We might well discuss this using one of the tools.
In an article about the topic, one observer noted
not that PowerPoint is a terrible tool, but the way it inherently asks you to make a presentation (with bullets in a linear fashion) is just plain wrong in my opinion.
If you share that thought, you might consider
Use the tool that can do what you need done.
Let's use an example to see how it can be used.
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One respected person implies that it is.
But other voices suggest that it can be useful
PowerPoint has gotten a bad rap on account of the ugly and inane stuff people do with it ... Yet PowerPoint (is) not inherently evil ... (it has) been abused and over-used to the point of exhaustion (p. 179).
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We can easily find bad examples. But are there good uses for it?
Or is it just how we (mis)use it?
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No, in fact, it is quite a useful tool.
Don't blame the problem on the tool.
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Tour of the workspace - note the commonalities with the other Office applications
In the Slide pane, you can work directly on individual slides.
The Slides tab shows a thumbnail version of each full size slide shown in the Slide pane. After you add other slides, you can click a thumbnail on the Slides tab to make the slide appear in the Slide pane. Or you can drag thumbnails to rearrange the slides in your presentation. You can also add or delete slides on the Slides tab.
In the Notes pane, you can type notes about the current slide.
You can edit text on slides by typing either in the outline tab or the slide pane and you can change the order of slides by moving slides in the outline tab or in the Slide Sorter view.
Normal View shows you three frames simultaneously
Slide Sorter View shows you miniature images of all the slides in the presentation.
Slide Show View takes over your screen to show you a single slide in presentation format.
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