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Apple Removing Keynote App's Presentation Sharing Feature in Future Update
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I forget that these apps still exist honestly, surprised to see all the people that claim to use it over Office.
I actually didn't know this was a feature or I would have used it when I did a presentation a while back.
Love Keynote, especially if I am editing video with someone else's presentation. Always have to convert PowerPoint's to Keynote and then I can properly export for video anyway I need to and it just works.
Love Keynote, especially if I am editing video with someone else's presentation. Always have to convert PowerPoint's to Keynote and then I can properly export for video anyway I need to and it just works.
Lol, haven’t touched Office in probably 15 years.
It's more than just a "claim"... I actually DO use it over MS Office when I have the choice. When I have the choice, I use Pages and Keynote over Word and PowerPoint. (but always use Excel)
Yes, Pages has less raw functionality than Word, but... for basic to moderately complex document formatting, Pages provides nearly everything I need to do, with a more streamlined workflow. It offers a nice blending of word processing and desktop publishing.
But even at its best, iWork still pales in comparison to ClarisWorks/AppleWorks.
In a year they're planning to introduce Keynote Pro, which will be a subscription but will include this "amazing new" feature.
Office is terrible -- buggy, bloated and not Mac-like. People use it because they are used to it, and/or because they need to work with other people who use it.
I'm not at all surprised that people who don't have to use Office choose to use the apps formerly known as iWork.
I mean when you’ve already scheduled the meeting with whatever app you typically use (teams/zoom/slack/etc) no one wants to pull up something else too, you just share your screen.
What software are you using that results in a blurry screen? Havent had that problem in years… also people often share the deck before, after, or during the call as a pdf anyway when giving a presentation (and if they dont where you are you should tell your coworkers it’s a good idea)
I would guess this is a corporate vs personal split. Those of us that work in corp environments usually have office, and use it heavily. Also office has a lot of integration benefits in business use. For folks who dont have someone else paying for office it’s likely easier to just use the iwork suite they get for free with their mac - it doesnt cost anything and it’s way more polished than, say, openoffice (unfortunately). But yeah, I‘ve barely ever touched apple’s apps on this end
Keynote is ridiculously better than PowerPoint, which by far outweighs the corporate Office standardization. I never used this particular function though. Maybe because everyone is using Zoom?
Claris is all I used in the 90's, I don't think I installed Office on my Mac until the early 2000s. I think that if Apple would have continued development, it could have given Microsoft a run for it's money.But even at its best, iWork still pales in comparison to ClarisWorks/AppleWorks.
Ughhhhh. I know I’m REALLY late to the party, but WHYYY did they remove keynote live? I needed it this week, and it’s gone. This would have made a couple of my presentations much easier.