Some basic Power Point Info...
WHAT IS POWER POINT: Gives you the ability to create a slide show combining your photos, text, animation, sound and more… to make your information much more enjoyable. Power Point presentations have been used in business for years, but today you see them being used at weddings, showers, birthday parties, reunions, memorial services and by groups & organizations. Students as young as 3rd grade are using power point presentations to enhance reports and projects.
POWER POINT APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Can be bought individually or it is included as part of the MICROSOFT OFFICE bundle. The Power Point Application Software is always required for you to create and or modify a power point presentation.
POWER POINT VIEWER: This is a free software offered from Microsoft that allows you to watch power point presentations sent to you via email. You can then save them on your computer to send to someone else, you cannot however change or modify them in anyway or create your own without the full Power Point Application Software Program.
ADD POWER POINT VIEWER TO YOUR COMPUTER: Go to www.Microsoft.com – on right hand column – choose Downloads & Trials, search for “Power Point Viewer” and when wizard opens up – choose DOWNLOAD NOW button – in a few minutes this free software will be on your computer – follow directions as it adds it…
CAN YOU MAKE SLIDE PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT POWER POINT?? Yes, use Picasa (a free photo editing software program from Google, if you don’t have it, go to www.picasa.com and download for free). Picasa’s version 3, has both a slide show & movie making application to use and they are easy to work with.. For those with Windows XP or Vista, your windows software has a free program called Windows Movie Maker which works in much the same way as power point and the Picasa applications… and if you have Windows 7 or 8 you can always search for and download
In our next posting we will talk more about using PICASA to create slide shows..
