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An Introduction To MS PowerPoint

MS PowerPoint is a program which is included in the Microsoft Office suite. It is

used to make presentations for personal and professional purposes.
In this article, we shall discuss in detail the functions and features of a PowerPoint
presentation, followed by some sample questions based on this topic for the
upcoming competitive exams. 
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It was released on April 20, 1987, and after 3 months of its creation, it was
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PowerPoint 2.0 (1990).
It is a presentation based program which uses graphics, videos etc. to make
a presentation more interactive and interesting.
The file extension of a saved Powerpoint presentation is “.ppt”.
A PowerPoint presentation comprising slides and other features is also
known as PPT.
Gradually, with each version, the program was more creative and more interactive.
Various other features were added in PowerPoint which massively increased the
requirement and use of this MS Office program.
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Question: What is MS PowerPoint?

Answer: PowerPoint (PPT) is a powerful, easy-to-use presentation graphics
software program which allows you to create professional-looking electronic
slide shows. 
The image given below shows the main page of MS PowerPoint, where a person
lands when the program is opened on a computer system:

Question: How to open MS PowerPoint on a personal computer?

Answer: Follow the steps below to open MS PowerPoint on a personal computer:
1. Click on the start button
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3. Next step is to select “MS Office”
4. Under MS Office, click on the “MS PowerPoint” 
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Question: What is a slide show in a PowerPoint presentation?
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Question: What all elements can be added to a slide?

Answer: The following elements can be added to a Powerpoint slide:
1. Clip Art
2. Graphs
3. Tables
4. Photographs
5. Charts
. Media Clips
7. Videos
All these elements are mainly used to enhance presentation skills and make the
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Slide Layout
Multiple options
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The image below shows the different slide layout options which are available for
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Insert – Clipart, Video, Audio, etc.

Under the “Insert” category, multiple options are available where one can choose
what feature they want to insert in their presentation. This may include images,
audio, video, header, footer, symbols, shapes, etc. 
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Animations
During the slide show, the slides appear on the screen one after the other. In case,
one wants to add some animations to the way in which a slide presents itself, they
can refer to the “Animations” category. 
The different animation styles available on PowerPoint are:

Apart from all these options font size, font style, font colour, word art, date and
time, etc. can also be added to a PPT. 
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Uses of PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentations are useful for both personal and professional usage.
Given below are few of the major fields where PPT is extremely useful:
Education – With e-learning and smart classes being chosen as a common
mode of education today, powerpoint presentations can help in making
education more interactive and attract students towards the modified version
of studying
Marketing – In the field of marketing, PowerPoint presentations can be
extremely important. Using graphs and charts, numbers can be shown more
evidently and clearly which may be ignored by the viewer if being read
Business – To invite investors or to show the increase or decrease in profits,
MS PowerPoint can be used
Creating Resumes – Digital resumes can be formed using MS PowerPoint.
Different patterns, photograph, etc. can be added in the resume
Depicting Growth – Since both graphics and text can be added in a
presentation, depicting the growth of a company, business, student’s marks,
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Q 1. How many maximum slides can be added in a PowerPoint presentation?
1. 50
2. 500
3. No fixed number
4. 25
5. 300
Answer: (3) No fixed number
Q 2. Slide Sorter view can be selected under which of the following categories?
1. Home
2. File
3. Edit
4. View
5. Review
Answer: (4) View
Q 3. The combination of which keyboard keys can be used as a shortcut to add a
new slide in MS PowerPoint?
1. ctrl+S
2. ctrl+L
3. ctrl+M
4. ctrl+N
5. ctrl+P
Answer: (3) ctrl+M
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aspects of PPT. 
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