Highlighting Content in a Visual Manner

My Experience with Microsoft PPT

I have been using Microsoft PowerPoint on and off for over ten years. I have used it in both professional and academic contexts. My experience is mainly in giving academic presentations, some professional reports, and creating conference materials. PowerPoint has a very user-friendly interface that I like and I have been able to pretty easily create good presentations. I have not done much with some of the tools like animation, or transitions, embedded media, or smart art graphics. Mainly I have been a bullet points and notes type of presenter. I past a few pictures along the way to make it appealing but for the most part I keep it simple.

In an educational setting, I have used PowerPoint for presenting research papers, mostly. I have used it for some class projects and presentations. It has been helpful for organizing my content in a logical manner, and I like it for that. I like being able to visually highlight my concepts. Professionally, I have used PowerPoint to deliver project updates and as part of training materials. I like that it is part of Microsoft Office Suite because it makes it easy to use in business settings, where charts and graphs from Excel or content from Word can be easily embedded on a slide.

There are of course other professional presentation tools like Prezi, which has a non-linear approach to presentations. There is also Google Slides, which I have used before. Canva is another that is gaining popularity. I have experimented with Prezi and Google Slides, finding their strengths in specific scenarios, where I have had to work with others.