1. Introduction

Presentation is the process of presenting a topic to an audience. It can be anything from presenting a lesson to students about soil erosion in Africa to presenting the company mission statement to a group of new employees.

The traditional way of presenting information to people was to stand at the front of a room armed with a set of notes or prompt cards and to speak clearly and slowly.

With the development of presentation software such as Microsoft Powerpoint or Lotus Freelance around the mid 1980s, it quickly became the 'norm' to use a presenation show to illustrate the presentation content.

Although there are various software applications available to create presentations, this mini-site will focus on PowerPoint since this is the software the majority are familiar with using.

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