<s>
Corel	B-Application
Presentations	I-Application
(	O
which	O
is	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
simply	O
as	O
Presentations	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
presentation	B-Application
program	I-Application
akin	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
and	O
LibreOffice	O
Impress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
release	O
,	O
version	O
2021	O
(	O
Release	O
21	O
internally	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
only	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Corel	O
's	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
Office	O
productivity	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presentations	O
shares	O
much	O
of	O
its	O
code	O
with	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
originally	O
evolved	O
from	O
DrawPerfect	O
,	O
a	O
MS-DOS-based	O
drawing	O
program	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
,	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
Presentations	O
2.0	O
for	O
DOS	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
DOS	O
version	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
severe	O
usability	O
and	O
performance	O
issues	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
not	O
considered	O
a	O
serious	O
contender	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Novell	O
acquired	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
April	O
1994	O
and	O
shipped	O
an	O
upgrade	O
of	O
Presentations	O
,	O
Novell	O
Presentations	O
3.0	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Novell	O
PerfectOffice	B-Application
3.0	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
productivity	O
suite	O
in	O
December	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
acquired	O
PerfectOffice	B-Application
in	O
January	O
1996	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
32-bit	O
version	O
of	O
Presentations	O
in	O
May	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
DOS	O
release	O
,	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
1997	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Corel	B-Application
WordPerfect	I-Application
Suite	I-Application
for	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	B-Application
Presentations	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
was	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
various	O
editions	O
of	O
Corel	B-Application
WordPerfect	I-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	O
no	O
longer	O
develops	O
programs	O
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
interface	O
has	O
evolved	O
to	O
more	O
closely	O
resemble	O
that	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
save	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
and	O
PDF	B-Application
formats	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
publish	O
presentations	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corel	B-Application
Presentations	I-Application
can	O
be	O
a	O
handy	O
tool	O
for	O
creating	O
effective	O
and	O
in-depth	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
