Apple’s Keynote “kicks the ass of Powerpoint out of the pond. And it kicks it so hard, that Powerpoint will never be able to swim in that pond again,” Milind Alvares reports for Smoking Apples.
“Keynote is the most amazing presentation tool out there. Within minutes, you can create smooth presentations that will bring out that real ‘Wow’ (not the pathetic one Microsoft talked about with Vista). Already up at version 4, Keynote has matured, and has some great features like instant alphas, transitions and templates that are guaranteed to make people just stare at your presentations,” Alvares reports.
“You should note that I failed my computer practicals in college (topic was Microsoft Office) mainly cause I couldn’t make a good enough Powerpoint presentation. But within 10 minutes I had figured out how to work Keynote and made a stunning presentation my dad, then used on one of his talks. It has been three years since and he swears by Keynote presentations,” Alvares reports. “As you can see, so do I.”
Alvares reports, “In this little mini series, I’m going to show you what Keynote is about, how to use it, as well as let you download the each of the presentations that I will make. This will be a standard step by step tutorial so you can learn as you go. There might excessive use of superlatives like awesome and amazing, but that’s just the way it is. By the end of this series, you will be able to create the best presentation you have ever seen. So follow the steps, download the Keynote files, and let’s try and make it fun!”
Full article – recommended – here.
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It takes me 2 hours to do something in PowerPoint that takes me 2 minutes to do in Keynote.
@cubert: Are you sure you’ve got that right? I mean, after those 2 hours, is the presentation nearly as slick as Keynote’s? 😀
For Keynote to gain some serious ground, Apple need to release a player-only version for Windows. Oh, and it wouldn’t hurt if they’d update the app somewhat more often either. I mean, editing in Keynote is as unprofessional and backwards as it can possibly be: there still are no layers, there’s no way to quickly zoom-in (our out) on a region of interest, you still can’t present in a non-linear mode and syncing actions with sounds ie a short swoosh when triggering a transition just can’t be done. And in good old-fashioned Apple tradition, there’s no way for developers to write any plug-ins for the app either.
Create the best presentation you’ve ever seen with Apple’s Keynote
Make sure it’s the BEST, not the glitziest, etc.
PowerPoint is all about the features and stupid special effects.
Keynote is all about the content, and enabling you to present it.
Never forget these!
Apple should do the same thing with iWork that it does with iLife… pre-load each Mac with a free, full-working iWork license, to gain awareness, then acceptance… then dominance in the enterprise. Once it gains a foothold, corporations would kiss Apple’s feet for delivering them from the license shackles of Microsoft.
@careful what we wish for: I sure hope to demonstrate how to make a good ‘presentation’ (while of course giving out all the possible jazzy things you can do with Keynote). I know there’s a lot of times when people are dazzled by the delivery instead of the content, especially when it comes to keynote.
That being said, I really wish MacDailyNews hadn’t quoted that part of the post as the title, makes me shiver with the pressure
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I’ve used Keynote a multitude of times for presentations in school and at education conferences. People are always amazed at how smooth and professional everything is. Keynote does, indeed, blow Powerpoint out of the pond.
There’s a cool site called Keynote Themepark which offers some very classy template themes in addition to the ones included in iWork.
pre-load each Mac with a free, full-working iWork license, to gain awareness, then acceptance… then dominance in the enterprise.
With any luck it’d goad MS to pre-load each Windows install with a free, full-working, non-expiring Office license.
Ballmer would do it too.
“man, it felt like driving a bike without a seat.”
that *is* the windows experience…..
@ Grifterus
“Windows based coworkers”
Is that a politically-correct version of cowboys?
@zek,
Nah, cowboys are supposed to be cool. Windows users, well….
Plus, I’m not known for being politically correct, hehe!!
@nighthealer
I agree that it would make sense to bundle iWork with new Macs, but in addition to iLife, not in place of it. The two are complementary and address different functions.
@nighthealer
I forgot to add that you can buy iWork at a discount when you purchase a new Mac. I did.
i’d use keynote but the charts don’t include support for error bars. Same with Numbers. At least Powerpoint/Excel anticipate scientific presentations.
Export your Keynote Presentation as a clickable Quicktime movie and you’ll have all your transitions and effects even on a Windblows box.
“Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely.”
I have both Power Point and Keynote. Keynote is far much better and user friendly. I was able to convert my previous PP presentations into keynote. Although I prefer Word and not Pages.
I haven’t been able to make a trial run of a Keynote presentation that did not suddenly skip to the last slide when using the remote. It’s never predictable, happens at any point and only when using the remote.
I don’t know if the problem lies with Keynote 07, my MBP or my remote, but it’s aggravating. The remote came with my MBP and is about 7 months old.
Ok, I’m 16, and I use my MacBook with Keynote for all my presentations at school, everyone is always wowed by how awesome and smooth it looks. They’re always like “how the hell did you do that? It was sweet!” (even if its something boring like history
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Bush uses Microsoft Office.