Windows Presentation Software: An Overview and Comparison

Computer technology, along with the development of appropriate software and projection equipment, has provided new tools for creating visual presentations, whether they be slide presentations for a business meeting or interactive instructional presentations for students. Knowledge of presentation software helps educators, business people, students and virtually anyone who needs to make effective presentations on a regular basis, to select the package which best solves a specific presentation need. The focus of this article is to provide some useful information about currently available computer-based presentation packages for use with Microsoft Windows~% the popular interface for graphical PC computing from Microsoft Corporation.