Google Docs Review ($10)

Pros: The collaboration tool set of Google Docs is the easiest to use we
have come across. You can give editing permissions to your team, and
then all work on the same document at once without editing over each
other. This is because you can always see who else is in the document
and exactly where in the document they are working, in real time.

Cons: Sometimes it’s confusing if someone sends a document invite to a

non-Gmail account, and the Gmail account has trouble accessing it. So,
it’s best if everyone uses a Gmail account to edit. Also, a small gripe I
have is that the cursor indicating your collaborator’s current place in the
document covers up punctuation like periods and commas. So, if I am
copy editing, I have to ask my team to move their cursor to make sure
the punctuation is correct.

Overall Experience: We need to collaborate on documents in real-time

and then be able to share them with others. This is much easier and
faster than storing documents on a local drive and then sending versions
back and forth.
Microsoft PowerPoint Review ($10)

Pros: Microsoft PowerPoint is a straight-forward tool for making and

showing presentations with an interface that is very much “what-you-
see-is-what-you-get”. It is also the dominant presentation software,
meaning that you will probably never find a client or venue that will
have problems with any presentation you created in Microsoft
PowerPoint. It is also rather versatile, allowing users to do far more that
slide-based presentations. Users can create online slideshows, clickable
infographics, and embed original graphics and videos.

Cons: Like all Microsoft products, such as Word, Excel, Access and
etc., Microsoft PowerPoint has own eccentricities. It could be more user-
friendly, which is where some of the competing presentation apps Excel.
It is absolutely not good for creating original art or illustrations, even
though many users seem to think so. If you want original graphics, then
you should be creating this graphics in apps, like Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW or etc., and then importing this graphics
into a Microsoft PowerPoint.

Overall Experience: I’ve created innumerable presentations for clients

big and small in Microsoft PowerPoint. I have a professional experience
on using Microsoft PowerPoint. In my many years of using Microsoft
PowerPoint and sending presentations to people all around the globe and
world, who wants to representation, I have never once had someone tell
me, when they could not open a file or report any problems with their
presentations. It takes some practice to truly master, but once you have
spent quality time working with Microsoft PowerPoint, whenever you
can do some good stuff. I hope, that Microsoft PowerPoint being is a
recommended program for creating presentations for beginners.