[Hidden-tech] Mac slideshow maker?

[Chris Hoogendyk]

fern wrote:
> I am working on a project and I need to make a simple slide show using photos, text and music. I want something with more style than powerpoint. Can anyone suggest a program that is easy to use but has a few more bells and whistles for Mac?

umm, Keynote?

The name derives from Steve Job's Keynote addresses at MacWorld and 
other places. It was developed for him, to his specs and demands, before 
it was ever released to the public. Of course, there is more to a 
presentation that the software, but you know that already. It's just 
that if the software is lousy, it doesn't help.

I've never seen anyone do anything much creative with PowerPoint. 
Screen's full of bulleted lists with big titles and maybe a graphic or a 
background. Dozens of them. Yuck. Presenters reading points off their 
slides.

On the other hand, I've seen some really creative presentations with 
Keynote that actually illustrate, augment and supplement the words of 
the person doing the presentation.

http://safari.oreilly.com/0321246616/ch06lev1sec1


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