 for Apple Macintosh.
• Microsoft acquired Forethought and PowerPoint for $14 million in 1987.
• First Windows and DOS versions released in 1988.
• Became a standard component of Microsoft Office since its inception in 1980.
• Included in the Office XP Professional Suite starting from the 2002 version.

PowerPoint Interface

• File Menu and Backstage View: Central hub for creation, saving, sharing, and printing presentations.
• Quick Access Toolbar: Customizable toolbar located above the Ribbon by default.
• Ribbon: Organized groups of buttons for various function options.
• Slides Pane: Displays thumbnails of all slides in the current presentation.
• Slide Area: Shows the active slide for editing or reviewing.
• Task Pane: Offers additional options, appears when a ribbon tab is selected.
• Status Bar: Provides real-time information about the presentation.
• Notes Pane: Area designated for speaker notes related to the current slide.
• View Buttons: Three primary views available:
  • Normal: Typical editing view.
  • Slide Sorter: Zoomable thumbnail overview of all slides.
  • Reading View: Display mode for linear reading experience.
• Slide Show: Full-screen presentation mode from the current slide.
• Mini Toolbar: Semi-transparent toolbar that appears beside selected text for quick formatting.

PowerPoint Home Tab

• Home Tab: The first tab on the Ribbon featuring basic formatting tools.
• Groups within the Home Tab:
  • Clipboard: Handles paste, cut, copy, and format painter functions.
  • Slides: Options for adding and arranging slides.
  • Font: Formatting tools for text appearance.
  • Paragraph: Adjusts paragraph settings and alignment.
  • Drawing: Tools for creating shapes and illustrations.
  • Editing: Functions for finding, replacing, and selecting.

Clipboard Functions

• Paste (CTRL+V): Inserts copied items such as text or images.
• Cut (CTRL+X): Removes selected items and saves them to the clipboard.
• Copy (CTRL+C): Clones selected items for replication elsewhere.
• Format Painter (CTRL+SHIFT+C): Copies formatting styles from one element to another.

Slide Management

• New Slide (CTRL+M): Inserts a new blank slide into the presentation.
• Layout: Customization options available for slide layout.
• Reset: Restores the default design of the slide.
• Section: Functionality to organize slides into distinct segments.

Font Customization

• Font Style: Offers a variety of font choices for text.
• Font Size: Adjusts text size as needed.
• Bold (CTRL+B), Italic (CTRL+I), Underline (CTRL+U): Formatting options to emphasize text.
• Font Color: Adds visual impact to words.
• Increase Font Size (CTRL+SHIFT+>): Enlarges text.
• Decrease Font Size (CTRL+SHIFT+<): Reduces text size.