PowerPoint

Microsoft slide maker

PowerPoint is Microsoft's presentation software, used to create slideshows for business meetings, lectures, and conferences.

The name has become nearly generic for any digital presentation: I'm still working on my PowerPoint for tomorrow.

As a verb, to PowerPoint is to present using slides, often with connotations of corporate tedium or visual clichés like bullet points and clip art.

software

Microsoft

Redmond technology corporation

templates · transitions · animations · embed · export · import · collaboration · cloud · OneDrive · SharePoint

presentation

slides

Moves smoothly across surface

audience · bullet-points · talking-points · handout · Q&A · rehearsal · timing · notes · outline · introduction

visuals

charts

Visual data displays

icons · clipart · photographs · illustrations · themes · templates · backgrounds · layout · fonts · typography

corporate

deck

Ship's flat surface

stakeholders · pitch · proposal · ROI · KPIs · metrics · strategic · branding · forecast · outlook

education

lecture

Educational spoken presentation

e-learning · curriculum · syllabus · instructor · student · teaching · webinar · seminar · workshop · academia

equipment

projector

Light-casting display device

display · monitor · HDMI · adapter · laptop · splitter · AV · presenter · cable · dongle

Categories
Opposites
presentation software alternatives

PowerPointKeynote

Apple slideshow software

Google Slides · Prezi · Canva

communication format

PowerPointspreadsheet

Tabular data organizer

Excel · plain text · conversation · raw data · whitepaper

presentation style

PowerPointimpromptu speech

Unrehearsed verbal presentation

Socratic dialogue · stream of consciousness · Q&A session · whiteboard session · conversation

Phrases
Family

power, powerful, empower, powerless, powered, point, empowerment, overpowered, disempower

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G