Mac and Windows differences
The PowerPoint program allows you to design the most beautiful presentations quickly and easily on your own. If you use PowerPoint on the Mac, you don’t know what you’re missing. In fact, PowerPoint has many more options and operations on Windows computers than it has on Mac computers. From quality preserving vector to importing 3D objects, here are a few differences that Mac and Windows have in terms of PowerPoint.
1. Import EMF files on Windows.
An EMF stands for “Enhanced Windows Media File”. It is a video file that you can use in presentations and is supported by many different programs, including PowerPoint for Windows computers. Mac computers cannot currently use this file in a PowerPoint.
2. Animations on Windows computers.
Some animations you might want to use in your presentations are not on a Mac computer, for example, the “zoom” feature. This may not be a big problem for many people, as Mac does have almost all other animations at its disposal.
3. Font problems.
Windows and Mac have different basic fonts. This can sometimes cause problems if you create a presentation on Windows and open it on Mac, PowerPoint then changes the fonts without warning. Here are a bunch of fonts you can use on Windows and Mac.
Arial, Arial Helvetica | Arial Black | Comic Sans MS | Courier New | Georgia | Impact
Lucida Console, Monaco | Palatino | Tahoma, Geneva | Times New Roman | Trebuchet MS | Verdana
4. 3D objects.
The latest version of PowerPoint on Windows computers has a new tool, which is to import 3D projects into your presentation. This gives a whole new layer when animating your presentation. For example, if you want to present a new building, you can now put a 3D model into your presentation, fully animated. Mac computers cannot do this at the moment, it is possible that this will still come to the Mac.
At this moment, Windows is the best option for creating a presentation. If you want to build a small presentation with not much impressive stuff it is no problem if you use a Mac, and even with a Mac you can still put together quite nice presentations! If you want a presentation that impresses your audience tremendously with various beautiful animations and designs, then without a doubt choose a Windows computer!
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