Powerpoint disappearing on MacBook Air?

When I first bought my MacBook Air, I also bought this students package with includes Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I kept all three of them on my dock. Yesterday, at school we needed to put together a powerpoint presentation, and I realised that Powerpoint had disappeared from my dock. In finder, I searched for it in Applicaitons but it wasn't there either. Where has it gone?

Where has it gone?
Good question. Things don't disappear on their own, so perhaps it was inadvertently moved. Use Spotlight to search for it - Click the Spotlight "magnifying glass" symbol at the upper right of your Mac's menu bar, and type Powerpoint. If you find it, move it back to the Applications folder where it belongs.
If you still can't find it, you'll have to download it again from Microsoft. You will probably need the license key or whatever Microsoft uses to track your purchases.
Please tell me you did not install any so-called "cleaning" utility such as "CleanMyMac" or "MacCleanser" or "MacKeeper" or similarly categorized program...? Garbage utilities like that will make a mess of things.

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