What is Presentation software?
[[Image:Steven_Koonin_BP_2005-02-22.jpg|350px|thumb|right|A presentation using [[Microsoft PowerPoint|PowerPoint]].]] A '''presentation software''' is a [[computer]] [[software]] package used to show information, normally in the form of a [[Slideshow|slide show]]. It mostly includes three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images and a slide-show system to display the content. The most commonly known presentation program is [[Microsoft PowerPoint]], but there are alternatives such as [[LibreOffice#Parts|LibreOffice Impress]], Apple's [[Keynote (software)|Keynote]], [[LaTeX]] [[Beamer]] and [[WPS Office]] (Free and complete office suite, includes writer, spreadsheet, presentations, enjoys the features of small-size, easy-to-use and compatible, covering multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and Mac). Originally these programs were used to generate 35 mm slides, to be presented using a [[slide projector]]. As these programs became more common in the late 1980s, several companies set up services that would accept the shows on [[floppy disk]] and create slides or print [[Transparency|transparencies]]. In the 1990s, dedicated [[Liquid crystal display|LCD]]-based screens that could be placed on the projectors started to replace the transparencies, and by the late [[1990s]] they had almost all been replaced by [[video projector]]s. == Other websites == *[http://me.in-berlin.de/~miwie/presentations/presentations.html Screen Presentation Tools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202210806/http://me.in-berlin.de/%7Emiwie/presentations/presentations.html |date=2006-12-02 }} [[Category:Software]] [[Category:Presentation software| ]]