The program was created in a software company named
Forethought, Inc. by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin. It was released on
April 20, 1987, and after 3 months of its creation, it was acquired by
Microsoft. The first version of this program, when introduced by Microsoft was
MS PowerPoint 2.0 (1990). It is a presentation-based program that uses
graphics, videos, etc. to make a presentation more interactive and interesting.
The file extension of a saved PowerPoint presentation is “.ppt”. A PowerPoint
presentation comprising slides and other features is also known as PPT.