What are the features of presentation software?

Answer 1

Presentation software is used to display information, normally in the form of a slide. It typically include three major functions:

1. An Editor - Allows text to be inserted and formatted
2. Method for inserting and manipulating graphic images, or animations with these objects
3. Slide show system (Slide Show Engine) to display the designed slide content

Basic Presentation Software features are:

1. Insert Slide Feature: Allows you to inset slide anywhere in the presentation, at the beginning, middle or end.
2. Deletion of Inserted slides: Any slide of the presentation can be removed.
3. Allows cut and paste slides in any order.
4. Allows duplication content or slide
5. Allows you to display the presentation designed in a slide show system. (View Slide Feature)
6. Allows animations and/or sounds manipulations on objects in the slide.
7. Simple Find and Replace, and text editor features.

Full Featured Presentation software need more features than that above;

8. Good font specifications - Allows you to change and use different font faces, styles, and effects
9. Additional features for slide: footnotes, cross references, advanced navigation system, headers, footers
10. Good layout management system: Presets or Customized layout designing
11. Macros - for add interactive features
12. Spell checkers and dictionary support

Other than Microsoft Power Point; Corel Presentations, KPresenter, OpenOffice.org Impress are full-featured presentation software.

See List of Presentation software at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation_program


H.W Thushara Indika
Bandarawela - SL