What is the use of presentation software? What are the most popular presentation softwares?

Presentation software is an application software, which is used to create multimedia presentations in the form of slide shows. A presentation is a collection of slides arranged in a sequential manner to convey, persuade, motivate, entertain or to provide information. A slide can be defined as a digital or an electronic page of a presentation. A slide show is a sequential display of slides, which is shown to the audience with an objective of providing information and exchanging ideas/views on a particular topic.

The presentation can be projected on a big screen by attaching the computer to a multimedia projector. A presentation can be made more interesting and effective by adding text, diagrams, scanned images, cliparts, sounds, videos, designs, and special animation effects.

The most popular presentation softwares are:

1. Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Google Slides (Part of Google Docs)
3. Adobe Connect
4. OpenOffice Impress