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Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software developed by Microsoft that is bundled with Microsoft Office. It uses slides to convey multimedia-rich information, replacing old slide projectors. PowerPoint was first developed by Forethought Inc. and later acquired by Microsoft in 1987. The first version launched in 1990 with Windows 3.0 and had limited customization and only forward slide progression. PowerPoint 97 added predefined transition effects and timing between slides.

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About Ms Powerpt

Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software developed by Microsoft that is bundled with Microsoft Office. It uses slides to convey multimedia-rich information, replacing old slide projectors. PowerPoint was first developed by Forethought Inc. and later acquired by Microsoft in 1987. The first version launched in 1990 with Windows 3.0 and had limited customization and only forward slide progression. PowerPoint 97 added predefined transition effects and timing between slides.

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Ms POWERPOINT

Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software developed by Microsoft. It is a standard


component of the company's Microsoft Office suite software, and is bundled together with Word,
Excel and other office productivity tools. The program uses slides to convey information rich in
multimedia. The term slide refers to the old slide projector, which this software effectively replaces.

PowerPoint was first developed by Dennis Austin and Thomas Rudkin at Forethought Inc. It was
supposed to be named Presenter, but the name was not adapted due to trademark issues. It was
renamed as PowerPoint in 1987 as suggested by Robert Gaskins. In August of 1987, Microsoft
bought Forethought for $14 million and turned it into its graphics business unit, where the company
continued to develop the software. The first iteration was launched together with Windows 3.0 in
1990. It only allowed slide progression in one direction - forward - and the amount of customization
was fairly limited.

PowerPoint experienced a very significant change in PowerPoint 97, which added predefined
transition effects and allowed the user to time them appropriately so that slides would transition
automatically. This allowed a presenter to follow a predefined progression and go on with the
presentation without pausing to change or read the slides.

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