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Presentation Graphics Software
At various points in your working life, you're likely to be asked to give a
presentation or make a speech. It's a daunting prospect. However, you
can deflect some of the attention by giving your audience something
else to look at. They will also find it easier to digest what you have to
say if you provide a visual representation of key facts and figures you're
discussing.
Presentation graphics software
is the ideal tool for this pur-
pose. It enables you to create screen-sized
slides
containing a mixture of
words and images that you can move through on demand as you deliver
your presentation. You can incorporate audio and video clips, corporate
branding such as company logos and color schemes, and other special
elements and features. (See Figure 6.8.)
presentation graphics software
A program
that combines charts, graphics, and bulleted lists
of information as a series of slides that sum-
marize a report or verbal presentation. Microsoft
PowerPoint is the most widely used program.
slide
A screen of information that is displayed
in a static fashion while a presenter elaborates
on its contents. Often, the slide will be part of an
electronic presentation file and the presenter can
move through successive files on demand.
Figure.6 8
A PowerPoint presentation is used to summarize the speaker's information.
