Alternative to MS Powerpoint 2013

spidey180

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What software did Apple use to deliver in today's event?
I need to create a similar good looking presentation(I know presentation is not about the looks, but still).

Can anyone here suggest a good alternative to MS power point?
I'm ready to pay for the software(on Windows here).
 

EagleKeeper

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Anything that Apple uses will be true professional and cost more than MS PowerPoint
 

sweenish

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Anything that Apple uses will be true professional and cost more than MS PowerPoint

This makes very little sense and reeks of bias.

I grant that Powerpoint isn't the strongest at giving presentations, but to imply that it's somehow not "true professional" is just ignorant.

Doubly ignorant when you consider that iWork is free.*


* When you own an Apple device.
 

stlcardinals

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If you watched todays event, then you should have heard the part where they said that they used the new version of Keynote to make their presentation.
 

EagleKeeper

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Anything that Apple uses will be true professional and cost more than MS PowerPoint
This makes very little sense and reeks of bias.

I grant that Powerpoint isn't the strongest at giving presentations, but to imply that it's somehow not "true professional" is just ignorant.

Doubly ignorant when you consider that iWork is free.*


* When you own an Apple device.

Let me rephrase.
Apple will have used a high end professional presentation package.
Such a package will cost more than PowerPoint does.

I am not degrading PowerPoint at all.
 

monkeydelmagico

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Yes, but I'm looking for a windows alternative. ;)

The only alternatives I know of are open office or libre. They both have a presentation program. I would consider them adequate for the task but certainly not as fancy or media capable as power point.
 

TheStu

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Do you have an iPad OP? You can get Keynote on there for cheap.

EagleKeeper, Apple has used Keynote to make their presentations for as long as I can recall. And they also sell it. If you get a new Mac, you get it for free now, but otherwise it's like... $20 or something I think. Considerably cheaper than a single license of PowerPoint, if you can even buy that standalone.
 

Binky

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Why is Powerpoint not a viable option? I've never used Keynote, but I'm having a hard time believing that the software is the reason for bad presentations.

It's easy to make a bad presentation. Its much harder to make one that looks good. Don't blame the software, this is probably a user issue.
 

EagleKeeper

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Do you have an iPad OP? You can get Keynote on there for cheap.

EagleKeeper, Apple has used Keynote to make their presentations for as long as I can recall. And they also sell it. If you get a new Mac, you get it for free now, but otherwise it's like... $20 or something I think. Considerably cheaper than a single license of PowerPoint, if you can even buy that standalone.

I stand corrected regarding the price :oops:
 

ringtail

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I suspect lxskllr
may be willing to suggest some alternatives to try & help you. That's he & my objective...to help you.

 
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lxskllr

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Try this excellent presentation program, and because MagicLantern is written in Java, it can be run on virtually any platform — Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and others. This means if you create a multimedia presentation on one platform, it can be transferred and displayed on another, using the same program. And of course, it's FREE.

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Since you're looking for alternatives to the Microsoft-proprietary, expensive PowerPoint, you ought to at leat take a look at this. I've use it; it's excellent.

They say it's released under the GPL, and then post this a bit under it...

MagicLantern selling policy
Don't even think about it. MagicLantern is free to everyone, and cannot be sold under any circumstances.

Which is unenforceable, and legally removable

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lxskllr

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lxskllr,

What's your point?

That's some EXCELLENT software, and it's free to anybody worldwide, and it plays nice on Linux and on Windows and on Apple. What more do you ask?

Are you complaining that the "license" might interfere with people seeking to making money off the programming work done by the author, Paul Lutus, and not done by them?

You IMPLY but don't make clear what your point is, although you clearly seem to be complaining.

Probably it's just because I skimmed your post too fast, but I missed your point. Facts: FREE, WORKS GREAT, PROVEN, HARMONIOUS WITH LINUX+WINDOWS+APPLE. WHat's your complaint with that?

My complaint is they use the GPL and put a non-valid rider on it. If you use the GPL you can't restrict the distribution in any fashion(aside from requiring the source code be made available), including sale. The reason I pointed it out is it makes a good teaching moment. If you pay attention you might learn something about an important license ;^)
 

ChronoReverse

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Hmm, if it's GPL, wouldn't it actually be breaking the license to attempt to restrict selling it? It may simply be that the authors don't understand the license they've employed though.
 

lxskllr

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Hmm, if it's GPL, wouldn't it actually be breaking the license to attempt to restrict selling it? It may simply be that the authors don't understand the license they've employed though.

Yea, that's my point. There's a lot of confusion regarding the term free software, even by people that should know better. Free software describes the freedom you have in how you can use it, and forbidding sale would make it non-free software.
 

spidey180

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Thank you for the help guys!
I'm looking along the lines of a software/service/web-app like Prezi.