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Keynote somehow always looks amazing, but is also pretty limited compared to power point.

Having said that ... it also gets the same job done so being limited maybe isn't so bad.



I always said I would miss keynote the most when dropping Mac. I still miss a bit of the ease which with you could create beautiful slides given a decent master.

Not sure why, this was and probably still is a bit better on Mac. But other than that I miss nothing using PowerPoint on Windows nowadays.


Every time I dip into PowerPoint it feels so hard to make things not ... look bad.


I agree. I think Keynote's limitations are a solid feature. Presentations should be basic slides with a minimal amount of important information on them. PowerPoints features are excessive and I've seen those features lead to disastrous, in my opinion, presentation experiences.




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