From: iadmr@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Presentation software: More or Persuasion?
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:01:41 GMT
Reply-To: iadmr@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
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Organization: Montana State University

In article <SPENCER.92Apr10222746@guraldi.med.umich.edu>, spencer@med.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas) writes:
>I apologize if you see this twice.  Our news feed has been totally
>flaky the last week, so I'm reposting.
>
>   I need to buy a presentation program.  I currently own, but don't use
>   PowerPoint.  I have used, but don't own Aldus Persuasion.  I tend to
>   prefer Persuasion because of the integration between the outline and
>   the slides.  It also seems to be a more mature product (and it's not
>   >from Microsoft :-).  Between PowerPoint and Persuasion, I'd buy
>   Persuasion.  However, I've heard good things about More 3.0.
>   So, before I invest a few hundred, I'd like to hear from anyone who
>   has used either, and *especially* from anyone who has used both about
>   your likes and dislikes.  What particularly nice features does the
>   program have?  What misfeatures does it have?  What is "impossible" to
>   do with it?
>
>   I tend to make fairly straightforward (academic) presentations, so
>   lots of flashy features are not too useful to me.  Outlining is a
>   plus, as is the ability to lay out a talk "hierarchically", with
>   bullets on one slide expanding into the following slides (Persuasion
>   does this, but I wish I could insert slides in the sequence that
>   *didn't* appear as bullets in the next level up).
>
>   I frequently go to 35mm slide or overhead; I almost never do a
>   presentation on-line (although this may change, as "wired" classrooms
>   become more common).
>
>   Templates are useful, as they allow me to decide the "look" of the
>   presentation separately from its content.  
>
>   I liked PowerPoint's color schemes; it's much more difficult to change
>   all the colors in Persuasion (to, e.g., change a slide presentation
>   for black & white overheads).
>
>   Please respond by mail.  I will summarize.
>--
>=Spencer W. Thomas 		HSITN, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
>spencer.thomas@med.umich.edu	313-747-2778

Spencer:

I also own Powerpoint, butnever use it.  I've had MORE since v 1.1c and use it
almost exclusively for classroom and professional presentations.  I have never
used Aldus Persuasion and have never looked for it because I am satisfied with
MORE 3.x

MORE manages outlines and "bullet charts" (its term for overhead/slide) very
well.  It comes with numerous built-in templates to use.  I seldom use slides,
but do make overheads from them, and some darn sharp ones at that.  I've
received numerous compliments from my fellowprofessionals.  

I like MORE because it's an outliner first, then a presentation manager. All of
my class notes and some assignments are on MORE.  I find it easy to use and to
look sharp with.  True, it doesn't have all the features of PP, but it's fast
and easy to use.  

MORE also interfaces with the slide makers (Geni? Xenigraphics?)  I've not used
them since they cost so much, but it's good to know they are available.  

Good Luck!

Mark...
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