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Microsoft Power Point

Microsoft PowerPoint

It is Microsoft Office product that provides users

with an interface to design multimedia slides to

be displayed on a projection system or personal

computer. The software incorporates images,

sounds, videos, text, and charts to create an

interactive presentation. Microsoft PowerPoint

interacts with other Office products such as

Microsoft Word and Excel, and is included with

most Microsoft Office Packages.

History of Microsoft PowerPoint

Originally designed for the Macintosh computer, the initial release was called "Presenter", developed by Thomas Rudkin and Dennis Austin of Forethought Incorporation. In 1987, it was renamed to "PowerPoint" due to problems with trademarks, the idea for the name coming from Robert Gaskins. In August of the same year, Forethought was bought by Microsoft for $14 million and became Microsoft's Graphics Business Unit, which continued to develop the software further. Microsoft's version of PowerPoint was officially launched on May 22, 1990, the same day that Microsoft released Windows 3.0.

Versions of Microsoft PowerPoint

O Year Name Version 1990 PowerPoint 2.0 for Windows

2 1992 PowerPoint 3.0 for Windows

3 1993 PowerPoint 4 4 1995 PowerPoint for Windows 95 7 1997 PowerPoint 97 8 1999 PowerPoint 2000 9 2001 PowerPoint 2002 10 2003 Office PowerPoint 2003 11 2007 Office PowerPoint 2007 12 2010 PowerPoint 2010 14 2013 PowerPoint 2013 15 2015 PowerPoint 2016 16