Microsoft office Power Point is an application program developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft office suite. It is compatible with the Microsoft windows and the Mac OS operating systems. Linux operating system can also support the Microsoft compatible version.
PowerPoint is widely used by students, businessmen, corporate professionals, educational institutions to create Power Point presentation. Earlier PowerPoint was known as Microsoft PowerPoint. But starting from the Microsoft Office 2003, it was revised to emphasize on its inclusion within the Microsoft office suite, being called as Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003. The latest version is available in the market as part of the Microsoft Office 2007 suite.
PowerPoint presentations are made up of individual pages or slides which may contain graphics, text, movies, audio and other multimedia objects. A master slide can be used to control the overall design of the presentation. Several free PowerPoint design templates are also present that can be used to make the presentation even more attractive. The PowerPoint presentation can be displayed or printed on a computer. A video projector can be further used to project it for larger audience. Presentations can be made in various formats such as .ppt, .pps or .pot. Several other formats have been introduced in PowerPoint 2007.
Microsoft office suite is easily available in the market. You can also download Microsoft Power Point from the internet. But in that case you are required to buy the registration key. If you are not very well versed with PowerPoint, you can always download the PowerPoint tutorial from the internet.