#1 most frequent
United States of America
42.5%123,629 installations of 290,708
What is Microsoft Powerpoint?
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software designed to allow users to create slide-based presentations including video and images, as well as slide transitions and animations.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Microsoft Powerpoint
#2 most frequent
India
6.1%17,822 installations of 290,708
#3 most frequent
Canada
5.2%15,235 installations of 290,708
Pros
- User-friendly interface with pre-designed templates and themes simplifies presentation creation.
- Seamless media integration allows for easy incorporation of images, videos, and music.
- Versatile application beyond presentations, including creating flyers and brochures.
Cons
- Limited selection of templates and design choices may restrict creative options.
- Unreliable AI and automation features can hinder presentation structuring.
- Automatically generated designs are sometimes perceived as unreliable.
Microsoft Powerpoint the best presentation tool yet with room for improvement
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Microsoft Powerpoint to design executive presentations for C-level professionals. This product helps me tell stories based on data, to drive better business decisions. The shortcuts and customizations allow me to be extremely efficient in terms of time. Embedded tools like links to Microsoft excel as well as add-ins for data visualization are extremely helpful in my scope. I also enjoy the online syncing of files, so that I never lose my data and others can collaborate with me at the same time.
Pros
- Easy, customizable shortcuts like aligning objects, editing fonts and colors, etc.
- Integration with Microsoft Excel for data visualization and automatically updated charts
- Templates like table of contents that automatically link to the chapters are very useful
Cons
- Smart Art can really improve its graphs
- Tables should be defaulted to redistribute columns and rows
- Sometimes the links to Excel files get lost and I never understood why
- I wish there was an easier way to save graph templates and defaults in a same presentation
Return on Investment
- Microsoft Powerpoint has allowed around 10 people to work simultaneously on an urgent presentation, reducing around 3 days production time to 1 day.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Google Slides and Canva
Other Software Used
Google Slides, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets
Microsoft Powerpoint my daily tool for creative presentation and documentation.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use it on a Daily Basis to create slides, explain and document topics. Use it as a presentation tool but also as documentation tool. We use it for almost everything in the entire organization. It solves our problems of visualization of business decisions, presentations, basis for everything. The scope is from easy picture editing to creative logo creation.
Pros
- Provides many options
- Creative freedom
- Integration with other applications
Cons
- Functionality to select all shapes in the entire presentation to one color automatically
- Merge function
- Saving under function is in microsoft teams not possible.
- When pasting from different presentations the pasting with source style or not is too difficult
- No automatical adjustment of footer name and numbers
Return on Investment
- Without Microsoft Powerpoint no business in our organization
- Without it no corporate life possible
- Super important for daily business
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Prezi, Mural, Kahoot! and KanBo
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Get Creative with Powerpoint
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I'm in Advancement for education and much of my job includes writing specific, customized proposals for prospective donors to the organization. Often, the gift officers I'm working with don't have experience with Adobe, so I needed a solution to be able to design a document, lock certain elements, but leave some accessible so that a regular person would be able to edit as needed on the road. It's an unconventional use for Powerpoint, but it's also exactly what I needed. Of course, I also use it for presentations both professionally and personally.
Pros
- The ability to integrate with other Microsoft apps
- A decent array of design elements that make it possible to create beautiful presentations and documents
- Presentation modes that allow the presenter to take notes unseen by the audience—helpful for collaborative work
Cons
- For my typical use, I'd love more options for print export
- I'd like the ability to lock a theme for a document so that my collaborators don't accidentally go off-brand
- Animations still feel rudimentary
Return on Investment
- Increased engagement. Powerpoint allows us to create a standard template for donor proposals but change any elements for the specific donor so that they feel they're getting a totally custom product every time they interact with us.
- Staying on brand. My coworkers struggle to adhere to brand standards to the extent that we in the marketing department would prefer. Powerpoint allows us to lock certain elements in a presentation, share a prepared theme, etc.
- Because I tend to use Powerpoint outside of its intended purpose, it lacks some features that would make it more convenient for me, like the ability to export with marks and bleeds, etc. Projects can take longer because of this.
Usability
Other Software Used
Miro, Adobe InDesign
Microsoft Powerpoint
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
My organization allows us to access the entire Microsoft 365 package which means we have access to Microsoft word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. In our organization, we use Microsoft Powerpoint to prepare presentations, helping in management strategies, communicate assessments and providing visual aids to stakeholders.
For my use case, being a Software Developer responsible for designing and developing web applications, I use Microsoft Powerpointto craft presentations for detailing objectives, communicating timelines and going over resource requirements. At the same time, it helps in summarizing technical information into digestible slides for a diverse set of audiences. Most of the Knowledge Transfer sessions which i conduct are also done using Microsoft Powerpoint.
For my use case, being a Software Developer responsible for designing and developing web applications, I use Microsoft Powerpointto craft presentations for detailing objectives, communicating timelines and going over resource requirements. At the same time, it helps in summarizing technical information into digestible slides for a diverse set of audiences. Most of the Knowledge Transfer sessions which i conduct are also done using Microsoft Powerpoint.
Pros
- Microsoft Powerpoint allows to choose from a host of templates and themes which makes it really easy to use. With the new suggestion feature, this feature has become even more powerful and helpful
- The User Interface of Microsoft Powerpoint is quite advanced when compared to other tools in the market such as Google slides
- I really enjoy how easy it is to integrate media within the slides and format them for visual aid
Cons
- The formatting tools can be better places. Right now they are a little scattered throughout the UI
- Microsoft Powerpoint lacks the ability to draw within the slides. Its often easier to use tools like draw.io and import images
- Apart from the suggested templates, its hard to find new templates. It is less intuitive and suggestion tool, although is pretty powerful, but can be improved
Return on Investment
- Helps internal teams to create and share KT sessions effectively saving time with onboarding new team members
- Helps Stakeholders and Senior Management in making decisions quickly. Things which would have been difficult to comprehend without illustrative presentations. This saves time and money
- Need to use it along with other tools specially when detailed analysis or information needs to be shared which slows down the process
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Google Slides, Figma, Canva and Apple Keynote
Other Software Used
Figma, Google Slides, Jenkins, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Salesforce CRM Analytics, Atom, GitHub, GitHub Copilot, Atlassian Bitbucket, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, TeamCity, Microsoft Teams, Slack, MySQL Workbench, Apache Cassandra, Apache Maven, AWS Cloud9, Gradle Build Tool (Open Source), Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Powerpoint is here to create your next GREAT PRESENTATION
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Microsoft Powerpoint for sooooo many things. Not only do I use it to make presentations, but I also use it to make newsletters (so much less annoying formatting than in Microsoft Word), movie posters for upcoming safety training, flyers, brochures, and so much more.
I have been using Microsoft Powerpoint for the last 28 years. Some of the improvements have actually helped speed up the time it takes me to design a presentation. Plus, they have so many free templates inside Microsoft Powerpoint. The "Designer tab" is a must, no matter if you are new to graphic design or if you have been doing it for years!
You can change the orientation (portrait to landscape) with a click of a button.
Another really cool feature is that Microsoft has FINALLY made adding YouTube videos a snap. Plus, you have many more controls over how the video plays (automatically, loop, and full screen). In the past, if you clicked on the link, it would open up your local browser, and then you had to watch ads and maximize to fit the screen. Trust me, it was a pain in the butt to have to do that. Now, in Microsoft Powerpoint, all you have to do is click on the insert tab, navigate to the video, click on the down arrow, select online video, and paste the hyperlink to the video. It is that easy. I'm still trying to figure out how they avoid ads.
I have been using Microsoft Powerpoint for the last 28 years. Some of the improvements have actually helped speed up the time it takes me to design a presentation. Plus, they have so many free templates inside Microsoft Powerpoint. The "Designer tab" is a must, no matter if you are new to graphic design or if you have been doing it for years!
You can change the orientation (portrait to landscape) with a click of a button.
Another really cool feature is that Microsoft has FINALLY made adding YouTube videos a snap. Plus, you have many more controls over how the video plays (automatically, loop, and full screen). In the past, if you clicked on the link, it would open up your local browser, and then you had to watch ads and maximize to fit the screen. Trust me, it was a pain in the butt to have to do that. Now, in Microsoft Powerpoint, all you have to do is click on the insert tab, navigate to the video, click on the down arrow, select online video, and paste the hyperlink to the video. It is that easy. I'm still trying to figure out how they avoid ads.
Pros
- Create great presentations
- Helps you to design each slide
- You can rehearse your timings (if you have an allotted time to present)
- You can provide individual animations to each slide (something Prezi cannot do!)
- You can add 3D images from Microsoft's library
- The formatting is the most user friendly in the Microsoft Office platform
- Stock images
Cons
- The YouTube link DOES NOT work as advertised. Every video will more than likely have ads you have to click skip. I just edited the video with my snipping tool
- More templates
- More design options
- More font recommendations
Return on Investment
- Time... it does not take me hours to create a presentation with animations.
- Ease of use...it does not take (even a novice) very long to create a stunning presentation.
- Size of the file...there is no limit on size of PowerPoints. But the more pictures you add to your presentation will greatly increase the size of your file.
- My rant is for Microsoft to come up with a way to avoid ads when using a YouTube video.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Canva, Adobe Express and Prezi
Other Software Used
Adobe Express, Canva, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Premiere Pro