Presentation Software

Presentation software allows the user to present information by interacting with the
presentation or can allow it to run automatically.

The software usually has the same basic features as found in a word processor or desk
top publisher to allow the user to input information. However, the software has some
more interesting features that allow the presentation to be more entertaining to the
audience.

The presentation can include the standard text and images (just like the DTP) but you
can also include animation, video and sound

Basic features of Presentation Software

• Narration can be added by recording the spoken work

• Facility to check the presentation & rehearse timings
• Animated clipart
• Control pathways through screen of information through navigational aids such
as “buttons”
• Entrance and Exit of images and text
• Inclusion of video clips

TASK
Complete the past exam paper questions

Question Answer
A sales person is using presentation 1.
software to produce a slideshow. State
three features of presentation software, 2.
other than text, that can be used to make
the presentation more interesting. 3.
[3]

A journalist types reports and presents 1.

them as multimedia presentations. Give
two features of a desktop computer that
would make it more suitable than a palmtop 2.
computer for these tasks.
[2]