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We had a look at a few alternative tools to create slide presentations. Powerpoint is by far the most well known, but we also looked at Prezi and one I hadn't seen called Nearpod. MS Powerpoint www.office.com/powerpoint Powerpoint is Microsoft's ubiquitous and long-established presentation application. It's by far the most feature-rich of all the tools out there, but that comes at the expense of accessibility, with many functions untouched and unknown about by most users. MS have tried to alleviate this in recent versions with their 'ribbon' interface, but the fact remains most people only scratch the surface of what this software can do. Until recently Powerpoint was a solely paid-for package, but in recent times Microsoft have made multiple entry points, from the full-blown commercial offering to free versions with reduced (but still compelling) functionality. It's now available on pretty much every platform out there, including mobile and the web. Power...