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In January 2017, we had published a list of 5 alternatives to PowerPoint. Today, we’ve updated this list.
PPT! Who hasn’t used it at least once in his lifetime. Microsoft’s PowerPoint is 1 of the most used presentation tools across business domains globally. But with time, executives are finding alternate ways to make their presentations. These new guns seem to have some innovative features (how else will they toe up to PPT).
Here are the 6 alternatives to PowerPoint:
Visme
A Cloud-base, drag-n-drop presentation software, Visme offers all the required tools needed to create not presentations, infographics, data visualizations, reports, product demos, etc.
Prezi
While traditional presentation comes as monotonous slide by slide, here in Prezi, the style is conversational. Hence, it is more like a collaboration with the audience. It features a map of a storytelling presentation, which gives an option to zoom into individual topics or pan around all the topics, & even pull back if needed. It was started on 2009 & in 2016, Prezi Business was launched with a suite of creation, collaboration, and analytics tools specifically designed for business teams. It has around 75 million users around the world.
Link: https://prezi.com/
Libre Office Impress
Here’s 1 more alternative to PowerPoint. Libre Office is a free & open source software provided by The Document Foundation. The whole suite came into the market in 2010. It uses the international ISO/IEC standard Open Document file format (ODF) as its native format to save documents for all of its applications. It also has the provisions and the file layouts of most other main office suites, including MS Office, through a diversity of import/export filters. Within Libre Office, Impress is a versatile tool for creating & editing slides as it has multiple modes – Normal, Outline, Notes, Handout, & Slide Sorter. It has been highly appreciated by the users as this freely sourced software is easy to use in Linux also. Also, its compatibility with major offices suits makes it much more compatible with new users.
Link: http://www.libreoffice.org/discover/impress/
Keynote
Keynote is an innovative presentation software developed by Apple Inc. It’s available for MacOS & iOS. Keynote makes it very easy to generate presentations. And now with the beta release of new collaboration facilities in Keynote, you can work together simultaneously on an iPhone or iPad or Mac using iCloud. Keynote is hugely popular among the Apple product users as it can be used to collaborate with any Microsoft PowerPoint users. Keynote’s animations & effects are its ultimate strength, particularly when related to Microsoft’s PowerPoint. They permit you to produce slick, eye-catching presentations very rapidly & efficiently.
Link: http://www.apple.com/keynote/
Google Slides
One of the better known alternatives to PowerPoint is Google Slides. This is a Web-based free service offered to Google drive user. The Online slide permits users to create & edit files Online while collaborating with any other users in real time. It’s available as Web applications, Android & iOS apps. It also gives revision history to revert to any previous changes or check the changes made by the respective users. “Explore” was launched in September 2016. It uses machine learning to discover dynamically produces design suggestions based on the subjects of each slide. It is widely used by Google Drive users for its simplicity & for real time collaboration.
Link: https://www.google.com/slides/about/
SlideDog
SlideDog provides 1 of the efficient ways to seemingly integrate all the format of your files in a particular order. It makes it as a video playlist with any media in it. Even you can share a ‘live’ stream of your presentation to connect with your audience in real time. You can involve your audience with collaborative polls, solicit requests or observation on your slides, & gather response on your demonstrations. Also, the handy feature of being able to transmit a presentation over the Internet or to persons in the room with you is very much appreciated by users.
Link: http://slidedog.com/
Conclusion
All of the alternatives discussed in the above threads are hugely popular as they help students, professors & business professionals to make their presentation with ease & in style. Some of them also offer priced version which contains some extra features.
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