<em>Powerpoint as a visual aid is used mostly in presentation to pass out important information across to the audience. This enable the speaker ( or Presenter) to have a clear view of the information he or she is presenting and to be able to expresses himself or herself freely without being limited by an object on the hand.</em>
Most times, when information is being passed across from a handheld notes, the speaker tends to mix things up. Also, the speaker got confused and lost in the presentation as compared to when the information is presented in a PowerPoint for which allows the speaker to flow from one slide to another.