Know Your Role: When to Use Sway and PowerPoint

KNOW YOUR ROLE: SWA POWER POINT WHEN TO USE AND FIGHTING STYLES MOBILE, PC, AND BROWSER-BASED. PC/BROWSER BASED. AVAILABLE FOR IPHONES AND IPADS. COMPATIBLE WITH MAC. EDITING OPTIONS USES A SEARCH BOX FOR IMPORTING GIVES THOROUGH CONTROL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT AND ANIMATION AND EDITING OPTIONS. WEBSITES. USES OPTIONAL LIVEWEB ADD-ON DESIGN ENGINE LACKS POWERPOINT'S TO USE WEB CONTENT IMPORTS. FLEXIBILITY, LIMITING ANIMATION AND DESIGN OPTIONS. INTERFACE USES A SIMPLE DRAG-DROP METHOD OPTIONS ARE ORGANIZED FOR PLACING CONTENT INTO RIBBONS AND TABS. INCLUDES A RANDOM AUTO-EDIT FUNCTIONS TAKE TIME OPTION CALLED "REMIX". TO MASTER PROFESSIONALLY. PRESENTATION OF CONTENT USES A SCROLLING FORMAT. SIMILAR TO WEBSITES. DISPLAYS INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL SLIDES. EASILY READABLE NEEDS A PRESENTER BY GENERAL AUDIENCES. TO EXPLAIN CONTENT. COMMON WEAKNESSES BOTH ARE STILL PRONE TO TEXT-HEAVY DESIGNS. SWAY HAS FAR FEWER ANIMATION OPTIONS THAN POWERPOINT. THE FINAL WORD KEEP IT STRICTLY BUSINESS? OR MAKE IT PER SONAL? MICROSOFT SWAY AND POWERPOINT ARE BOTH GREAT STORYTELLERS. BUT! SWAY IS MORE SUITED FOR PERSONAL WEBSITE-BASED POWERPOINT IS MORE SUITED FOR BUSINESS CONTENT AND CASUAL SITUATIONS OR CORPORATE BROWSING. ENVIRONMENTS. DECIDE FIRST IF YOU WANT TO SWEEP READERS CLEAN WITH SWAY, OR GET DOWN AND DIRTY WITH POWERPOINT! REFERENCES Robarts, Stu. "What is Microsot Sway?" GizMog. August 12, 2015. Accessed September 10, 2015. www.gizmag.com "Sway Is Not Replacing PowerPoint: The Real Story." Think Outside The Slide. November 21, 2014. Accessed September ,2015. www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com Lopez, Napier. "Microsoft's Sway App Takes on PowerPoint with New Features and a Windows 10 App." TheNextWeb. August 5, 2015. Accessed September 11, 2015. www.thenextweb.com "Sway Preview Expands and Delivers More Feature Improvements." Microsoft Ofice. December 15, 2014. Accessed September 11, 2015. www.blogs.office.com visit www.slidegenius.com for more SLIDEgenius