自 1987 年以来，PowerPoint 一直是最佳演示软件。数百万人在学校、工作场所和家庭中使用它。但在 2012 年，谷歌幻灯片作为(Google Slides)PowerPoint的替代品进入了市场。今天，PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)都很流行，并在全球范围内使用，但哪一个是最好的？
在本文中，我们将比较PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)之间的所有重要功能，以帮助您确定最适合您的工具。
什么是 PowerPoint？
Microsoft PowerPoint是一款功能强大的工具，可帮助您创建专业的演示文稿。您可以创建带有自定义图形、动画和视频的幻灯片，让您的演示文稿更具互动性和趣味性。拥有如此悠久的历史也意味着PowerPoint附带大量模板和资源，您可以使用这些模板和资源来打动您的观众。
作为套件(Suite)的一部分，PowerPoint经常与Word和Excel一起使用。这就是为什么许多公司、学校和新的初创企业更喜欢它的原因。
什么是谷歌幻灯片？
Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)是Google 文档编辑器(Google Docs Editors)套件的一部分，它应该是PowerPoint的替代品。它是一个免费的基于云的演示工具，可在任何浏览器中使用，因此您无需下载它。
您可以轻松地创建、编辑和共享创意演示文稿，因为它是一个在线工具，而不是一个独立的应用程序。
比较
Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)和Microsoft PowerPoint都是强大的演示工具，比较两者的最佳方法是查看它们的功能。很明显，两者都可以让您进行专业的演示，您可以：
- 添加(Add)文本、图像（jpg、png 和 gif）、视频和链接
- 将(Add)图表和图形添加到您的演示文稿中
- 使用预制模板和主题
- 选择字体
- 使用过渡
- 打印为 PDF
- 包括(Include)您的团队成员并通过工具本身与他们协作
让我们深入了解MS PowerPoint和Google Slides的详细功能。
PowerPoint 中的独特功能
PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)都有一些独特的功能，这些功能将它们与其他演示工具以及彼此区分开来。以下是Microsoft PowerPoint的不同之处：
1. PowerPoint 设计器
Microsoft Powerpoint有一个建议引擎，可帮助您选择幻灯片和整体PowerPoint演示文稿的设计。假设您导入了图形或图像等视觉对象。PowerPoint将建议适合您的视觉元素的幻灯片版式。所有这些布局都基于专业的幻灯片设计示例。
2. PowerPoint直播直播
如果您需要与团队成员实时共享幻灯片，PowerPoint 独特的直播(Broadcast Live)功能将为您提供帮助。此功能允许您邀请人们加入并查看您的实时演示。
3. PowerPoint演示者视图
演示者视图(Presenter View)功能将您的演示文稿投影到第二个屏幕上。对于那些需要在个人屏幕上显示语音笔记的人来说，这是一个了不起的工具。观众仍然可以关注引人入胜的演示文稿，而不会看到其背后所有无聊的文字。
Google 幻灯片的独特功能
以下是您使用Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)获得的一些特殊功能：
1. PowerPoint 兼容性
Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)允许其用户进行演示并将其导出为PowerPoint文件。您还可以导入在PowerPoint中制作的文件并继续在Google 幻灯片中编辑幻灯片(Google Slides)。在协作方面，这两种演示工具之间的兼容性很好。
2.自动保存
使用Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)，您不必担心如果互联网连接突然中断或浏览器出现故障，您会丢失进度。该工具具有强大的自动保存功能。您对文档所做的每一个小改动都会自动保存。
3.详细的版本历史
这是一项建立在自动保存基础上的功能。如果您在进行太多更改后改变主意，您可以轻松地返回到文档的旧版本。您不必手动重做任何事情。
模板
模板是预先设计的幻灯片，您可以在创建演示文稿时自由使用。PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)都提供了种类繁多的模板，几乎涵盖了您能想象到的所有类别。
PowerPoint 附带大量模板(templates)，不仅在其图库中，而且在网络上。比幻灯片(Slides)更老的优势在于它拥有许多由第三方制作的模板。
除了模板，PowerPoint还提供主题。这些是为选择从头开始制作演示文稿而不使用模板的人保留的。主题(Themes)将有助于幻灯片设计，但您可以选择布局选项。
谷歌幻灯片(Google Slides)有一个基本模板库。这些模板是开源的，这意味着任何人都可以使用它们，并且任何人都可以根据自己的需要进行更改。如果您是Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)的新手并且不知道如何充分发挥模板的潜力，您可以观看Chromecast流中提供的教程。此外，您可以查看主题网站(themes websites)以获取有关演示设计的更多帮助。
在线和离线性能
Microsoft PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)有不同的离线和在线演示方法。
PowerPoint具有非常强大的离线性能。毕竟，它被设计为桌面应用程序。但是，PowerPoint Online是作为一个单独的应用程序创建的，它的用户可以轻松地共享PowerPoint文件并在演示文稿上协同工作。也就是说，PowerPoint在移动应用方面表现不佳。Microsoft为(Microsoft)Android、iOS 和Microsoft Surface平板电脑开发了应用程序，但它们不如桌面版本的PowerPoint强大。
另一方面，谷歌幻灯片(Google Slides)是作为基于云的应用程序开发的，这意味着它的主要功能是在线性能。幻灯片(Slides)的在线使用既简单又不费力，即使在您与他人协作时也是如此。也可以离线使用Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)，但前提是您使用ChromeOS或(ChromeOS)Chrome浏览器的扩展程序。
合作
公司和教育中心需要他们的团队一起进行演示，因此协作成为您应该考虑的一个重要方面。
PowerPoint 具有OneDrive集成，并具有各种不同的共享选项。但是，您需要先做一些准备工作，然后才能进行协作。演示文稿需要上传到OneCloud或SharePoint Online for Microsoft 365，并且需要通过电子邮件添加协作者。
所有添加的团队成员都可以看到对演示文稿所做的更改，如果他们处于离线状态，他们将收到已进行更改的通知。其他共享选项在PowerPoint中可用，例如直接链接、通过社交媒体和通过启用实时广播的
Office 演示服务。(Office Presentation Service)
Google Slides是一种基于云的浏览器演示工具，针对协作进行了优化。每个人都可以访问它，同时进行更改，并添加注释和评论。所有团队成员都需要在Google 帐户(Google Account)上处理同一个演示文稿。演示文稿的原始创建者将向他的合作者发送邀请链接，并授予他们编辑权限。在共享的Google 幻灯片(Google Slide)演示文稿上所做的所有更改都是实时的，每个人都会立即看到它们。
存储和备份
PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)都采取了预防措施，以确保其用户不会因软件错误而丢失文件。但是因为一个主要是桌面工具，另一个是浏览器工具，存储和备份选项的方法有很大不同。
Microsoft PowerPoint将所有文件直接存储在您的计算机上。但是，如果您需要共享文件，则可以选择将它们存储在OneDrive上。唯一的缺点是您需要管理两个工具而不是一个。
所有Google Drive用户都可以免费获得 15GB 的存储空间，这是您的Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)项目将自动保存的地方。而已。
嵌入
Microsoft PowerPoint可以通过其在线视频嵌入选项轻松嵌入YouTube视频。(YouTube)您还可以添加任何类型的静态图像或动画。如果您觉得有能力，您甚至可以尝试绘制自己的动画。
Google Slide可让您直接从(Google Slide)YouTube或Google Drive嵌入视频。您还可以从您的计算机、Google Drive、通过URL或直接从相机导入静态图像。
价格
软件的成本通常决定了您是否会选择一种工具而不是另一种。让我们看看PowerPoint和Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)在定价方面的比较。
PowerPoint通常作为Microsoft 365的一部分购买，以前是Microsoft Office 套件(Microsoft Office Suite)。Microsoft 365是一项基于订阅的服务，其每月费用为 6.99 美元起，但会根据用户数量及其需求而增加。独立的PowerPoint应用程序售价 139.00 美元，但不提供在线存储、PowerPoint 设计器(PowerPoint Designer)或直播(Broadcast)功能。
Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)是一项免费服务，您可以立即使用它的所有功能。无需购买、下载和安装任何软件，这让Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)成为了一个轻松的选择。但是您需要一个Google或Gmail帐户才能使用Google 幻灯片(Google Slides)，并且可能还需要一些额外的存储空间。根据订阅计划，100GB 每月 2 美元或 100GB 每年 20 美元。
那么你认为哪个工具更好呢？在下面的评论中让我们知道！如果您决定使用PowerPoint而不是Google Sliders，请查看我们关于最佳 PowerPoint 键盘快捷键(best PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts)的文章，以加快您的工作流程。
Google Slides vs Microsoft PowerPoint – What Are the Differences?
PowerPoint has held the position of the best presеntation software since 1987. It’s used by millions in schools, workplaces, and homеs. But in 2012 Google Slides entered the market as an alternative to PowerPoint. Today, PowerPoint and Google Slides are both popular and are used around the globe, but which one is the best?
In this article, we’ll compare all the important features between PowerPoint and Google Slides to help you decide which tool is best for you.
What Is PowerPoint?
Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful tool that will help you create professional presentations. You can create slides with custom graphics, animations, and videos to make your presentation more interactive and fun. Having such a long history also means that PowerPoint comes with a large number of templates and resources you can use to impress your audience.
As part of the Suite, PowerPoint is often used alongside Word and Excel. This is why many companies, schools, and new start-ups prefer it.
What Is Google Slides?
Google Slides is part of the Google Docs Editors suite and it’s supposed to be an alternative to PowerPoint. It is a free cloud-based presentation tool that works in any browser, so you don’t have to download it.
You can create, edit, and share creative presentations easily since it’s an online tool instead of a standalone application.
The Comparison
Both Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint are powerful presentation tools and the best way to compare the two is to look into their features. It is clear that both will allow you to make professional presentations in which you can:
- Add text, images (jpg, png, and gif), videos, and links
- Add charts and graphs to your presentation
- Use premade templates and themes
- Pick fonts
- Use transitions
- Print to PDF
- Include your team members and collaborate with them through the tool itself
Let’s dive in and check out the detailed features of MS PowerPoint and Google Slides.
Unique Features in PowerPoint
Both PowerPoint and Google Slides have some unique features that set them apart from other presentation tools and from each other. Here’s what sets Microsoft PowerPoint apart:
1. PowerPoint Designer
Microsoft Powerpoint has a suggestion engine that helps you choose the design of your slides and overall PowerPoint presentation. Let’s say you import a visual such as a graph or an image. PowerPoint will suggest slide layouts that will work well with your visual element. All of these layouts are based on professional slide design examples.
2. PowerPoint Broadcast Live
If you need to share your slides with your team members in real-time, PowerPoint’s unique Broadcast Live feature will help you. This feature allows you to invite people to join and view your live presentation.
3. PowerPoint Presenter View
The Presenter View feature projects your presentation onto a second screen. This is an amazing tool for those who need to have their speech notes available on their personal screen. The audience will still be able to follow the captivating presentation, without seeing all the boring text behind it.
Unique Features in Google Slides
Here are some of the special features you get with Google Slides:
1. PowerPoint Compatibility
Google Slides allows its users to make presentations and export them as PowerPoint files. You can also import files made in PowerPoint and continue editing the slides in Google Slides. This compatibility between the two presentation tools is good to have when it comes to collaboration.
2. Automatic Saving
With Google Slides, you don’t have to worry about losing your progress if suddenly the internet connection is cut off, or if the browser bugs out. This tool comes with a powerful auto-save feature. Every little change you make to your document will automatically be saved.
3. Detailed Version History
This is a feature that builds up on automatic saving. If you change your mind after making far too many changes, you can easily go back to an older version of the document. You don’t have to manually redo anything.
Templates
Templates are pre-designed slide shows that you can use freely when you create your presentation. Both PowerPoint and Google Slides offer a wide variety of templates that cover nearly every category you can imagine.
PowerPoint comes with a lot of templates, not only in its gallery but also on the web . Being older than Slides gives it the advantage of having many templates made by third parties.
Aside from templates, PowerPoint offers themes. These are reserved for people who opt to make their presentations from scratch, without using a template. Themes will help with slide design, but it is up to you to choose the layout options.
Google Slides has a gallery of basic templates. These templates are open source, which means that they are available to anyone, and anyone can change them to suit their needs. If you are new to Google Slides and don’t know how to fully unlock the potential of templates, you can watch tutorials available as Chromecast streams. Also, you can check out themes websites for more help with presentation design.
Online and Offline Performance
Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides have different approaches to offline and online presentations.
PowerPoint has a very robust offline performance. After all, it was designed as a desktop app. However, PowerPoint Online was created as a separate app that lets its users easily share PowerPoint files and work together on a presentation. That said, PowerPoint falls short when it comes to mobile apps. Microsoft developed apps for Android, iOS, and for Microsoft Surface tablets, but they are not as powerful as the desktop version of PowerPoint.
On the other hand, Google Slides was developed as a cloud-based app which means its primary function is online performance. The online use of Slides is simple and effortless, even when you’re collaborating with others. It is also possible to use Google Slides offline, but only if you use ChromeOS or an extension for the Chrome browser.
Collaboration
Companies and education centers need their teams to work on presentations together, so collaboration becomes an important aspect that you should consider.
PowerPoint has OneDrive integration and has various different sharing options. However, you need to do some prep work before collaboration is possible. The presentation needs to be uploaded to OneCloud or SharePoint Online for Microsoft 365, and the collaborators need to be added via email.
All added team members can see the changes made to the presentation, and in case they are offline, they’ll get a notification that a change has been made. Other sharing options are available in PowerPoint such as direct links, through social media, and through Office Presentation Service which enables live broadcast.
Google Slides, being a cloud-based browser presentation tool, is optimized for collaboration. Everyone can access it, make simultaneous changes, and add notes and comments. All the team members need to work on the same presentation on a Google Account. The original creator of the presentation will send an invitation link to his collaborators and give them editing powers. All changes made on a shared Google Slide presentation are live, and everyone will see them immediately.
Storage and Backup
Both PowerPoint and Google Slides took preventive measures to make their users safe from losing their files due to a software error. But because one is a primarily desktop tool, and the other is a browser tool, the approach to storage and backup options is significantly different.
Microsoft PowerPoint stores all your files directly on your computer. But if you need to share your files, you can choose to store them on OneDrive instead. The only downside to this is that you need to manage two tools instead of one.
All Google Drive users get 15GB of storage for free, and this is where your Google Slides project will be saved automatically. That’s it.
Embedding
Microsoft PowerPoint makes it easy to embed YouTube videos with its online video embed option. You can also add any type of static images or animations. If you feel capable you can even try drawing your own animations.
Google Slide lets you embed videos directly from YouTube or Google Drive. You can also import static images from your computer, Google Drive, via URL, or directly from the camera.
Price
The cost of the software often determines if you will choose one tool over the other. Let’s look at how PowerPoint and Google Slides compare regarding pricing.
PowerPoint is typically bought as part of Microsoft 365, previously Microsoft Office Suite. Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based service and its monthly cost starts at $6.99 but it will increase depending on the number of users and their needs. The standalone PowerPoint app costs $139.00 but will come with no online storage, PowerPoint Designer or Broadcast live features.
Google Slides is a free service and all of its features are immediately available to you. There is no software to buy, download, and install and that makes Google Slides a hassle-free option. But you will need a Google or Gmail account to use Google Slides and perhaps some additional storage space. Depending on the subscription plan it can be $2 for 100GB per month or $20 for 100GB per year.
So which tool do you think is better? Let us know in the comments below! And if you decide to go with PowerPoint instead of Google Sliders, check out our article on the best PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow.
