what is the exact meaning of PowerPoint?

[Dragon_Fly]

I want to know the exact meaning of powerpoint, and also why they choose the
powerpoint as the program name?

 

[Luc]

Dragon Fly;
It seems to me that if you want to get something across to an audience you
will have to have good arguments to convince them. So put some power in the
points you make. Thus PowerPoint.
I'm sure some of the MVPS will have to say something about this.
Luc

 

[Ute Simon]

I want to know the exact meaning of powerpoint, and also why they choose
the

powerpoint as the program name?

This program was originally not developed by Microsoft itself, but by a
company called Forethought. They originally called it "Presenter", but a
Trademark problem arose. Thus the name was changed to "PowerPoint". See
Wikipedia for some more interesting details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpoint

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Dragon_fly

see powerpoint history
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppmem.html

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc

 

[Brian Reilly, MS MVP]

Actually, the name PowerPoint came from one of the people on the
Presenter team. He was sitting on an airplane waiting to take off and
in big letters on the runway was painted the message for the pilots
"Power Point".

So he renamed the product after that runway message.

That's at least what our good friend Ric from the Microsoft Dev Team
told us one time.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[Echo S]

Actually, the name PowerPoint came from one of the people on the
Presenter team. He was sitting on an airplane waiting to take off and
in big letters on the runway was painted the message for the pilots
"Power Point".

So he renamed the product after that runway message.

That's at least what our good friend Ric from the Microsoft Dev Team
told us one time.

And this kind of stuff, folks, is some of the stuff we talk about at
PPTLive.