Without a doubt, PowerPoint is the best program for creating presentations, at least the most popular and widely used worldwide. However, many users aren't entirely comfortable with the limitations of this Microsoft tool (or aren't willing to pay for a license) and look for free alternatives to PowerPoint.
It's true that there are other similar tools that improve upon PowerPoint's offerings, although these are generally paid. Fortunately, there are also other very interesting and easy-to-use options. Just as we find good alternatives to Word and Excel , there are also high-quality, professional-level alternatives to PowerPoint.
In this post we have selected several free alternatives to PowerPoint that will help us to create our presentations, both from a computer screen and from a mobile device. Fast and easy. Four options that are up to the Microsoft program and that we can use without having to pay anything. We present them to you below:
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In a very short time, Genially has become the ideal replacement for Microsoft PowerPoint, preferred by tens of thousands of users worldwide. And the number of enthusiasts continues to grow. There are reasons for this success beyond it being a free resource.
Among its most important features is its enormous and varied selection of dynamic templates , with numerous audiovisual options and a truly user-friendly interface . With so many possibilities at its disposal, a user with a bit of imagination can create incredibly original and eye-catching presentations. Learning to use Genially takes only a few minutes. From there, the only limit is your own creativity.
To make a presentation, a report, a dossier or a commercial proposal, with Genially we are not going to go wrong and we are going to achieve the unique result that we are looking for.
Link: Genially
LibreOffice Impress
LibreOffice is a very popular open-source solution, especially among Linux users. It offers robust alternatives to Word (called Writer ), Excel (called Calc ), and, of course, PowerPoint. This alternative is called LibreOffice Impress . It's important to note that Impress cannot be installed separately; the entire suite must be installed.
The truth is that this is a very practical tool that offers numerous functions to create high-quality multimedia presentations. Among them we must highlight the different editing and viewing modes (normal, outline, brochure) and the slide classifier.
It also incorporates a wide range of tools to make drawings and diagrams, thus giving a sophisticated touch to our presentation. Another very interesting tool is Fontworks, which allows you to create 2D and 3D images from text.
Link: LibreOffice Impress
Google Presentations
What if we want to create our presentations using our mobile phone? In that case, one of the best free alternatives to PowerPoint is Google Slides . It also offers a desktop version (link at the end of this text), which can be installed as a Chrome plugin to be used as a standalone program.
The truth is that this is an application that is part of the same family as Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive, it is really complete.
To cite one of its many advantages, we highlight its ability to open files in Microsoft PowerPoint format without any kind of incompatibility. Automatically, the format is adapted and converted to offer a perfect display. In addition, it contains numerous tools to shape our presentation and achieve great results.
Link to the desktop version: Google Slides
Android and iOS app links:
Prezi
The last option on our list is Prezi , an even more popular tool than Genially or LibreOffice Impress. It's easy to use, with many options available and plenty of free, pre-designed templates that we can use however we like.
Our creations are saved within the Prezi files to be able to access them from any computer and using any browser. This is extremely practical, since it allows us to attend meetings and presentations hands-free. The only thing we need to have access to the Internet.
The presentations are of great quality and high resolution, regardless of what device we use. There are other highlights of this program that are unfortunately only available in the premium version. That is, paid. One of them is that it offers us useful statistical tools to be able to know the impact that our presentation has had in detail.
Link: Prezi
So far our list of alternatives to free PowerPoint that we can take advantage of, either in the academic or professional field, and that in no way detract from the original Microsoft program.