Office 2013 In Depth

17. Requisite PowerPoint: Essential Features

Microsoft PowerPoint is the standard “visual aid” software application for providing informative presentations. Whether you are giving a presentation at an important business meeting or showing pictures of your latest journey to a group of travel enthusiasts, PowerPoint provides an easy-to-use yet powerful presentation platform. PowerPoint not only is a powerful tool for presenting “live,” but it also is useful at demonstration tables and kiosks for playing self-running presentations.

In this chapter, we look at the essential tools and features of this powerful presentation application. As you get familiar with the PowerPoint interface and workspace, we also look at the basics of constructing a PowerPoint ...