EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT AS A

PRESENTATION TOOL

POWERPOINT name of a proprietary commercial

software presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was developed by Microsoft and officially launched on May 22, 1990. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The current versions are Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 for Windows and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2011 for Mac.

TOP TEN USES OF POWERPOINT

• ACADEMIC Classroom Teaching:

Power Point presentations help in improving the quality and impact of classroom teaching. The presentations can be made interesting and exhaustive, with supporting information to be accessed only if required.

Subject Tutorials:

It is good for online and offline tutorials on wide range of subjects, user age groups and types.

Seminars:

It is handy for students to make their presentations on assignments.

Meetings and Consultations:

Decision makers can use Power Point for meetings and discussions to keep the focus on core issues.

Conferences: This is a popular use. Usually academicians use power point as it easy to present as well as print and distribute handouts or publish online, as per requirement.

PROFESSIONALS ANDBUSINESS USE

Sales & Marketing:

Power Point presentations are quick to prepare and can be structured for use such that the same presentation can be used for a specific target audience by selecting specific slides

Events and Trade Shows: It is good to use in trade shows and events as it can be run by first timers or not so computer savvy exhibition support teams.

Corporate meetings:

Ideal for the busy corporate for focused presentations with statistical information presented using graphics to facilitate easy comprehension and avoid monotony of too many numbers.

Corporate training and conferences: Widely used by trainers as well as corporate for conferences, workshops and training sessions.

PUBLIC USE

Information Kiosks: Power point is a good tool for presenting layout and other information at public places like museums, exhibitions, libraries, transit terminals etc. It can be made interactive for the public to view, learn and proceed.

USING A POWERPOINT TRADEMARK IN TEXT

Use Acceptable Descriptors PowerPoint is a trademark that identifies a brand of presentation software from Microsoft. The name PowerPoint must be followed by the appropriate product descriptor. The trademark PowerPoint must never be used as a noun or verb. It should never be abbreviated.

Do Not Use the PowerPoint Trademark in the Possessive or Plural Form

Because trademarks should not be used as nouns, PowerPoint should never be used in the possessive or plural form. Instead, PowerPoint should always be used as an adjective—that is, as a term that modifies a noun.

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR USE OF POWERPOINT TRADEMARK

Compatibility or Interoperability Use phrases such as "PowerPoint-based," "for PowerPoint," "created with PowerPoint," or "works with PowerPoint" to indicate that your product or service was designed to be used with PowerPoint brand software. Your product or service name and company name must appear more prominently than the PowerPoint trademark, and the PowerPoint name should be visually distinguished from your product or service name. The PowerPoint name should be substantially smaller and less conspicuous than your product or service name. This is important to avoid any implication that your product or service is produced, endorsed, or supported by Microsoft.

Logos and Graphical Representations Do not create any graphic or design out of the PowerPoint trademark, and do not include this trademark or name in any logos created by you or your company.

Web Identities Do not include the name PowerPoint in a domain name or use it to brand your Web site.

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