It's no secret that not everyone can afford to buy Microsoft Office to create brilliant PowerPoint presentations for any event. While affordability plays a role, so does OS compatibility. Well, worry no more. ReadWriteWeb has a list of great services you can use to create presentations on the fly without downloading a thing. All you will need is an internet connection and a bit of creativity.
Zoho Show 2.0 is a presentation creation service from Zoho, the makers of a host of online productivity and collaboration apps. Zoho Show does a fantastic job of featuring the best and most necessary features for creating presentations on the fly. There are a plethora of themes available to get you started and many options for customizing your presentations including Master Styles for Master slides, clipart, and Zoho Chat integration. Check out our more in-depth review of the service here.
If you're a user of the Google Docs online service you can use the service to create presentations on the fly. While there are theme and insert options available for both images and videos, you'll have a tougher time than most of the other pics due to Google's simplistic style. There are not many options available and the ones that are have quite a few limitations that other services don't.
SlideRocket is an amazing presentation creator and arguably the best of the bunch. I'm not going to say any more than that and instead direct you to our review of SlideRocket and the SlideRocket product tour.
Other great online presentation creators include PreZentit, Empressr, and Preezo. These are all fantastic presentation creators and though many require a sign up, they all offer the basics and a little more for creating excellent presentations. With a host of services to choose from, what is your favorite online presentation creator?
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It's great to see our app (PreZentit.com) mentioned in your review.
We're planning to add some great features.
I just wanted to mention that PreZentit allows real time collaborative edition of the presentations.
Thanks.
Posted by: Germán Martínez | June 21, 2008 1:12 PM
Does any of the above four sites allow music option to the slides?
Posted by: Chris | June 21, 2008 2:52 PM
Slimey is a great Open Source alternative.
It produces S5 files, which is a standards-based format.
Posted by: Conrado | June 22, 2008 12:16 AM
very thanx
Posted by: Oyun | June 22, 2008 1:43 AM
Only Presenternet.com allows fully interactive presentations online and they preserve all PowerPoint animations.
Posted by: web design company | June 22, 2008 6:18 AM
You might like to take a look at Spresent (www.spresent.com) too - I think it's a pretty good online alternative to Powerpoint.
Posted by: Lance | June 22, 2008 6:18 AM
www.S5easy.com makes it possible to create, share and view presentations in your browser.
Posted by: S5easy.com | June 22, 2008 3:46 PM
LaTeX beamer class is open source and for advanced presentations it is far superior to Powerpoint and all the online alternatives. But it is obviously not for everyone.
Posted by: Tom | June 22, 2008 6:13 PM
I am using Zoho editor with great results .......
My online word processor ......
Posted by: Miracle studios -- web design company | June 23, 2008 12:13 AM
Chris: SlideRocket lets you add a music bed to your slides so you can run it in auto mode if you want to. Pls send an email to info@sliderocket.com if you want a private beta invite. Thanks.
Posted by: Nat | June 23, 2008 10:07 AM