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What is Microsoft Powerpoint?

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software designed to allow users to create slide-based presentations including video and images, as well as slide transitions and animations.

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10 out of 10
April 21, 2022
I have used this as a learning tool in my previous job as a Registrar at Salem Health. The purpose was to inform myself and other …
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10 out of 10
September 16, 2021
Microsoft PowerPoint is a very powerful tool that is being used in most of the organization. We are using this tool on a frequent basis to …
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What is Microsoft Powerpoint?

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software designed to allow users to create slide-based presentations including video and images, as well as slide transitions and animations.

Microsoft Powerpoint Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Julian Jordan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I am the author of an Amazon best seller book about presentations. I have loved and hated Powerpoint during my long career as a professional trainer and presenter. However, I have to accept that it is still the best software for presentations. If you know more than the basic stuff, you can make amazing things with Powerpoint.
  • Transitions
  • Animations
  • Formating images
  • Flexibility
  • Widely used
  • Powerpoint is missing capabilities of going beyond presentations. They could launch features for creating social network posts, for example.
  • The ability to zoom in and out has improved, but could be easier.
Definitely the king for presentations. Very flexible and easy to use. We also use it for sending interactive proposals and product presentations. Not that good for designing other kind of pieces you might need.
PEGGY MILLER | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I currently use Microsoft Powerpoint when I am developing training modules for our company. Whether it is instructor led or web-based, the training is made much more user friendly for the instructors and interactive for the students. Plus it has the added bonus of being able to create images and animations that can be used with other software in a wide variety of applications - especially simulations.
  • Animations
  • Graphic editing
  • Audio and video inclusion
  • The "remove background" feature could be a bit more user friendly - it tends to take up too much space and you're forced to start over and over again and take smaller areas to adjust which takes up quite a bit of time.
  • I could use some more design templates with less feminine features like flowers and swirls. More industry-themed ones would be great to use.
  • More adaptability to the "slide master" selection. It is extremely laborious to change each slide generated from the master slide.
Microsoft PowerPoint is well suited for creating projects to use with other software such as Captivate or Articulate 360 in order to create web-based content for training modules. It is less well suited if you have to use different-sized slides for your presentation, it tends to skew the next slide in the project.
Tayyaba Bibi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Powerpoint is a presentation application. In my organization related to medical field, I have been using Microsoft Powerpoint for more than five years for the seminars, meetings, conferences, groups discussion and also for the webinars purposes. I am very satisfied with the feature of the Microsoft Powerpoint and it is use for constant discussion on international level. Microsoft PowerPoint enables me to create official presentations for my documents, such as thesis.
  • Microsoft PowerPoint allows to use images, video and audio to have a greater visual impact.
  • The other best thing is it is easy to use.
  • The best feature is converts even the most simple documents into attractive presentations.
  • It offers word processing, outlining, drawing and graphing.
  • If PowerPoint are universally provided free-of-cost and preferably pre-installed in the devices it should be helpful.
  • sometimes due to heavy file it creates problem and it would be great if it runs faster
  • A user guide and annoying
Microsoft Powerpoint is great for universities, colleges, business and other organizations. According to my experience there is no cons of this app. I love utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint consistently to design my documents and thesis and I can create attractive presentations from simple documents using this software's easy, flexible and convenient features. It allows me to present my ideas to a crowd and on international level easily and without trouble.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The whole organization uses Microsoft Powerpoint for any presentations. It is already integrated with Teams, which we use for virtual collaboration. Powerpoint is used for any formal presentations to stakeholders, but also as high-level tool to communicate outlines of plans, data, etc.
  • Presentation - readability for all audience (virtual & live).
  • Automation within slides to highlight/manage information delivery
  • Integration with other Microsoft office tools, including Teams
  • Ability to save file as PDF for secure distribution
  • Better drawing tools, including updated icon library
  • Different templates that look less like standard 'slides'
  • Automatic updating from Office applications (e.g., chart/table from Excel, Gantt from Project) so embedded images are not static. (With ability to change to static if desired.)
Standard office presentations - Powerpoint is perfect for. Powerpoint is easy to put some bullets together. Presentation is easy and laser point, marker tools make it easy to present to virtual team members.

Some people use Powerpoint also as a drawing tool (drawing project timelines, drawing network diagrams/flow, etc.) and Powerpoint is not strong for drawing, though some drawing interfaces are easier the Microsoft VISIO.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have used it in the past for projects, such as projects during training. I have used it many times during training to create a slide presentation of information I wanted to share with my onboarding class. It makes it very convenient to present many slides of information to everyone via Zoom screen share.
  • Organization
  • Convenient features
  • Easy to use
  • Can insert hyperlinks
  • better area for notes when presenting
September 16, 2021

Review on MS Powerpoint

Shehroz Akram | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft PowerPoint is a very powerful tool that is being used in most of the organization. We are using this tool on a frequent basis to prepare presentations.
  • Password protection - helps to maintain the confidentiality of the data and presentations.
  • Tramplers inherent in the software are very helpful to users.
  • Inexpensive to use.
  • A user guide.
  • Functionality direction within the software.
  • Integration with other Microsoft software to update Powerpoint in real-time.
  • Sometimes if the file size is heavy it creates problems when playing the presentation.
Microsoft PowerPoint is well suited when anyone wishes to graphically present their content/data. On the other hand, it is less appropriate while using content that contains more sentences and paragraphs, such as memos and announcements.
Ryan James Buagas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Powerpoint is one of the primary tools my current company uses. We use it when preparing presentations, reports, business proposals, the orientation of our newly hired employees and etc. All departments use Microsoft Powerpoint but it is mainly on preparing reports. One of the business problems Microsoft Powerpoint address is preparing presentations. When making presentations, Microsoft Powerpoint is the way to go since all the things and functions needed are in there already.
  • A wide variety of design templates so you don't have to worry about the look of your presentation
  • You can easily prepare your statistical data with no ease.
  • User friendly. Everyone can do their own presentation
  • More guide or tutorials for beginners.
  • Be more user friendly.
  • More options for transitions and animations to make presentations more lively and interactive.
Microsoft Powerpoint is well suited since it is very convenient to use it and the tool is already trusted and proven. However, the software can very much be pirated and this is very unfair to everyone who pays for the product. If you would surf the internet you can download a copy of the software for free. So it needs better security on Microsoft side.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Microsoft Powerpoint on a day to day basis to share campaign planning, report metrics and support sales with customer presentations
  • Autosnap functionality
  • Recommended layouts functionality
  • Master slides
  • Background settings is inconsistent
  • Autosnap will lose center of page with too much on it
  • As you add stuff to page it becomes less intelligent
[Microsoft Powerpoint is well suited for] customer presentations, casual team presentations. Less appropriate for outward facing docs on our website where I will still use a layout tool like Adobe.
Tom Shulak | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Every employee in our organization uses Microsoft PowerPoint. It is the standard for presentation software and is used by one hundred percent of our clients.
  • Interfaces with other Office products
  • Easy to find support
  • I feel they change the interface and usability too often, requiring some re-learning.
  • Some functionality is difficult to figure out.
  • There are some things that it just doesn't do.
Microsoft PowerPoint is powerful when creating presentations of all kinds (graphic, video, numeric, visual, etc). It is easy to update between groups and within teams. I can't think of any scenarios where it is not a good solution.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Powerpoint allows you [to] share and present information in a concise and easy to share format. The tool has several presentation features which allow the presenter to see notes and other items that those who are viewing the presentation do not see. It is a capable tool that does what it needs to do to allow for clear communication of information.
  • Easy to use
  • Good presenter features
  • Used by most organizations
  • Sometimes alignment can be clunky
  • Files can sometimes be large when images are added
  • Occasional formatting issues
It is well suited for capturing bullet point information and being able to share it with others in an interactive format. The ability to have presenter notes allow the presenter to not have to hold note cards or look at separate paper notes. This allows for a more fluid presentation in front of a large group.
Nafisha Labiba | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Powerpoint is used across the organization at my company. We are a leading business in Bangladesh in tourism and leisure. We need to prepare ppt templates for onboarding the customers as well as our employees and tour hosts. In addition to this, preparing the project planning and management is extremely good in Powerpoint and it's very vibrant and easy to understand. We normally prepare promotional & project related documents through using this application.
  • It's global and accepted very well by everyone.
  • Infographics design and word arts feature.
  • Visualization of data is very vibrant.
  • Animation feature.
  • Offline access to prepare the ppt.
  • Easy to understand and user-friendly interface.
  • Existing layout designs need to improved or new designs can be incorporated.
  • More design ideas can be incorporated.
  • Infographics can be built in helping the users.
When anyone wants to present anything e.g. project, business plan etc. to the senior leaders or any audience, Microsoft Powerpoint is well suited in this regard. It's the best platform for sharing any ideas, data or findings with the relevant audience. I would choose to refer Microsoft Powerpoint to other colleagues for using this.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Powerpoint is essential in our teams, as we use it for most deliverables in presentation format. It has improved throughout the years greatly and always kept features up to date, such as leveling, grouping, sharing flexibility. The linking with external documents is very important and used very frequently by our team members, and we usually export or copy over data from Excel or other files to visualize in Powerpoint.
  • Slide show and notes help us focus the audience on what's being presented.
  • Leveling and grouping objects makes it looks nice and clean.
  • Export/importing data to and from other files helps us update different versions easily.
  • Sometimes it breaks or locks when source is misunderstood and there's no easy way to fix it.
  • Occasional saving/protecting bugs happen but not significant.
  • Charts styling is limited compared to Excel.
I could not imagine my work being completed and presentable without using Powerpoint. I have tried using other programs, but Powerpoint is so much easier to use compared with others and has more flexibility and pre-built styling that is easy to implement. I also like the slide copy/paste feature that helps me easily modify my presentation without [losing] any slides.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I currently use Microsoft Powerpoint when I need visual aids for various presentations, such as for presentations marketing my services to teaching a subject. I also have found it useful when trying to edit, combine, and modify images. I am mostly using PowerPoint for marketing purposes. The use helps me look organized and professional.
  • User Friendly
  • Easy to edit images
  • Useful templates
  • Works well with online communication platforms like Zoom and Skype
  • Closed Captioning in presenting mode is great
  • Presenters mode does not always seem to run smoothly
  • More user friendly when printing slides
  • More user friendly on animations
PowerPoint is well suited for anyone who needs to make a presentation. It is useful for online presentations through Zoom or Skype. It is also quite useful for in-person presentations when a computer can be connected. If you want to show a video in your presentation, it may be better to show it on a different application.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Powerpoint, when used well can be one of the best tools for presenting in person and online. I have been using Powerpoint since Office 97, and have found the continual gradual growth of features to be on of the key reasons why I have chosen this over competing products, such as Keynote.

PowerPoint is useful for more than just boardroom presentations - one of the most popular uses for it now is to create online presentations screencast via YouTube to provide product demonstration or documentation videos at low cost with a vey reasonable quality.
  • Powerpoint is excellent for structuring your ideas as you before you present them
  • Powerpoint should be used as s skeleton for your presentation for maximum effectiveness, rather than just "reading off the slides"
  • Powerpoint on a high DPI system with screencasting software and microphone allows you to record a high resolution product demonstration video quickly.
  • Powerpoint could be better if it included screen casting and recording software built-in
  • Powerpoint would be better if it provided training to its users on how to present better
  • Powerpoint still lags behind other offerings, such as Keynote, in terms of template choice and style
Powerpoint is not your presentation! Too many Powerpoint presentations are tedious due to presenters stuffing a slide full of facts or points, then proceeding to read them one by one.

Instead, your slide deck should contain the skeleton of your presentation, with you the presenter filling in the details or facts as the audience keeps interest or responds. Presenter View can help with this.

I believe Powerpoint has gotten a bad rap over the years not because of the quality of the product, but the abuse of it by presenters who do not know how to use it properly.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Almost all presentations are made using this tool. The collaboration tools which are built into this really help us agree on our take on the presentation in real-time. Our custom slide themes help us to stay on-brand at every presentation. Its cloud storage also helps us access this anywhere, anytime.
  • Collaboration
  • Accessibility
  • Customization
  • Variety of templates
  • Slides management in the left menu
  • Theme suggestions
  • Slide style suggestions
  • Slide recording with voice
It works well when collaborating across a large team, so it suits a bigger team. And not much for a smaller one. In my option, the most useful feature is the ability to collaborate on a single pptx file in real-time. My colleagues and I often find ourselves working on the same file, reviewing and appreciating the many ideas they show
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PowerPoint is the most common presentation tool used across the whole organization, it is standard on all desktops for all users. It is used to present information in meetings in person or online across all parts of the business and it does this very well - it has been a staple in this role for many years.
  • Familiarity
  • Generally easy to use
  • Professional looking presentations
  • Standard
  • Go to for most people and most businesses
  • There can be a slightly steep learning curve when getting started
  • Not as fancy as newer products on the market
  • It is not free
Really it does everything it needs to, creating presentations with PowerPoint is pretty easy and you can get a professional looking result without too much effort. It is well suited to all sizes of businesses and has been the standard de facto in my organization for many years. Most users are familiar with it and feel comfortable using it.
Greg Madden, CISSP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We develop cyber training for both public and private sector clients. We use PowerPoint as the basis for all of our training content. It is used across the entire organization from our training team to our sales team. PowerPoint makes it easy to quickly build out informative slides for any and all scenarios.
  • The built in slide designer function takes dull slides and makes them look great
  • Built in screen recorder makes it easy to include demo content in the slides
  • Access to images online allows you to find almost any type of graphic you need
  • The slide designer doesn't work right when you have shapes on the slide
  • You can't format all notes at once
PowerPoint is the go to app of choice for putting together any type of presentation that has a visual component. It's great for showing sales figure graphs as well as listing terminology for a training course. I cannot think of any reason not to use PowerPoint for all presentations and training.
Russ Fry | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Microsoft PowerPoint for a multitude of reasons. Obviously, when a briefing needs to be given on subjects ranging from Finance to Human Resource to projects, this program does the trick. We also use it to organizational levels and to announce company events.
  • Organizational flow charts - user friendly interface.
  • Clean Presentations - tools allow you to align everything.
  • Multipurpose - only limited to your imagination.
  • Updates sometimes change locations of what you're used to seeing.
Needing to give a presentation is Microsoft PowerPoint's strong point. Doing in-depth flowcharts can be harder for novice users.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We used Microsoft Powerpoint to develop a presentation for business awards which was very well received. The transitions were smooth and the special effects kept people engaged. Powerpoint is very easy to use yet very powerful for making advanced presentations and are easily presentable on a Windows or Mac based PC.
  • Very easy to use
  • Powerful for advanced users
  • Very affordable, comes in any microsoft retail product
  • Presenting via DVD format would be a nice option, even in 2021 where this is less common.
  • As a standalone product, the price is expensive. Only makes sense in a bundle.
  • Microsoft Powerpoint online contains a lot less features than its desktop counterpart.
For just about any entry level or medium level presentation it works very well. However if the presenter does not have a Windows or Mac based device, then presentation can be difficult. It is possible from mobile devices but does not work as well. However overall, it's suitable for most situations.
May 28, 2021

PowerPoint

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft PowerPoint is being used both in the classroom and for staff users. This is a positive tool and our users appreciate it. This software is being used to both teach and present. It has been used by students during the pandemic to present virtually which has become a critical skill.
  • Easy to use
  • flexabile
  • lacks some features that other software uses.
PowerPoint is a stable product both in business and in educations. While it's not perfect it's the easiest to adopt and users can adapt to it fairly quickly. We use this for both teaching and business presentations. It's a critical function for what we do here and should continue to.
David Seidner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Powerpoint is used across our entire organization for presentations. It's the perfect tool for communicating ideas to a wide audience. It's used for end user training, pitching ideas to executives, pitching our products to potential customers and other applications. It's the preferred presentation tool at every company I've worked for. My kids also use it for school presentations.
  • It's the gold standard. No need to relearn a new presentation tool. Powerpoint is used widely.
  • Transitions, styles, backgrounds and media gives each presentation a professional and eye-catching look that keeps your audience engaged.
  • Having notes for each slide only visible on your laptop while the presentation is on the big screen is very helpful for keeping the presentation on track.
  • I truly cannot think of any cons. Presentations are as simple or robust as you want them to be. PowerPoint walks users through the more advanced options. It's really quite perfect.
PowerPoint is suited well for any business or educators that want to convey something to an audience. Whether the audience is large or small, whether this is a sales pitch, a training session, a stakeholder update or just conveying new ideas, PowerPoint helps keep the audience engaged and the presenter focused and on topic. It's truly an ingenious tool.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft PowerPoint is used across our organization as well as in our Regulatory Department. Primarily, PowerPoint is used during meetings to present new information. While meetings have transferred to virtual meetings, PowerPoint has remained the core presentation software for presenting new information. Additionally, it is standard for various employees to contribute a few slides to an overall larger PowerPoint. PowerPoint allows companies to create a default slide design, making it easy to compile different business units presentations into one other one.
  • Slide design is simplified and clean
  • Great graphs and visuals
  • Cohesiveness between slides of different authors
  • Presentation mode does not always work smoothly with Teams integration. Difficult to display the correct screen.
  • Audio and Video integration not as smooth and often doesn’t work in presentation mode.
PowerPoint is great for presenting new information to a larger group, and collaborating with many different business sectors. Often in our business, an individual from each unit may need to report on data. PowerPoint makes it very easy for each unit to create cohesive slides and combine them easily into the final presentation.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
[Microsoft] PowerPoint is most often used in trial presentations to most effectively illustrate anything from product malfunctions to catastrophic highway accidents, medical malpractice surgical procedures and anything that needs the minutiae of detail blown up and visualized by a jury. This way, by clearly explaining plaintiffs' claims and defenses of the case, [Microsoft] PowerPoint is an exceptional tool to break down timelines, present photographs, flow charts, diagrams, and other visual aspects of a litigation case. Many articles have been written about PowerPoint and it is stellar in presenting animation and other transitional effects (from traffic crashes to structural defects and damages thereto, etc.) so the jury audience can better understand all aspects of the case.
  • Illustration
  • Data Presentation
  • Chart Creation
  • Animation
  • Clear bullet-pointed outlines
  • Ability to easily print presentation/very user friendly
  • Software program is universal and well-known
  • Cost-effective in what the software offers and how powerful its capabilities are
  • Perhaps better interface with other software programs (like CAD programs) for easy conversion
  • Better design/coding to prevent crashing/freezing/hanging during presentation
  • Better design/coding to more smoothly incorporate into Zoom meetings/recording
[Microsoft] PowerPoint is an outstanding tool to use for trial presentations, meetings, seminars, workshops and conventions. So far, it does lag a little behind when used for Zoom meetings because of freezing, shutting down or hanging trying to buffer and may not be appropriate in all scenarios, depending on how many participants are in the virtual meeting.
October 20, 2020

Included and intuitive

Adam Cain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use PowerPoint to visually communicate in most of our meetings from team level up to corporate level. It helps drive home key points in a meeting and provide visuals that help data make sense. As an included part of the Microsoft Office Suite it works well with other apps such as Excel for utilizing charts and graphs.
  • Animations of objects on a single slide
  • Transitions from slide to slide
  • Dynamic sizing of fonts to make items fit
  • Video backgrounds rather than stills that can continuously play from one slide to the next
  • Wizards to create templates as that part is not intuitive
  • Ability to link text from one slide to the next like Publishers ability to bleed over from one text box into a next
It is well suited for factual information sharing. It is not well suited as a full presentation package for church needs as it lacks the ability to use video feed as background, import lyrics, etcetera.
Nahian Mahmud Shaikat | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
In every department, we used to use Microsoft Powerpoint to present our report summaries, production information, company strategic plan, logistic plan, etc. Actually this application makes it easier to share the knowledge and information among stakeholders. The company makes important decisions based on presentations conducted by using Microsoft PowerPoint. To provide training to the trainees of different departments we also use this application.
  • Present information in a visual graph.
  • Add required table to the presentation slides.
  • Present the summary of any case or scenarios.
  • Add different media to the slides.
  • There could have something to calculate, as like as excel. Some ready to operate financial formulas.
  • Add more free design to the existing software.
  • More fonts should add to the existing list.
It is well suited for the corporate presentation to present core information with the stakeholders which makes it easier to understand by the audiences. Professors are now using this application to do academic presentations which help the students to concentrate in the classroom. On the other hand, trainers also use PowerPoint to train the participants.
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