Competitor Analysis

	MS PowerPoint 2007	MS Powerpoint 2008 (Mac)	Apple Keynote '09	Google Docs (as of June 2009)
Default UI overview (the main interface is bolded)	a unique interface of tabbed panels (the ribbon), showing the most common options on the default "Home" tab; contains both contextual and static elements, denoted by color and placement the Office button provides access to options usually found under "File" in standard applications the Quick Access toolbar for the user's "favorite" commands inconsistencies in the UI: the Office button has no marks of a button the commonly-used buttons Undo, Redo, and Repeat are inexplicably not found in the ribbon, instead being in the QA toolbar the Help button, found on the right of the ribbon as the only button in the ribbon tab bar the Options and Exit buttons are housed under the Office button at the bottom right unlike the other items in the menu	menus a single heterogeneous toolbar with large icons (standard in Mac OS X) holding commonly-used commands "the Toolbox," a palette combining formatting tools, object insertion, animation parameters, a "scrapbook" tool, reference tools (thesaurus, dictionary, etc.), compatibility reports, and a project tool a unique, yet useful "Gallery" containing styles	menus a heterogeneous static toolbar with commonly-used commands a small toolbar with contextual commands Inspector, a floating formatting palette providing formatting tools	menus a toolbar with static, commonly-used options
Thoughts	The interface has been criticized for the deviations in logic listed above, as well as for being too different from its predecessor. [1] [2] [3], but has also been praised for ease of use and browseability [4]	Can feel very bloated or outdated UI-wise, as many UI elements can be used for the same task and as the "revolutionary" ribbon from its Windows counterpart is not present, and the suite relies on the old menus and toolbars that have been there since its inception	Not all commands are built into the menus, and so the user is forced to look through both the menu bar and the Inspector, which can be very frustrating	Very spartan interface, due to lack of features
Scrolling	Scrolls through slides, but doesn't show two slides at once	Behaves like its Windows counterpart	Scrolls within the slide only	No scrolling by default (the zoom changes as the window is resized), but, with zoom, one can scroll the slide only
Dragging/editing textboxes	Single click to edit Click on border and drag to move the frame No live preview when resizing or moving (just an outline representing the frame) Shows guides Snaps to a small grid when moving (very uncomfortable) Easy, quick rotation with a green button above the frame	Same as its Windows counterpart	Double click to edit Click anywhere on the frame and drag to move it; not moveable when editing text Live preview Shows guides Free movement No (obvious) way to rotate the frame	Single click to edit Click on border and drag to move the frame No live preview when resizing or moving (just an outline representing the frame) Doesn't show guides Free movement No way to rotate the frame
Lists	Coming soon...	Text bulleted by default (in some masters) Inserted and managed through Format > Bullets and Numbering..., the Formatting Pane, or the hidden-by-default formatting toolbar In PowerPoint, two consecutive "enters" creates a line break and continues with the list at the same hierarchical level In Word, however, two consecutive "enters" move the list to the superior level, and when there are no more, end the list In PPT, a backspace deletes the bullet, but keeps the indent. Custom bullets No outline numbering in PPT, but present in Word Moving items left and right arguably easy (although it makes the text smaller with each level); moving it up and down has to be done manually	Text bulleted by default (in some masters) Inserted and managed through the Inspector (under Text > Bullets) In Keynote, just like in PowerPoint, two consecutive "enters" creates a line break and continues with the list at the same hierarchical level In Pages, however, two consecutive "enters" end the list In Keynote, backspace deletes the bullet, the indent, and moves the contents to the end of the last line Custom bullets No outline numbering Very easy moving items left and right; up and down seems to have to be done manually	Text not bulleted by default Inserted and managed through a toolbar button In Google Docs (both the presentation and the document editor), two consecutive "enters" move the list to the superior level, and when there are no more, end the list
Customization	Coming soon...	Customizable toolbar and menu items General contains a heterogeneous mix of options of varied importance (such as "Link sounds with file size greater than __"), movie options, and web options View provides ruler options, a choice of default view, and slide show options Edit includes cut and paste, selection (including drag-and-drop), and undo (maximum #) options Save asks for the default format (PPT or PPTX), at which time intervals to save AutoRecover info, whether to save slides as graphic files, and a few other minor adjustments Spelling and AutoCorrect include the typical options Gallery includes minor adjustments, mostly appearance Compatibility asks if to check docs for compatibility, and lists past issues if present Advanced, a bit of a misnomer, asks where to save files by default and also asks for user information Feedback asks to participate in MS's Customer Experience Improvement Program Shortcuts can be customized for any Mac OS X application under System Preferences	Customizable static toolbar General includes theme, editing, saving, font preview, animations, and outline view options (each category includes about 1 or 2 choices; "Saving," though, includes 5) Rulers includes not only the ruler unit options, but also master gridline, alignment guide, and object spacing and sizing view options Slideshow Presenter Display Remote Auto-Correction Shortcuts can be customized for any Mac OS X application under System Preferences	No customization
Paste Special	A floating, contextual drop-down button, which presents three choices: "Keep Source Formatting," "Use Destination Theme," and "Keep Text Only"	Same as its Windows counterpart.	Split into two Edit options: "Paste" and "Paste and match style".	No paste special

More to come. Or, if anybody wants to add these topics, go ahead: Installation, customization (appearance, colors, etc.), updating, collaboration, inserting tables, Help, adding/removing slides, playing the slide show, audio/video (setting audio to start/stop on slides, embedding and playing back a video), warnings when saving to a format which might render file incorrectly, cropping images, downloading and working with language tools (grammar/spell checking), and image manipulation. You can also add screenshots (be aware of copyright issues [5] [6], as Apple is particularly known for suing people who post unauthorized screenshots), other presentation applications, comments, links, and other things that could be useful. And feel free to correct me if I'm doing this wrong.