| ▲ | kombine 2 hours ago | |
I've worked in academia for years (in computer vision labs) and I can confidently say that PowerPoint is the best tool to prepare research presentations. | ||
| ▲ | Lio an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Could you go into details about why you think this? I haven't used PowerPoint in years as I think my needs are pretty simple but I wonder what I'm missing. I can see that the Microsoft ecosystem gives control on who can view files and provides collaboration and control. Both of which would be useful in the corporate world. Is there's somethnig other than that or is it just ease of use? For the most part I see people using MS Office tools because it's what they are familar with. They're familar with it because it's the only thing their IT department will allow them to use. | ||
| ▲ | chocochunks 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
At least in my field, 90% of presentations are Beamer. PowerPoint is bad at equations just like Word. Besides easily integrating video/animations I can't think of why it would be better. | ||