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There is nothing comparable to Powerpoint's ease of layout in the open-source world sadly.
by aw3c2 9y ago
There is nothing comparable to Powerpoint's ease of layout in the open-source world sadly.
- r00fus 9y agoAre you serious? Basic animations were super easy to figure out in Google slides, whereas I still stumble in Powerpoint. Perhaps it's because there's less functionality but I'm only making slides for internal consumption, so it just has to hide/show the relevant info.
- crispyporkbites 9y agoNever put animations in your PowerPoint decks. Ever.
- arbie 9y agoI started following this religiously for recurring decks, and the results have been outstanding. If you want to hone your communication skills in general: * Do not add animations * Do not use themes * Force every bullet point to fit on a single line * Points need not be grammatically complete * Use a font size that you can read from more than nine feet away * Talk about - don't read from - the slide And now, some unconventional advice: PowerPoint can absolutely replace Vizio, and you should disregard all the rules when you create product announcement decks where style can trump substance. Some of those slides have over a hundred animations and must be split up into three or more pseudo-slides (initial state, N keyframe slides, final state) seamlessly. PowerPoint is an extremely versatile tool, and its success and failure modes directly mirror the user's.
- aw3c2 9y agoFirst of all Google slides are even less free software related than Powerpoint (can't use them offline etc) but more importantly I said "layout" specifically. Aligning stuff nicely just works very well in Powerpoint.
- paulie_a 9y agoGood the world needs less PowerPoint