Presenting slides in front of a big audience is just one application of PowerPoint, and probably not the one that is most commonly used. Here are a few others:
- Corporate knowledge database
- Product catalogue
- Project management and planning tool
- Word processor
- Story boarding tool
- Group brainstorming tool
- Animation editor
- System design tool
- To do list and meeting minutes recording tool
A 1980s presentation design tool ended up being the operating system that power most communication inside a company.