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Both google slides and keynote are great for different projects or purposes. Quick and dirty decks - google slides. Finessed final presentation decks - keynote slays.
I’m pretty amazed at no mention of indesign. Collaboration is easily overrated in the other programs. A deck master is the key no matter what you’re building in. Keynote is great collaboratively if you have a presentation designer who’s leading the collaboration. Google has never not been a nightmare. You’re designing is limited. Which means you’re still importing from a design program. Different departments are being “collaborative” in ways that are often counter productive to creative. I’ve never understood any creative who likes to give up power over a deck. The creative is never better for it. Indesign or keynote with creative at the helm. Collaboration comes from communication not more hands in the cookie jar.
I’d only use Google Slides for big ideas. Not for stuff you are in a production ready phase for. InDesign is definitely best for that.
Have you ever tried PowerPoint online to collaborate on decks? Literally (literally) unusable.
Haven’t used Keynote online (does that exist?) but I can’t overstate how much I love Google Slides for throwing together ideas.
They’re free and not part of Googles core competencies, that’s why. Plus they’re not all that secure. Sure they’re easy to use for collaboration, but beyond that...
Patents. They can’t legally fully rip off PowerPoint and Keynote, so they made the interface do the same stuff in a roundabout way.
Highly highly HIGHLY recommended Ludus.
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I think a lot of people like InDesign for production. Which makes sense. For Big Ideas, writing scripts, etc, Google Slides has been awesome.
Google Slides all day, I won’t use anything else. My whole agency uses it making it so simple to work together and make any updates.
I didn’t discover the shift + arrow key to move copy/images until 1 month in. Slides game changer.