MS PowerPoint 2000

This is the third and last of my looks at what you get within MS Office, having written opinions on Excel and Access previously - I’m assuming that word processors like Word are old hat to the likes of us that write “e-pinions”. So just what is Microsoft PowerPoint? Well, the official description is “Presentation Software”. Loading a blank “slide”, however may convince you at first glance, that it’s yet another desk-top publishing package, after all, there are all the usual features for inserting text boxes and images, but if this were the case, why do Microsoft also produce Publisher? The difference is in ...  Read the complete review

Most people these days have used Microsoft Office products at one time or another. Many are regular users who do so every day. But I always find it quite shocking as to how many just use Word and/or Excel, the bees' knees in word processing and spreadsheets, because they're missing out on Powerpoint 2000, one of the finest of all presentation packages and pretty much standard in all the Office releases these days. In fact, a quick check reveals that Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint and Word are all featured as part of the Standard, Professional and Developer packages. Now, I've read a few reviews by Software Snobs (you know, those geeks who populate the ...  Read the complete review

In olden days, there was no more depressing sight than someone clearly discomfited by having to do some public speaking, having their finely wrought plans unravelled, and their nervousness emphasized by an inability to deal with OHP slides. The advantage of PowerPoint should be to unshackle the jumpy speaker from acetate slides that stick together, the rather prim use of a sheet of paper to mask some of the options as you deal with them one after the other, the agony of the dropped sheet, the endless preliminary fumble to make the OHP stop projecting onto the ceiling. Of course, in reality, all PowerPoint has done is give a new set of problems to the same ...  Read the complete review

With Office 2000 you recieve the New and Improved PowerPoint! Or is it? Often programs are released and in appearance things appear differently, but when you get into what it does, there is not much change. _____________________________________________ So what is PowerPoint? PowerPoint is a piece of Presentation Software, a glorified slide projector or OHP (overhead projector). It is commonly used when for giving talks, but can also be seen in entrance halls to business giving a looped slideshow of what they offer. As a teacher I use PowerPoint regularly. I love it, and use it for more than giving a 'lecture' ...  Read the complete review

I must admit I am a bit biased about this package as I use it a lot and am extremely familiar with it. However, if you have a knowledge of Microsoft packages then many of the functions will be familiar. It is not suitable for graphic design such as to produce newsletters, rather it should be used to produce reports, slideshows and on screen presentations. It does have quite a few basic drawing tools but for complicated editing of pictures you really need the help of a drawing package such as Corel Draw or Illustrator. It has some pretty good animation effects now and onscreen presentations can look quite stunning with the range of effects that ...  Read the complete review