The main analogue and competitor of MS PowerPoint. The main difference is in the simplicity inherent in interfaces and Apple technology. As esprezo founder Mark Khlynov says: “Make a presentation in Keynote once, and I don’t have to explain that the functionality of the program is incredibly simple and practical.” Available on Mac, iOS, and iCloud web version.

The latest software update allows you to enjoy Keynote slides even where it is not installed: you get a link to the presentation and embed it in a web page - everyone can see it. And no PDF compromises!

The platform on which you are currently reading our selection. Initially, this is a website builder, but any page can be translated into a presentation. It is difficult to make a low-quality design on Tilda: for any ideas there are designers created and verified by professionals. The presentation can be saved directly on the site or downloaded as a PDF. You can make up to 50 presentations for free. There are tariffs for personal use and business for 500 rubles and 1000 rubles per month: create up to 500 pages and use all the features of the platform.

Web design software: create presentations, postcards, websites, business cards and even album covers. Canva is the way to go if your presentation needs to look trendy and impressive. There is a million database of stock photos, hundreds of fonts, icons and filters for pictures. There are tutorials and examples the best works. Works online and on iOS. The standard version of the program is free. Using individual premium design elements costs $1 each. To simplify teamwork and expand design options (memorize company colors and templates and corporate fonts), there is Canva for Work for $12.95 per month.

Modern and beloved by IT people software for presentations. All presentations are created in html format, which means that they can be viewed from any device and customized in any way (climb and edit the code), as well as embed almost any content from the Internet. Available online on all devices. In the free version, all your presentations will be in the public domain. Private mode and 1GB of storage costs $5 per user per month. For unlimited storage, Dropbox sync and Google Analytics- $10 per month per user or $15 per month for two.

If you adhere to the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bKeep it simple, this program is for you. The interface is as intuitive as possible, there are high-quality templates for design. Haiku Deck makes it easy to create presentations and the slides themselves: one idea per slide and one renderer. Nothing else matters.

The feature of Haiku Deck is Zuru technology, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning. It analyzes the content of the presentation and highlights important fragments. Selects suitable images, icons, fonts and even distributes text across slides.

Haiku Deck is a cloud service available on all devices. There is an app for iOS. Test period - 7 days. The Pro version is $9.99 per month, the Premium version is $29.99 per month.

Ideal software if you need to make a presentation on a tablet or Mac. There's a lot good patterns. Chips - work with layers, adding photos and videos directly from Facebook, YouTube, Dropbox, analytics on presentation views. Available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. In the free version, you can create 4 presentations in the public domain. Premium and Pro plans will cost $10 and $20 per month: you can upload large files, get advanced analytics and work in private access. There are special offers for teachers and students.

Software for creating web publications. Here you can create not only a website, but also a presentation, a magazine, etc. You don’t need to know html. In addition, Readymag is generous with free templates. Available online in a browser. There is a free personal account with a limit of 10 pages per project. To work with five, you need to pay $ 16 per month. For 10 people - $64 per month.

Fashionable presentation software for startups and small companies. Slidebean itself makes stylish presentations based on existing templates - all you need is content. There is ready-made templates for different purposes: marketing projects, sales, etc. Plans: Starter and Premium for $12 and $29 per month. There is a trial period.

The solution for those who no longer want to be left alone with a blank slide the night before the event is that the artificial intelligence in this program will take care of half the work.

It understands what content you are adding to the slide and how to style it better. It knows that if you change the color of the icons, you need to change the background - and it does it automatically. It also automatically aligns elements, resizes, turns numbers into diagrams - and speeds up the work process at times. Even if you do not understand anything in design, the presentation will turn out stylish - artificial intelligence added good taste.

The service offers more than 50 slide templates, depending on what you want to show - the results of the work, the project team, SWOT analysis or sales chart. The program provides free access to a million database of free stock photos and icons. The created presentation is saved in pdf and ppt, it works only in the browser. The software has appeared recently - and so far it is completely free.

The program justifies the slogan "limitless creativity" and gives room for creativity and creating a unique design. Instead of static templates, the service offers "smart blocks" - any object or group of objects can be saved as a smart block, inserted on any slide and changed at the same time for all. So you can come up with your own template for a presentation or just change blocks with text on all slides in seconds.

The service allows you to insert not only photos, videos, icons, gifs and fonts in one click. But that's not all - there is still embedding of 3D models, VR experiments, files from Dropbox, objects from Figma, prototypes from Framer, InVision and Marvel.

In the free version, you can create 20 presentations and download them in pdf, there are no restrictions on functions. The $99/year Pro plan increases your media size from 1GB to 10GB, gives you private access, and the ability to show your HTML presentation offline. Solution for teamwork costs $49 per month or $499 per year.

Design software for presentations, infographics, reports, etc. Upload audio and video files to your work and use the database of thousands of free pictures and vector images. You can create a presentation in HTML format and upload it to the site. Another plus is the simple interface. The program is available online with synchronization on all devices. You can create three presentations per month for free with limited functionality and public access. For $7 a month, get more diagrams, diagrams, and storage space. For $16 - all premium features: private access, the ability to work in a team and import from PPT and Keynote.

The creators of the service radically approached the issue of design for non-designers. You do not see the slide at all until you enter all the information - text, photo, graph or chart. Then you choose a template and the program turns it all into a dynamic and animated presentation in less than a minute. It is important that you do not just choose abstract topics - you immediately see how your information is framed, and choose the template that suits you best.

The service is online and mobile application. There are three plans: the free Newbie has 8 templates and 3 presentations, the $8 Sidekick has 25 themes and 100 presentations, the $25 Hero has 50 themes, unlimited presentations and a desktop app.

Service for creating visually spectacular presentations. The program offers not just backgrounds, but a whole "universe" for the presentation, 3D effects and unusual transitions between slides. For example, choosing a template with snow-capped mountains, you will smoothly rise to the tops, descend to the bottom through the clouds, get closer to the details or see the whole picture from afar in 3D.

Animated icons, charts, graphs and maps are at your disposal. Any object can be given a 3D effect. In addition to simply adding media from other services, Emaze allows you to create a carousel inside a slide with photos, Instagram posts or YouTube videos. There is even integration with PayPal.

It is primarily an online service for creating infographics, but it also provides convenient program for creating presentations. The hallmark of these presentations is strong data visualization and interactivity.

All charts and graphs are animated - they move and show more data on hover. You can insert an interactive map of any part of the planet and change it as you like - for example, select countries and regions depending on the data. There are also hundreds of text frames, animated icons, custom graphics, and instant access to photos and videos.

The latest peep from Microsoft. Like Slidebean, it only asks for content from you, and draws up the slides itself. You can create presentations with interactive graphics and videos. A separate feature is the ability to change the presentation design in one click if you don’t like the existing one. In addition, the program analyzes the content of the presentation and, based on it, offers search queries for pictures and icons. Available online, on Windows 10 and iOS. For free.

A resource from former McKinsey consultant and designer Jan Schultink. He developed SlideMagic - a software with templates for typical presentation slides: with a quote, an image and explanations for it, diagrams and comparison tables with competitors. There are slide templates for an investment presentation or an annual report. All you need is content - SlideMagic is responsible for the design. Corporate design elements can be applied to slides.

In this online program, the presentation will be super interactive, dynamic and stylish: the creators offer different types animations, more than 400 templates with high-quality design, excellent graphics and a lot of options to add interactivity. A suitable option if you send a presentation by mail - the addressee will easily open the presentation from any device, click on animated diagrams, follow links and watch it to the end.

In the free version, the presentation is available only online, with the Genially logo (which is not very intrusive) and is stored in the public domain. For 7.50 euros per month, you can download the created presentation in pdf, restrict access to it and show it without the Internet. Business solution - with corporate templates, logos and fonts, as well as analysis of presentation viewing - from 20.80 euros per month. The team fare starts from 79 euros.

If you need a cool digital presentation, Projeqt will help. Digital content insertion is available: from live RSS feed, map from Google, online survey, Youtube video to music from SoundCloud. You can import documents from PDF and PPT. Works online, optimized for any device. For free.

The Finnish service offers an unusual structure for building a presentation: for each main slide, you can create “subslides”. You can go forward to the next idea, or you can go down, revealing the idea of ​​the slide in more detail.

The program has a minimalistic Scandinavian interface, a convenient grid and automatic alignment of elements. There is pre-made themes and the ability to add your own - with corporate colors and fonts. You can insert not only photos, videos and gifs into slides, but also 3D elements, panoramas and even websites - not links, but windows where it is convenient to watch them.

SlideDog is not a presentation editor - it's a player for the rich content you show. The trick is the ability to create a single presentation from PowerPoint and Keynote documents, PDF, Prezi, videos, websites, etc. Transitions between windows of different programs are not visible. Explore all the possibilities for free in 15 minutes. Further - $ 8.33 per month with an annual subscription or $ 249 forever.

Software for creating animated presentations in HTML5 format. The functionality resembles Prezi: at your disposal gif-characters and objects, built-in icons, background images, frames and templates, the ability to zoom in on individual elements of the presentation. The finished work can be converted to EXE, ZIP, APP, PDF and even mp4 formats and published in social networks. The free version offers limited animation options and watermarks the image. Basic version costs $9.99 per month, professional is $99 per year.

The creators of the service tried to collect in it all the functions necessary for successful work with the presentation - from simple and quick slide design to interaction with the audience and analytics. At your disposal are 115 templates for design, smooth transitions between slides, animation, quick access to photos, videos and icons.

The presentation can be shown online from any device, or saved as pdf or html and shown offline. In addition, with the help of Niftio, you can engage the audience in a dialogue and get feedback, as well as collect analytics for viewing the presentation. The program works only in the browser and is still in beta, so you have a chance to try all its features for free and give feedback to the creators.

Overview of programs that can replace Microsoft PowerPoint

In this article, we will continue our review of programs that can replace Microsoft products on the MacOS X platform. And this time our focus is on MS PowerPoint. But before we start the review, let's see what MS PowerPoint is for and what requirements we should place on alternative programs.

MS PowerPoint is an application for making presentations. Despite the fact that it is still a graphics program, it often happens that people try to use PowerPoint for other purposes. Namely, to create layouts of paper promotional materials or documentation. This is fundamentally wrong. The main processing element for any presentation program is a slide, not a paper sheet, as in text editors and layout programs. Hence the main requirement for what we should get "at the end": a slide show equipped with a developed transition system, preferably with effects and interactivity, capable of being played using the tools of the program itself, or exported to an independent video clip in some popular format.

The program for creating presentations should be able to:

Import graphic files in major common formats

allow you to freely place graphic and text blocks within the slide

Place or create directly in the program itself such elements as tables and charts, buttons and text hyperlinks to move to another slide, or open another file or page on the Internet

Allow comments to be added to the slide as a separate element independent of the slide itself

Add various simple graphic elements such as arrows, rectangles, circles, etc. for drawing diagrams

It is also important that the program for creating presentations is not too difficult to master. Unlike graphics applications designed for professional designers (like Adobe), MS PowerPoint and its counterparts are designed more for managers who need to present information effectively. That is, to express your ideas and developments, for example, a business plan, without going into the intricacies of working with graphics, but focusing entirely on the information itself, on creativity.

In my opinion, MS PowerPoint itself does not meet the formulated requirements too well. However, since the prevalence of MS PowerPoint is slightly inferior to the prevalence of Word and Excel, compatibility issues with its format are no less important. To evaluate them, I resorted to the same method as in previous reviews - I created a test file, which we will open in all applicant programs.

Apple Keynote 3.0

We start, as always, with Apple products. Apple Keynote, starting with the second version, is included in the Apple iWork with Pages text editor, while the first version of Keynote was distributed separately. At her presentation, the head Apple Steve Jobs said that this application was created by Apple programmers on his instructions and especially for him, but the program turned out to be so successful that Apple decided to launch it commercially. It's easy to believe, because it's hard to imagine Jobs preparing his famous presentations while tormenting PowerPoint on a Mac. On the other hand, Keynote really made a big difference in the computer presentation genre.

If you've seen Pages before, then the Keynote concept will sound familiar to you, in fact, it first sounded there, since the first version of Pages came out later. This concept is based on the notion of schemas or templates. Although templates are present in PowerPoint, they have never been the centerpiece of all work on a document. Before Keynote, templates were simply pre-packaged documents from which users could create their own. The quality of the design of such documents in PowerPoint left much to be desired, they rather showed the range of applications of PowerPoint, the possibilities of structuring information, etc. With the advent of Keynote, everything has changed.

Every template that comes with Keynote is a little masterpiece. There is a legend that Steve Jobs personally reviews all the templates offered by designers (and they are ordered by an independent design studio), and as a result, no more than a quarter remains. It is difficult to say how true this is, but the fact that all the templates are made to last is immediately felt.

Secondly, a template in Keynote (although it's still correct to say "outline") is a part of a document described as a property of it. That is, the scheme can be changed at any time, and, attention (!), the entire document will change in accordance with the newly selected scheme. Even if you are carried away by the free formatting of the document, you will not have to finish anything, and the presentation will completely change. However, if you wish, you can only change the scheme of one particular slide.

Let's give a small example by opening a file prepared for testing in PowerPoint, and at the same time we will check Keynote for compatibility with a product from Microsoft.

As can be seen from the figure, the compatibility is quite decent, although not ideal. The chart created in PowerPoint has taken on a slightly different look. And although this can be fixed with one click, using the Chart tab in the Inspector panel, it's still annoying. Also, some users complain about problems with opening presentations containing comments, but I did not have to deal with this. However, you should always remember that there can be no 100% compatibility. Simply because Keynote is a completely different program. It has its own data storage format different from PowerPoint, its own ideology of working with a document and its own set of tools, similar to Microsoft, but different. If we are looking for an alternative to PowerPoint, we need an application that can open ppt files without error. In my opinion, Keynote is just that case - compatibility, let's say, at 98%.

Now, having dealt with compatibility, let's get back to working with templates. Having corrected the diagram as described above, let's try to apply a new template to the document.

As can be seen from the figure, changing the background and some fonts radically change the appearance of the document in better side. But look at the next picture - now the Masters button allows us to choose several options for formatting our slide. At the same time, please note that there are different formatting options for different templates. Many, of course, are similar, but there are also individual ones.

In terms of functionality, Keynote is not inferior to PowerPoint, but in some ways it is superior. What are only the transition effects from one slide to another - compared to PowerPoint, this is real Hollywood. Keynote, unlike PowerPoint, does not come across as "such a serious" program, but the impression is deceptive. This is the merit of the Apple developers who managed to present a serious office product as a program that is as easy to learn as iPhoto or other programs from the iLife package. Also worth mentioning is the Keynote integration with iLife. In practice, this means that you can easily insert photos from your iPhoto library, music from iTunes, and even edited movies from iMovie into your presentation, all by simply dragging and dropping them from the Media palette.

In Keynote, as in Pages, Apple applied a new interface concept - compact, well-structured, very visual. This concept allows the user to create complex and beautiful documents in an almost playful way, focusing more on the subject of the document itself than on "what button should I press to do it the way I intended and will it look good?".

Keynote also has advanced export functions, so you can't call it a thing in itself. In addition to its format, it allows you to export your presentation to PowerPoint format, but do not forget that the latter may misinterpret Keynote templates applied to your document. And also PowerPoint does not support, as already mentioned, many transition effects - the presentation may lose its gloss when opened. In addition, Keynote allows you to export a document as a graphic image (jpg, png, tiff), flash animation files, QuickTime movie, html, and of course PDF, which is the central format of all MacOS X.

Summarizing, we can say that if you do not need to distribute all your finished presentations in ppt format, then Keynote is definitely better. It's like comparing a big Ford pickup to a Ferrari, maybe the pickup has better functionality, but in the center big city your choice will not be understood.

NeoOffice 2.0

In this review, unlike, I will not dwell on the OpenOffice package separately. As you remember, this application requires a special X11 mode and is not a full MacOS X application. And besides, NeoOffice, the MacOS X native version of the OpenOffice project, having reached the second version, finally caught up with it in functionality. So there is no point in using OpenOffice.

Throughout our reviews, NeoOffice has been, and still is, a favorite. Made according to the principle "everything is the same as in MS Office, only for free", it is a real alternative to Microsoft. However, this principle is also a disadvantage - as I already wrote in, NeoOffice does not offer anything new, and therefore is doomed to the role of always catching up. However, the interface of the program during the creation of a presentation is somewhat different from PowerPoint.

Demonstrating almost flawless compatibility with the PowerPoint format, NeoOffice offers a few of its own mode of operation. Unlike Keynote, where the emphasis is on the visual presentation of the presentation, NeoOffice forces you to concentrate on the structure and content of the document. Various ways document views ("structure", "notes", "abstracts"), quick access to the slide layout change panel make it work in this mode. Switching between these modes is organized as tabs in the main window, and not through the View menu, as is usually the case in Microsoft programs. It would seem that an insignificant addition to the interface, but it sets you up in a completely different way while you work: when you constantly see before your eyes that the document can be presented in a different form, and switching requires one click of the mouse, this makes you build your work a little differently . Of course, this is a godsend of the NeoOffice developers.

NeoOffice has an advanced export system that allows you to save your slides in a variety of graphic formats, as well as a flash movie. Export to PDF, implemented as a separate menu command, works much more reliably than in PowerPoint itself. However, I couldn't find the option to export the presentation as a video clip, which is disappointing.

But the main disadvantage of NeoOffice is still speed. If in the word processor and spreadsheet mode it was not so noticeable, then in the presentation mode, where by definition a lot of work with graphics, animation and effects is required, the "slowness" of NeoOffice came to the fore. On an iMac G5 with 512MB of memory that I tested with, NeoOffice's speed was rated as "not working". So, if you really decide to use NeoOffice as your only office suite, you'll have to shell out for the latest Mac.

Think Free Office 3.0

ThinkFree Office is one of the few office suites - commercial alternatives Microsoft package. And on the Mac, it’s the only one at all, because Apple iWork, with all due respect to it, has not yet reached the level of an office suite due to the lack of a spreadsheet editor in it.

Unlike its fellow writers Write and Calc, the application responsible for creating presentations, ThinkFree Office Show is a work in progress.

The first and main drawback: ThinkFree Office Show does not know what charts are, which is strange - after all, the mechanism for creating charts is present in Calc. When opening our test file, the diagrams turned into a graphic image (picture) with distortion. Even a diagram created in Calc is copied distorted when pasted into Show.

The second drawback is the undeveloped export system. Of the graphic formats, only jpg, png and vector svg are present. The ppt format is the internal format of ThinkFree Office Show, and there is also an option to save the presentation as html, but no export to PDF. Apparently, the developers decided that the funds of MacOS X itself are enough, or maybe they are right. But there is an "Export to iPod" command in the menu, which none of the applications reviewed in this review can boast of.

It seems that the ThinkFree Office Show developers have focused their efforts on the Write word processor and Calc spreadsheet, which earned good reviews in our previous reviews. And in vain, Show may turn out to be the fly in the ointment that will make potential ThinkFree Office users turn their eyes away from this package towards other alternatives to Microsoft products.

ThinkFree.com

Let me remind you that the ThinkFree.com Internet resource is an online version of the ThinkFree Office office suite. Written in Java, ThinkFree.com is by far the most powerful online resource that provides such a service. Zoho.com, discussed below, is noticeably lagging behind, and Google and Microsoft, oddly enough for market leaders, are just starting on this path and are in the role of catching up.

However, no matter how promising the idea of ​​providing access to the office suite via the Internet, it is too early to talk about the actual creation of presentations using this resource.

Drawback two. First, the functionality of the online version of ThinkFree.com Show is not good enough for normal operation, although for the online version it may seem impressive. So we can say that the ThinkFree.com Show has all the shortcomings of the offline prototype, including the shortcomings of PowerPoint compatibility. It also does not know how to work with diagrams, although, oddly enough, the diagrams converted to a graphic image in our test in the online version opened without distortion.

The second drawback of the ThinkFree.com service is slow speed. To be fully functional, you will need fast internet and a powerful computer, since the execution of Java code always requires large computer resources. Creating presentations that require serious work with graphics is too early to shoulder Internet services.

ZohoShow.com

Another online presentation service and, to my knowledge, the only competitor to the ThinkFree.com Show is ZohoShow.com. The service is part of the Zoho.com project, which currently provides the most complete range of office Internet services.

Unfortunately, unlike other Zoho.com projects, ZohoShow.com is still clearly raw. Compatibility with the PowerPoint format is declarative - files open, but with large distortions. There is no ability to work with diagrams, and the diagrams existing in the file "fly off", leaving a frame.

The functionality in ZohoShow.com is low, to say the least. You can only create a very simple presentation. It remains to be hoped that this is only the beginning. Let me also remind you that when working with products from Zoho.com, it is preferable to use the FireFox browser, since the code may not execute correctly with Safari.

Conclusion

In previous reviews, the palm among alternatives to Microsoft products was held by the NeoOffice package as an almost complete, and besides, free alternative. However, this time it will have to give way to Keynote 3.0. Unlike NeoOffice, which is not far removed from the Microsoft-imposed way of working, Keynote offers a completely new way of creating presentations. Without tormenting the user with the technical aspects of the work, he offers to fully focus on creativity, creating bright and spectacular presentations. In fact, you could say that Keynote brought the now-legendary style of the iLife suite to the serious world of office work. If this approach is also successfully developed in Pages and Apple's long-awaited spreadsheet, then it could revolutionize the world of office suites.

There is no doubt that PowerPoint is the most popular software product to create presentations. But this does not mean that there are no alternatives to it. Consider some software packages that are freely distributed and in most cases can replace PowerPoint.

OpenOffice Impress is a presentation program included in the OpenOffice.org suite and is available as a free download.
Open Office Impress is one of the easiest programs to learn. Users familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint will have no problem making presentations in Open Office Impress. Anyone can create stunning presentations that look like they were designed by professionals. An added bonus is that it is possible to use presentations that are created in PowerPoint.

SlideRocket is an online presentation software. It is possible to work with SlideRocket only if you have an Internet connection. The ability to insert video and audio is available. It is possible to create presentations together with other users. Functions are available to import / export slides from / to PowerPoint, create PDF files, export presentations to formats that can be viewed on any computer.
The free version of this program offers the most commonly used features.

Brainshark is an online video presentation software that can be viewed online. The service runs on cloud technologies and is available for use on smartphones and tablets.

Prezi

Prezi is software for creating online presentations. Prezi moves away from traditional slide technology and uses the concept of visual maps. The presenter can manage the content. Or the demo can be set to auto mode. Prezi provides the ability to create non-linear presentations.

Presentations created in the browser can be presented over the Internet or downloaded to a local machine. In the second case, an Internet connection is not required.
The free version of the program has 100 MB of storage. It is also possible to pay a subscription to use the program with more features.

Adobe Acrobat Presentations

Any user with an Internet connection can sign up for a free account to use the Acrobat.com presentation. The only requirement is Flash Player installed on the user's computer.

The service allows you to quickly and easily create high-quality presentations. There are limits to this software, but these restrictions are not significant. Onik relate to animation and sound insertion functions. So for someone who likes to abuse it, even an advantage.

Google Presentations

Google Presentations offers the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues to create and edit presentations. You just share your file by listing addresses Email the people you want to give access to collaborate. The main task of the service is to provide an opportunity for the rapid creation of presentations.
Naturally, Google Presentations is still far from the functionality of PowerPoint, but the service does not set such goals for itself.

Program for creating electronic PowerPoint presentations, this is a de facto standard, and so obvious that most people don’t even think that there are other software packages for creating slide shows and presentations that are not only not inferior to Powerpoint, but, unlike it, have an important advantage - they are free.

So let's talk this time about free analogues of PowerPoint- if you search, there are at least a dozen such programs, and among them are both the usual installed applications and online editors. I will focus on three that, in my personal opinion, really correspond to the concept of “an analogue of PowerPoint” - that is, programs for creating presentations.

Hand on heart, it should be noted that, although the functionality of all the programs considered almost completely repeats PowerPoint, the ease of use of the latter remains unrivaled - after all, it is difficult to compete with Microsoft in creating successful interfaces.

PresentationsGoogleDocs

The most "spartan" version of the free editor of electronic presentations is an online application from the GoogleDocs kit. A reasonable minimum of features is at your service - you can insert additional slides, tables, change slide styles, add images, set up transitions, etc.

Naturally, you can not only create new files, but also edit those downloaded from the computer, however, some details (especially for fonts) may disappear, although general form The presentation shouldn't suffer much.

There are no other "excesses" in the editor, however, to create a draft (or "quick presentation"), these features are more than enough. At any time, the result can be saved to your computer in almost familiar formats - from PDF to PPTX, but the "old" PPT

Presentations in GoogleDocs is a very convenient solution for two reasons:

• It does not require any third-party software and works in a browser, respectively, it works from any device capable of accessing the network.
• You can store your presentation right there in Google cloud storage and work on it from any workplace.

True, it goes without saying that without high speed internet not a single GoogleDocs presentation will be available to you, and a google account is required. However, in our time it can no longer be called restrictions.

Kingsoft Presentation

A classic application that is installed on a computer, an analogue of the MS Office package, which also includes a presentation editor. In general, the program is available in standard (free) and extended (paid) versions, however, I did not even consider the second option.

Pleasant design, emphasized similarity with PowerPoint (even the principle and style of arrangement of elements), while, for some reason, only English language interface. A trifle, but spoils the impression.

Although Kingsoft Presentation is inferior to its rival in terms of the number of functions, this mainly concerns the branded “bells and whistles” of PowerPoint by type, and there are peculiar analogues for them. The standard presentation functions in Kingsoft are fully present, including charts and graphs (the presence of a full spreadsheet editor in the Kingsoft package greatly facilitates their creation).

Kingsoft Presentation - quite convenient and pretty flowcharts ...

A very convenient decision on the part of the developers of the editor is to simplify and make some points more obvious compared to PowerPoint, such as an intuitive and beautiful flowchart editor.

At the same time, the overall impression of the program remains ambiguous - on the one hand, everything seems to be provided and in place, on the other hand, one gets the feeling that in the free version of Kingsoft Presentation the functions were cut out “at the last moment”, so sometimes the most “running” » elements, according to the type of possibility to edit the appearance of the diagrams added to the slide.

…and boring graphics

Save finished works available in PPT and native DPS formats. Kingsoft Presentation also supports PDF export. When opening a presentation prepared in PowerPoint, no distortion was observed. As well as in the opposite case.

openofficeimpress

Another classic application that is also part of the software package is copies of MS Office packages.

The first impression of O&O Impress is that PowerPoint is open on the screen, only of the 2003 model - dull gray panels, an icon ... However, if we discard the bias (well, the program with appearance) and estimate rationally, then we have an almost complete copy of PowerPoint, which provides literally all the features of this program, without even a hint of any money - O & O Impress is free from top to bottom.

OpenOffice Impress - ascetic and harsh in appearance

The weak point of the program is “beautifulness”. O&O Impress does not have built-in templates and presentation themes, and all table display settings, for example, end with choosing the color of individual cells.

…but with a bunch of useful features

Saved work is available in PPT and native ODP formats. Also supports export to PDF. When opening a presentation prepared in PowerPoint, no distortion was observed. As well as in the opposite case.

Choosing a program for electronic presentation

There is still no better option than PowerPoint in terms of a set of parameters, both working (program capabilities) and subjective (ease of use).

However, there are at least two programs that are quite capable of replacing the "heavyweight":

• For a pro: it's definitely an O&O Impress, provided you learn to look at its antediluvian appearance without prejudice.
• For an amateur: Kingsoft Presentation may well compete with PowerPoint when creating simple, "everyday" slide shows - it has an ample set of features and a pleasant appearance.

GoogleDocs presentations cannot be discounted either - despite the greatly reduced set of features, the comparative versatility of this application can help you out more than once and provide a convenient tool that you can use, if desired, even from a smartphone.

Almost everyone knows the Microsoft PowerPoint application, since it has been part of the office suite from the creators of Windows almost from the very beginning. The program is good, no doubt. But "Microsoft" requires a fabulous price for the product. However, this is no surprise to anyone. But few people know that there are analogues of the Microsoft Powerpoint service. And free. Therefore, it is necessary to consider existing analogues. They have similar features and can save a lot of money. But first, let's talk about the Power Point itself.

What is PowerPoint?

This is a program included in the Microsoft office suite and designed to create high-quality presentations. The utility has a wide variety of functions. There are even animation tools. The presentations are simply excellent. And they can be saved in any supported format. There is an option to work with SmartArt objects, the ability to create advanced slides and much more. However, there is a price to pay for this rich functionality. And usually exorbitantly. That's why a lot of people don't want to use PowerPoint. The analogue, although it will not have such cool functionality, will be completely free. And for some, this fact plays a huge role. So let's consider the best analogues of the Microsoft product. Let's start with the most popular app.

Open Office Impress

This product is part of the OpenOffice.org software suite. This is a free analogue of the office suite from Microsoft. The package was originally created for operating systems GNU Linux and used an exclusively free license. But then the product was ported to Windows. In fact, this utility is an almost complete copy of the PowerPoint "spill" of 2003. The interface of the program is quite lame (on two legs). But the main thing is work. And here the application is all right. In fact, the functionality is the same as that of the authentic PowerPoint. Analog can do the same. That's just with different "pretty things" in the face of themes, gradients and other things - trouble. There are no built-in templates. But they can easily be downloaded from the developer's website. And completely free. As for the format for saving presentations, there are several options: the format used in the original PowerPoint, the application's own format, and PDF. By the way, if you save it in the format of a classic application from Microsoft, then there will be no problems opening the project in an authentic program.

Opinions about OpenOffice Impress

If you need to understand how well an application works, then it is better to consider the comments of those who have already used it. Open Office Impress. This analogue of PowerPoint, the reviews of which we will now consider, has an impressive army of fans. But there are also many who are dissatisfied. But first, let's talk about the benefits according to users. Let's start with the fact that users note the stable operation of the application. It does not crash, does not buggy and does not slow down. This is definitely a plus. Also, the program copes with even the most complex tasks. It is capable of creating a professional level presentation. And this can also be written as an advantage. Another feature: the utility works faster than the original PowerPoint overloaded with various plug-ins. This speaks volumes. Moreover, the program is completely free. And this is a "control shot" for a product from Microsoft. At the same time, users say that the interface is poor and unusual. Some tools are in the wrong place. And this negatively affects the speed of work. And indeed it is. However, there are still more positive reviews than negative ones.

Now let's move on to another application.

GoogleDocs Presentations

This is a win-win option for those who do not want to litter the computer with various programs. This utility can easily work in a web browser online. To use this application, certain conditions must be met. First, the user must have an active Google account. Without it, there will be no access to the service. Secondly, high-speed Internet access is required. This package does not work offline. There is no rich toolkit for creating various effects here. In this regard, it is still better to use PowerPoint. The Google equivalent, however, can create a sketch or a quick presentation. The available formats for saving presentations are PPTX (standard for PowerPoint) and PDF. But the "outdated" PPT is no longer supported. The functionality of this application is not very rich, but it is completely free and can create an entry-level presentation. Finished project By the way, you can save it in the cloud storage of Google itself. There is integration with this service.

Opinions about GoogleDocs Slides

Here the situation is not easy. This service is not a full-fledged analogue of the PowerPoint program. Some users should consider this before writing negative reviews. But there are also positive comments. Let's start with them. So, many users claim that this brainchild of Google works very well and helps out a lot on trips and business trips. All you need is a browser and internet. And the very speed of work entirely depends on the speed of the Internet. Another advantage (according to users) is a simple to disgraceful interface. Getting lost in it is simply unrealistic. This is where the pluses end. Now for the bad. Users categorically do not like the meager set of options and tools. Also, the style of the created presentations does not satisfy the users. It is as if the project was created by a schoolboy. And these are very serious accusations. Unfortunately, this is exactly how it is. This tool is designed to quickly create drafts. And get quality cool presentation will not work.

Kingsoft Presentation

Now let's move on to another program. This application is not completely free. There is a more advanced version for which you will have to pay. But the free version is also amazing. Many presentation programs (similar to PowerPoint) tend to have a rather poor interface. But not Kingsoft. The design here is no worse than the original. And key control components are implemented even more intelligently. This application does not know how to work with SmartArt objects, but there is quite a tolerable replacement for them. At the same time, the program is able to create amazing presentations in terms of beauty and quality. You can save them as standard format, and in PDF or open formats. When opening the project in the original application, no distortion is observed. And this is the main advantage. this product before other analogues. Working in this application is easy and pleasant. Many professionals choose this particular product. And they are absolutely right. Some even prefer to buy full version in the name of richer functionality. BUT ordinary user quite enough features and a completely free version. Kingsoft Presentation is a great replacement for the classic Microsoft application.