Microsoft PowerPoint

**Microsoft PowerPoint** is a presentation program developed for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computer operating systems. Businesspeople, educators, and trainers use it often. It is a component of the Microsoft Office system.

## Operation

In PowerPoint, as in most other presentation software, text, graphics, movies, and other objects are positioned on individual pages or "slides". The "slide" analogy is a reference to the slide projector. Slides can be printed, or (more often) displayed on-screen and navigated through at the command of the presenter. Slides can also form the basis of webcasts.

## Versions

Versions for Microsoft Windows include:

- 1993 PowerPoint 4.0 (Office 4.x)
- 1995 PowerPoint 7 for Windows 95 (Office '95)
- 1997 PowerPoint 97 (Office '97)
- 1999 PowerPoint 2000 (Office 2000)
- 2001 PowerPoint 2002 (Office XP)
- 2003 PowerPoint 2003 (Office 2003)
- 2006-2007 PowerPoint 2007 (Office 2007)
- 2010 PowerPoint 2010 (Office 2010)
- 2016 PowerPoint 2016 (Office 2016)
- 2018 PowerPoint 2019 (Office 2019)

_Note: There is no PowerPoint 5.0 or 6.0, because the Windows 95 version was launched with Word 7. All of the Office 95 products have OLE 2  - moving data between many programs - and PowerPoint **7** shows that it was as new as Word **7**._

## Related pages

- LibreOffice Impress, a free, open source alternative to Microsoft PowerPoint
- Apple Keynote

## Other websites

- Official website of PowerPoint at Microsoft
- flashgeek PowerPoint tutorials and community, especially in regards to using PowerPoint in combination with Macromedia Flash.
- PowerPoint Heaven — The Power to Animate Contains PowerPoint movies, showcases, PowerPoint games, animation templates and tutorials on creating animations for your PowerPoint Presentations.
- PowerPoint FAQ pages Compilation of Frequently Asked Questions in the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Discussion Groups.
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 Download (freeware, **1.9** MiB.) Free PowerPoint Viewer provided by Microsoft, supports presentations from PowerPoint 97 to 2003. (only Windows)
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 Download (freeware, **25.8** MiB.) Free PowerPoint Viewer provided by Microsoft, supports presentations from PowerPoint 97 to 2007. (only Windows)
- pdfonline.com Upload a .ppt and get a .pdf via email

### Discussion Groups

- Microsoft Office PowerPoint Discussion Group
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint Yahoo! Group — Help and advice for users of PowerPoint

### Articles

- (Astronauts using PowerPoint to replace paper checklists.)

## Infobox (software)

- **name**: Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows)
- **logo**: Microsoft Office PowerPoint (2025–present).svg
- **logo size**: 100px
- **caption**: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 in Windows Vista
- **developer**: Microsoft
- **latest release version**: 12.0.4518.1014
- **latest release date**: November 6, 2006
- **operating system**: Microsoft Windows
- **genre**: Presentation
- **license**: Proprietary software, Proprietary
- **website**: [http://office.microsoft.com/powerpoint PowerPoint Home Page - Microsoft Office Online]


## Infobox (software)

- **name**: Microsoft PowerPoint (Mac OS X)
- **caption**: Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 in Mac OS X v10.4
- **developer**: Microsoft
- **latest release version**: 2004 v11.3.1
- **latest release date**: December 12, 2006
- **operating system**: Mac OS X
- **genre**: Presentation
- **license**: Proprietary software, Proprietary
- **website**: [http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/powerpoint2004/powerpoint2004.aspx PowerPoint 2004 for Mac]