Re: [libreoffice-users] How good is Impress compared to PowerPoint?

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Gilles <codecomplete@free.fr> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Before possibly recommending LibreOffice to a friend who needs an office
> suite for her personal use, I need to know how  good its Impress component
> is compared to PowerPoint.
>
> She won't need to create very sophisticated slides, and won't need to import
> PowerPoint files. It's just to create some presentations for her class. She
> has regular office skills, she's not a geek.
>
> If you have extensive experience with both PowerPoint and Impress, would you
> say Impress is good enough or still lacking?
>
> Here's a review:
> "Admittedly, PowerPoint still outperforms Impress, yet not by such an extent
> that the difference couldn't be overcome in a release or two. In fact, the
> lack of improvements in Impress over the last few years -- particularly in
> its audio capabilities -- suggests that for most users the deficiencies are
> unimportant."
>
> www.datamation.com/open-source/libreoffice-vs.-ms-office-spreadsheets-and-slide-shows-1.html

Impress can do an excellent job. If you want to help your friend, it
is good to teach on how to prepare a presentation, how to break down
the information so that they are put on slides. This is something
people are not being taught and end up with those boring Powerpoints.

With Impress, if you set up the projector to be an extended display
(to your laptop), then you can view the current slide on the
projector, and on the laptop it will show you the current slide + the
next slide. Also can show the time.

Simos

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