changing fonts isn't hard in powerpoint, and a grey gradient could be made very quickly and set as the background. it would be nearly impossible to tell what program the slides were made in just by looking at a screenshot of the slide. Or, if all of them were made in Keynote, it would be fairly easy to import the powerpoint backgrounds, etc.
You're right about Keynote vs. PowerPoint. Keynote just comes with nicer stuff out of the box. PowerPoint can have awesome stuff too (like I do with it), but it takes talent.I disagree about transitions. *Smooth* transitions (like a crossfade) are necessary for many reasons. It's the corny stuff that ruins a presentation.
I've given multiple presentation in my life, and I not your average user when it comes to PowerPoint or Keynote. I came over to the Mac world for college, and without a doubt Keynote is great. I think a few people here are speaking with out ever playing with Keynote. Some are saying it not the program it the user that makes the presentation what it is, and well this is true. I have to say though that Keynote offers a great amount of options that PowerPoint does not. I guess its like MS paint compared to Photoshop. If you took someone that was really good at making a presentation on PowerPoint and put them in front of Keynote they would be able to output something better than they could in PowerPoint. Keynote also has a very nice presenter screen when you running dual display that helps alot.But anyways like some have said, nothing makes up for a bad presenter. I have always told people that ask me about presenting, do and use what ever makes you the most confident when your up there and you will be fine. So for me its Keynote and my blue tooth remote.
gmaxApr 24, 2006
Good PowerPoint presentations are made with Keynote... then exported to PP :P
elnerdoApr 24, 2006
Last time I made a slideshow on a Mac, I was using Hyperstudio, and I'll have you know: Hyperstudio SUCKS.
Closed AccountApr 24, 2006
changing fonts isn't hard in powerpoint, and a grey gradient could be made very quickly and set as the background. it would be nearly impossible to tell what program the slides were made in just by looking at a screenshot of the slide. Or, if all of them were made in Keynote, it would be fairly easy to import the powerpoint backgrounds, etc.
djosephdesignApr 24, 2006
You're right about Keynote vs. PowerPoint. Keynote just comes with nicer stuff out of the box. PowerPoint can have awesome stuff too (like I do with it), but it takes talent.I disagree about transitions. *Smooth* transitions (like a crossfade) are necessary for many reasons. It's the corny stuff that ruins a presentation.
djosephdesignApr 24, 2006
LOL! I love that!
sp4rkyApr 24, 2006
I've given multiple presentation in my life, and I not your average user when it comes to PowerPoint or Keynote. I came over to the Mac world for college, and without a doubt Keynote is great. I think a few people here are speaking with out ever playing with Keynote. Some are saying it not the program it the user that makes the presentation what it is, and well this is true. I have to say though that Keynote offers a great amount of options that PowerPoint does not. I guess its like MS paint compared to Photoshop. If you took someone that was really good at making a presentation on PowerPoint and put them in front of Keynote they would be able to output something better than they could in PowerPoint. Keynote also has a very nice presenter screen when you running dual display that helps alot.But anyways like some have said, nothing makes up for a bad presenter. I have always told people that ask me about presenting, do and use what ever makes you the most confident when your up there and you will be fine. So for me its Keynote and my blue tooth remote.
kirkioApr 26, 2006Submitter
Check out the rest of his site too. It contains much more information about PowerPoint and presenting in general.
Closed AccountMar 24, 2007
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ric6000Jan 5, 2008
Check out this site for free templates download for PowerPoint <a class="user" href="http://www.templateswise.com">http://www.templateswise.com</a> Great post :P
amsallowDec 18, 2009
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