Comments on: Keynote v PowerPoint

By: Uchin Mahazaki

Uchin Mahazaki — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:18:10 +0000

it`s been 4 years since i moved to mac and left all about windows behind included powerpoint.

first of all, keynote good point is it`s so easily to use .. better look than powerpoint.

but, it`s not perfect at all .. wish apple can brings some easy features that should be there in first keynote like option music background to play in selected slides (there`s only once and loop option for all this time)

and building 3D shape is hell so difficult in keynote.. powerpoint beats keynote in this

By: Osgood Concklin

Osgood Concklin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:53:23 +0000

A very important issue in which PowerPoint absolutely dominates Keynote is in support for Apple Events (AppleScript). No comparison. If you want to automate any aspect of slide creation, PowerPoint is the best tool — period, end of story. The scripting support in Keynote is laughable, if it weren’t so important.

By: Charlie Milton

Charlie Milton — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:19:55 +0000

I didn’t realize you could use manual clicks with quicktime… i just never tried… thanks guys

By: Bob Barker

Bob Barker — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:48:25 +0000

I export out of Keynote in Quicktime format using the “manual clicks” for my company’s presentations all the time. It’s great because our branding looks top-notch with Keynote. Thank goodness Quicktime Player handles the manual clicks, pausing at them as each on occurs.

By: Mike Pulsifer

Mike Pulsifer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:30:44 +0000

Those are some good points.

I myself use Keynote over PowerPoint and wrote an extensive comparison of slideware on the Mac (http://mike-pulsifer.org/2009/08/slideware-shoot-out-keynote-09-powerpoint-2008-openoffice-3-impress/). Even though I gave equal scores to the two on charting, it was only because I didn’t use a weighted scale. If I had it wouldn’t be close. I won’t even consider using PowerPoint for displaying charts because it’s flat-out impossible to create low-junk charts.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:21:04 +0000

@Charlie Milton – There’s an option to use clicks (i.e. not timed) when you export to Quicktime. I’ve used it, and it works well!

By: Charlie Milton

Charlie Milton — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:22:29 +0000

I guess i could but everything would have to be “timed” instead of “clicked” and for many of my presentations we use a remote and the click just works better… but that could be a good work around… i am currently looking into bringing my own macbook and possible trying to hook up to the display…

By: David John

David John — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:41:13 +0000

@Charlie Milton have you considered exporting your presentations as Quicktime files ?

By: Charlie Milton

Charlie Milton — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:38:12 +0000

I love Keynote my only problem is the fact that my college uses powerpoint and when i save my keynote as a power point ant attempt to present powerpoint strips down my presentation b/c the effects, reflections, and transitions are not supported.