Introduction to MS Powerpoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is the name of a proprietary commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was officially launched on May 22, 1990 as a part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

Microsoft Power point is a software product used to perform computer-based presentations. There are various circumstances in which a presentation is made: teaching a class, introducing a product to sell, explaining an organizational structure, etc.

There are two main kinds of presentations you can deliver: before an audience or not. The preparation and the actual delivery of each are quite different. Before getting into the details of each, we will first take a look at the software and analyze what it has to offer.

Starting Microsoft Power point

To use Microsoft PowerPoint, you must first open it:

One way you can open Microsoft PowerPoint by clicking Start -> (All) Programs -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft office power point.

Sometimes somebody may send you a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as an E-Mail attachment, a file on a floppy disk, or a file on the network, etc. The file is usually represented by a Microsoft PowerPoint icon. You can double-click the icon to launch Microsoft PowerPoint and immediately open the presentation.
You can open Microsoft PowerPoint using a shortcut. If you happen to use the software on a regular basis, you can create a shortcut on your desktop or on the Quick Launch area. Many users also take advantage of the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar. Sometimes, the icon you need will not be there; in that case you should insert it manually.
If you are working on a network of related computers, a presentation may be located in another computer. Once you locate the computer or the folder on the network and you see the Microsoft PowerPoint icon, you can double-click it. This would open the application and the presentation. The network administrator can also create a link or shortcut to the drive that is hosting the presentation. You can then click or double-click this link or shortcut to open the presentation and, as a result, launch Microsoft PowerPoint.
Using a Microsoft Power point Shortcut
If you use Microsoft PowerPoint on a regular basis, you should have an icon on the desktop that can lead you to it quickly. This icon is called a shortcut. There are various techniques used to create a shortcut. Probably the first thing you should find out is where your application is located. You can find out by doing a search on the computer. You can create a shortcut from the Programs menu.

By default, the shortcuts for Microsoft Office 2003 applications are located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11 folder. The icon for Microsoft powerpoint 2003 is called POWERPNT.

To create a shortcut from Windows Explorer or My Computer, you can right-click the Microsoft PowerPoint icon, position your mouse on Send To and click Desktop (Create Shortcut).

To create a shortcut from the Start menu, click Start -> (All) Programs. When the program appears, you can right-click it, position the mouse pointer on Send To and click Desktop (Create Shortcut).

To create a shortcut directly from the desktop:
1. You can right-click an empty area of the Desktop -> New -> Shortcut
2. On the first page of the wizard, you can click the Browse button
3. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, if necessary, you can click the + button of My Computer and click the + button of the drive where Microsoft PowerPoint is located. By default, this would be the C: drive
4. Click the + button of Program Files
5. Click the + button of Microsoft Office
6. Click the + button of Office
7. Click POWERPNT
8. Click OK
9. Click Next
10. If you are want, change the name of the shortcut to Microsoft PowerPoint:
11. Click Finish.