POWER POINT

  Advantages:

    Can easily input images
    Templates are built in for different appearances
    Can add notes pages
    Can easily add media and recordings
    More exciting than a simple word document or hand written presentation
    Master slides make presentations consistent


Disadvantages:

    Some features such as animations and backgrounds can distract the audience from the actual      

          information in the presentation
    File size can become quite large on medium to large presentations
    Some of the features can be quite complicated to use and even the simple features require some 

          getting used to
    When at work, you cant rely on someone else's computer or laptop to run your presentation, there 

          are too many software conflicts and disk space barriers.
    Takes quite a bit of time to create a complete presentation

     How  to use Graphics and Charts.

            In PowerPoint, click the placeholder that you want to contain the chart.
      On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Chart.
      In the Insert Chart dialog box, click a chart, and then click OK.

      Office Excel 2007 opens in a split window and displays sample data on a worksheet.

      In Excel, to replace the sample data, click a cell on the worksheet, and then type the data that      

            you want.

      You can also replace the sample axis labels in Column A and the legend entry name in Row

  Note  After you update the worksheet, the chart in PowerPoint updates automatically with the new 

             data.

           When you are finished inputting the data in Excel, on the File menu, click Close. 

   How to Running Presentation

Open your completed presentation

: Goto the Slide Show menu and select View Show or press the F5 funtion key
: Single click to advance each slide or let the transition effect you
  included in the presentation automatically advance the slide
: Press the "S" key or Plus ( + ) key to pause the prensentetion
: Single clic to continue the presentation