PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a widely used slide creation and management program used by students, teachers, and other professionals. It provides basic functionality of slide and presentation design.

Good Features:

• Slides allow text, sound, and image addition
• Multiple slide views
• Standard and widely used format
• Outline/slide layout tabs
• Windowed workspace allowing for customization
• Pens for drawing on top of slides
• Notes can be attached to slides

Bad Features:

• Sometimes text and pictures don't show as formatted
• Too many features, needs a lighter-weight feel to support other functions
• Text can be hard to adjust when displaying

Missing Features:

• Scroll bar enabling slides to be continuous
• Class roster window
• Layers on slides with opacity adjustment
• Networking for multiple users locally and remotely
• User hierarchy with permissions
• Import of presentations made in popular programs
• Not interactive