[Hidden-tech] Mac slideshow maker?

Julie Roads julie at writingroads.com
Fri Sep 19 13:21:34 EDT 2008


I second Keynote...it is much better than Powerpoint.
Blogged about it right after I discovered it: http://writingroads.com/blog/office-meet-iwork-08-powerpoint-meet-keynote/26

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On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Chris Hoogendyk wrote:

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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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