Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams
by andor on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:20PM
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I also use Slides a lot. Slides is great for collaboration, but lacks a lot compared to other graphics applications.
Mainly, I find it difficult to make text look good in Slides.
* For instance, the line-height can only be set in multiples of the font size ("1.5x"). That makes it difficult to impossible to lay out text of different font sizes in a baseline grid. The multiplier can be adjusted for each line and font size but it's not precise enough, so the results look off.
* A large share of decks use bullet points and again the formatting options are very limited.
* No custom font support
* There is also limited support for importing vector graphics, e.g. SVG needs to be converted to a Windows Metafile/EMF (!) before importing. I assume that's done to simplify MS Office compatibility.
Mainly, I find it difficult to make text look good in Slides.
* For instance, the line-height can only be set in multiples of the font size ("1.5x"). That makes it difficult to impossible to lay out text of different font sizes in a baseline grid. The multiplier can be adjusted for each line and font size but it's not precise enough, so the results look off.
* A large share of decks use bullet points and again the formatting options are very limited.
* No custom font support
* There is also limited support for importing vector graphics, e.g. SVG needs to be converted to a Windows Metafile/EMF (!) before importing. I assume that's done to simplify MS Office compatibility.