[TSgt]

PowerPoint is an effective tool if used properly.

The problem is, most don’t.

[cameraeye]

I use programs that turn Powerpoints to DVD’s. People love them!

[lefty-lie-spy]

True dat. I fell in love with Keynote years ago. Thankfully I can export my slick slides to Powerpoint and tell everyone I made them in Powerpoint while they scratch their heads and hang their jaws in awe. ;)

[aegiscg47]

That is exactly right. I do Keynote and Powerpoint presentations for the university I'm at to market our IT services to students and faculty. If you use templates, video, alignment grids, etc., you can make very effective presentations. Unfortunately, I'm in the very small minority as most presentations I see from faculty, staff, and students consist of things like red text on a black background, nothing is aligned, images that have nothing to do with the subject. etc.. . We call it Powerpoint Poisoning...

[beef]

Same goes for word, excel, and a lot of others. Too many people use these programs to compose documents that at first glance look sharp, but contain little real information. This is because most people get distracted by the formatting and neglect the writing. In most cases more information could be conveyed if people used just a text editor with a fixed width font and ascii graphics.