Some basic Power Point Info...
WHAT IS POWER POINT: Gives you the ability to create a slide show combining your
photos, text, animation, sound and more… to make your information much more
enjoyable. Power Point presentations have been used in business for
years, but today you see them being used at weddings, showers, birthday
parties, reunions, memorial services and by groups & organizations.
Students as young as 3rd grade are using power point
presentations to enhance reports and projects.
POWER POINT APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Can be bought individually or it is included as part of the MICROSOFT OFFICE bundle.
The Power Point Application Software is always required for you to create and
or modify a power point presentation.
POWER POINT VIEWER: This is a free software offered from Microsoft
that allows you to watch power point presentations sent to you via email.
You can then save them on your computer to send to someone else, you cannot
however change or modify them in anyway or create your own without the full
Power Point Application Software Program.
ADD POWER POINT VIEWER
TO YOUR COMPUTER: Go to www.Microsoft.com – on right
hand column – choose Downloads & Trials, search for “Power
Point Viewer” and when wizard opens up – choose DOWNLOAD NOW button
– in a few minutes this free software will be on your computer – follow
directions as it adds it…
CAN YOU MAKE SLIDE
PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT POWER POINT?? Yes, use
Picasa (a free photo editing software program from Google, if you don’t have
it, go to www.picasa.com and download for free). Picasa’s
version 3, has both a slide show & movie making application to use and they
are easy to work with.. For those with Windows XP or Vista,
your windows software has a free program called Windows Movie Maker which
works in much the same way as power point and the Picasa applications… and if
you have Windows 7 or 8 you can always search for
and download
In our next posting we will talk more about using PICASA to create slide shows..
