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Yes, PDF is universal but PowerPoint and Keynote have "Presenter view" which adds extra functionality besides just showing you the same slide that your audience
by _e 9y ago
Yes, PDF is universal but PowerPoint and Keynote have "Presenter view" which adds extra functionality besides just showing you the same slide that your audience sees such as private notes for each slide as well as thumbnails of upcoming slides so you can skip slides without the audience knowing or use a timer to pace yourself [0].
I did a quick search and I could not find out whether Adobe Acrobat has this functionality.
[0] https://support.office.com/en-us/article/View-your-speaker-notes-privately-while-delivering-a-presentation-on-multiple-monitors-CCFA1894-E3EF-4955-9C3A-444D58248093 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/View-your-speaker-n...
- ghaff 9y agoI'll always have a PDF on a thumb drive in case something goes sideways with Powerpoint of whatever. But, as you say, there are advantages to presenting from presentation software. In general, I try to be as ready as possible for a Plan B that mitigates whatever projection and network problems arise.