To create slides, a series of templates are used to provide the user with pre-defined layouts for different purposes. Since it’s fully integrated with the other tools of the Microsoft Office suite, the user can import content created with Excel or Word into PowerPoint, as well as other media such as pictures, audio, and video clips. PowerPoint allows users to create media-rich presentations constituted by a series of slides. Even today, it holds up to 95 percent of the market share of presentation software. It only allowed slide progression in one direction – forward – and the amount of customization was fairly limited.Īlthough it was conceived only for Macintosh computers in the very beginning, PowerPoint quickly became one of the most iconic trademarks and the first important acquisition of Microsoft. The first iteration was launched together with Windows 3.0 in 1990. In August of 1987, Microsoft bought Forethought for $14 million and turned it into its graphics business unit, where the company continued to develop the software. It was renamed PowerPoint in 1987 as suggested by Robert Gaskins. It was supposed to be named Presenter, but the name was not adapted due to trademark issues.
PowerPoint was developed by Dennis Austin and Thomas Rudkin at Forethought Inc.
The program uses slides to convey information rich in multimedia and is used to create complex business presentations, simple educational outlines and much more.
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