The Alternatives of Microsoft Powerpoint to Make Presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint has been the most popular presentation builder, for years now. From the educators to the enterprise level presenters have been using it as their first choice. But, with time, some other presentation building software has also been introduced that are working as good as PowerPoint. Even sometimes, the new software proves to be better, as PowerPoint sometimes falls short on the creative front. Following are the best alternatives that can be used instead of PowerPoint to avoid blowing off an opportunity of a lifetime:

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Prezi: Prezi is a Presentation building tool, specially designed to create animated, non-linear presentations. Using this tool the user is able to create more engaging and effective than PowerPoint. It has got a full library of beautiful customisable presentations and templates giving you the freedom to choose from. The Smart Structures feature of Prezi makes it easy for the user to arrange content with a simple drag-and-drop, without disrupting your layout. Prezi has introduced the Zoom Reveal function, that helps the user to focus and work on the critical details. Prezi can be operated across a number of devices, online as well as offline and its Mobile Presentation Remote feature allow the user to roam around the room and handle the presentation with a phone or tablet as a remote clicker. Also being a cloud-based application, it lets the user track the number of viewers in the real-time and evaluate the progress. Another feature of Prezi that makes it a better option is its integration with other business applications like Slack and Sales Force. Prezi is a paid software, providing the user a one month’s free trial.

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Google Slides: Google Slides is a powerful tool to create effective presentations, having a simple and effective interface. It is a cloud-based web application, launched over a decade ago, by Google, for creating impressive slide shows. The app supports creating and editing of the presentations by collaborating with other users, that helps the new users to create presentations. As it is an online application, it needs no other software, except the browser. The Google Slides is compatible with all the browsers and can also be used with other office suites like MS PowerPoint or Openoffice. The Slide master, the feature of the Google slide, lets the user choose from a variety of templates, including the ones created by other users. The Google Slides is also compatible with mobile devices having specific apps developed for iOS and Android devices.

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Keynote: An Apple Inc. product, Keynote is exclusively designed for the iOS users. Keynote is a cloud-based web application that can be used by the user having an iCloud user id. This application has a huge theme liberary that allows the user to create an effective and impressive presentation. The software also supports the 3D slide transitions, making the presentations look more realistic. It can be used on two different screens at the same time, at the same place, and supports different file formats like PDF, QuickTime (video formats as well), JPEG, TIFF, PNG, HTML (with JPEG images) and PowerPoint, etc. It also supports the remote feature as it is compatible with the Apple Remote and can be controlled through the Keynote Remote app installed on the Apple devices.

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Haiku Deck: Haiku Deck is a free browser-based presentation software that is also an easy-to-learn tool. Using Haiku, the user can store the presentations online and access them later from any place. Those presentations can be downloaded in the PDFs or PowerPoint files formats and can be shared on the social media platforms, easily. The software includes 27 different templates and 35 million stock photos, used for creating presentations. The software is harmonious with iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac and Chromebook devices. It a free software and does not provide much of the PowerPoint features, but, surely is the best for creating on-the-go presentations.

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CustomShow: Custom Show is another web-based presentation software that allows the user to choose slides from a variety of templates. It includes a full-featured slide builder that can be accessed globally to manage the presentations. It supports easy sharing of files online and automatically saves all the updates. Custom Show also supports viewing the content without connecting to the internet. The software is compatible with SalesForce Sales Cloud. It includes the real-time notification as well as version control. It is a subscription-based software providing a one months’ free trial to the new users.

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Adobe Spark: The Adobe Spark being an oldie in designing, has got a range of professionally designed fonts and templates. It includes a huge library for the colour and the templates, to choose from. The Adobe Spark has also provided various blogs and forums, for the users to learn the usage and get inspired by the work of other users. The users can select photos for the presentation from the large Spark gallery, from the internet or even from their own picture libraries. This wonderful tool is available for desktops as well as mobile users. It has got its iOS and Android apps available online and also supports easy sharing of presentations on different social media handles.