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Features

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  • Microsoft PowerPoint makes it easy to use your PC or Macintosh to create
    • Effective overheads
    • On-screen electronic presentations
    • High-quality 35-mm slides
    • Speaker's notes
    • Audience handouts, and
    • Outline pages
  • Powerpoint includes tools for
    • Enhanced word-processing, automated spelling checker, and outlining features.
    • Graphing to create and edit a variety of data graphs.
    • Drawing, which includes AutoShapes-24 pre-drawn shapes, for diagrams
    • Equation Editor to display scientific and mathematical equations.
    • Creating and editing organisational charts.
    • Automatically creating a report from your presentation with one click using Report It.
  • Powerpoint includes;
    • More than 1,000 colour clip-art images with easy-to-use storage and retrieval.
    • Special text effects including embossing, rotating, and shadowing.
    • Sound and video support for dynamic multimedia presentations.
    • More than 165 templates.
    • PowerPoint Viewer to distribute your presentations, even to those who don't have PowerPoint.
  • Powerpoint allows you to
    • Use Rehearsal to practice your delivery-provides automatic feedback on your presentation timing.
    • Use Hidden Slides for those tough questions you may be asked. They won't appear unless you need them.
    • Embed Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, or Word documents into your presentation using the Drill Down feature. Your audience can review detailed, back-up documents electronically during your slide show.
    • Elaborate your point by Branching your presentations in Windows into other presentations while in Slide Show.
    • Create more effective presentations with help from the AutoContent Wizard. Simply choose your topic, and the wizard automatically creates a fully formatted presentation, complete with suggestions on content.
    • Drag and drop information between programs such as Microsoft Excel and Word with rich support for object linking and embedding technology. Now you don't need to duplicate work.
    • Create and edit Microsoft Excel worksheets and Word tables in PowerPoint-toolbars from other programs appear as you click on different data types.
    • Choose a template and let the Pick a Look Wizard customise the look of your presentation for you.

Ref (Aug 97) microsoft
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