Gillp

I have been asked to give an illustrated talk on my visit to Antarctica which I am quite happy to do and I want to produce a PTE slide show where I have control over the slides as I shall be speaking in between showing a group of photos - is this easy to do (I am a newbie to the program which has been recommended) and also I want to use my Acer Netbook with a projector (yet to be purchased). The resolution of the Netbook is 1024 x 600 - will this work? Help please!