Intro to PowerPoint

PowerPoint is one of the most powerful tools you have access to as a presenter.

Created by Forethought, Inc and currently owned and managed by Microsoft, PowerPoint is the most dominant presentation software on the planet. You are virtually guaranteed to use PowerPoint at some point in your career.

Due to its mass market adoption over the years, PowerPoint has improved gradually, adding features regularly and growing its functionality.

This gradual improvement has made it an extremely powerful tool, which is why we have opted to use it at MDN.

Whilst there are alternatives such as Canva and Google Slides, the functionality and robustness of PowerPoint is simply unmatched (particularly when considering functions like transitions, animations, designs etc.)

If you are an absolute beginner with PowerPoint, consult this tutorial

We're presuming that you have some baseline understanding of how to use the software and have it preinstalled on your device.

This chapter will go into detail as to how we design and utilise our slides at MDN.