Unfortunately do not keeps up with PowerPoint Legacy
Mostly to create presentantions, but also can be used to generate technical specifications and other documents that requires some kind of …
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PowerPoint for the web, or Powerpoint Online (formerly PowerPoint Web App) is similar to the installed version, however it allows users to create presentations directly from a browser, with no need for an installation.
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What is Microsoft Powerpoint Online?
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January 15, 2024
Unfortunately do not keeps up with PowerPoint Legacy
Mostly to create presentantions, but also can be used to generate technical specifications and other documents that requires some kind of visual aid or branding. Microsoft Powerpoint Online addresses the need of providing complete communication on any level, from operational to top management, also allowing external communication with suppliers, general public and partners.
- Create presentations
- Create technical specifications that requires visual aids
- Create reports from assessments and studies
- Collaboration (multiple users on the same file)
- Performance (slow and sensitive to heavy media)
- UX/UI (complicated and not user friendly)
- Reduced online collaboration
- Reduced overall presentation quality
- Reduced productiveness
- Google Slides and Figma
In terms of overall performance (drive integration, media management, speed, collaboration) I think Microsoft Powerpoint Online is way behind Google Sheets or even Figma. General productiveness fell greatly after our company forced the usage of Microsoft Powerpoint Online, unfortunately I was not one stakeholder consulted for its adoption. I think it was probably chosen because of financial and legacy reasons (it was forced after a merge), but general opinion among my peers is that it was one of the worst decisions recently taken by the company.
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From engineering to marketing, everyone - our company uses Microsoft Powerpoint Online for everything, from presentations, reports and technical specifications. It was forced as the sole solution for visual documentation, although it was not able to replace the previous solution (Google Sheets) implying in loss of productiveness, quality and collaboration within our company.
Currently as this tool is one of the major productiveness software in computer history, it is not really necessary for people to support its usage - is part of the "basic" work package for the post 2000's professional. There are some focal points, but they are hardly known or accessed by regular employees.
- Presentations
- Reports
- Technical Specifications
- Dynamic reporting
- AI generated presentations
- Full branding templates
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Google Slides, and it was replaced due to a top-down decision that probably had nothing with productiveness and with the actual software users. I think it was definitely one of the worst corporate decisions ever taken by my company, and the main reason was a previous merging in which one the companies used Microsoft 365 as a baseline and was resistant to change.
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Resistance of previous users to change. After a company merge, some stakeholders were resistant to move to Google Slides so they enforced the adoption of Microsoft Powerpoint Online (and all Office 365 products). In my opinion, there is not a single technical reason for anyone to use Microsoft Powerpoint Online instead of Google Slides, and I used both of it extensively.
I was not part of the team that decided this adoption, but I would request Microsoft to greatly improve the product performance, UX/UI and stability before even thinking about purchasing it. The "online" transition of Microsoft is one of the worst examples on how a company that focus on reusing legacy code can lead to a major product regression.
June 01, 2021
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We are an Ed-Tech Start-up. We provide courses on various topics like App development, website development (Frontend and Backend), Cloud, graphic designing, UI/UX and many more. Due to the pandemic everything has changed. The transition from offline classes to online classes has seen an increase in usage of video conference softwares, presentation tools both for the employees [internal team meetings] and for the students [Instructors need to make some presentation for the students]. Though many people still use Microsoft Powerpoint Desktop version, Microsoft did a great work by introducing the web version. It has its own set of pros and cons and off course you can't completely rule out or outstrip the Desktop version. The best part don't have to click on save button each and everyone time you make a change. Everything is saved automatically [it has cloud storage], but only when you have good network connection.
- Free to use [up to 5 GB cloud storage per person]
- No need to click the save button again and again when you make changes. Everything gets saved automatically to cloud [provided you have good network connection]
- Web browser based application
- A lot of features from the desktop version are still missing [such as more colours, gradients, eyedropper, effects, and styles]
- It currently does not support editing on password protected presentations
- Printing of slides is limited in PowerPoint online when compared to desktop version. It allows to print only one slide per page
- Cannot be used to make advanced presentations due to lack of features [no presenter view, grid and snapping tool and many more]
- The online version helps store files in cloud storage
- You can change your file from PowerPoint web to desktop if in case you want to edit a file which cannot be edited in web version
- Slide show feature just like the desktop version
- For alignment of objects you can use smart guides.
- Although it lacks some of the best features of desktop version, the web version has helped us save time [help us share file online anytime, store files in cloud storage]
- It has a free version [initial trial purpose], like you don't have to pay anything for up to 5 GB cloud storage per person, but for premium need to pay $6.7/month [approx.] with 1 TB storage
- Features like create, reorder, edit slides, add animations, convert to desktop version, copy and paste text, font, paragraph formatting, background replace, spell checks are available for web version too.
- Some features like replace [from the Find and Replace option], limited built-in themes, limited transitions, customizing slides are not there which is a disappointment
Microsoft Powerpoint Online may not have all features of the desktop version, but still it has some necessary tools and features which is why we use it. We also use the desktop version, and Google slides [another presentation tool which helps us store files to drive]. PowerPoint online actually stores files to cloud [OneDrive account]. For people who don't want their desktop space to be consumed with a lot files it is a great alternative. Also, the collaboration part where you can send presentation directly to a person's email, or with the help of link is helpful.
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Microsoft Powerpoint Online hasn't replaced the desktop version of Microsoft Powerpoint, but it has complemented it. In fact some instructors still use the desktop version while the team during its meet uses the online version due to its collaboration feature. PowerPoint online lacks some quality features of the desktop version. If possible Microsoft should try to add some of those features to the web software [if not all].
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- Product Features
- Prior Experience with the Product
PowerPoint online is priced at [1 TB for $6.7/month approx.] in India. Also, after using its free version we felt we needed to upgrade to premium due to the storage feature. While it lacks key features of desktop version, it still is useful and helpful for people who love to work on web. We started with the desktop version, then some felt the need of working online and that is how they shifted to web version. Overall, the usage of web version or desktop version is completely based on one's own preference.
The choice of web or Desktop version and some other softwares like Canva, Google slides can be decided only on based on needs and features. While PowerPoint Online may lack some features and cannot be used for advanced presentations, it is still good for use. If upgrades take place in future Microsoft can add some of them. I was not completely involved in selection and evaluation process but I feel the team behind this has kept certain features and our use case in mind before coming to a conclusion.