SoftMaker Presentations is a

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compatible with

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. It is part of the

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but also released as

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. SoftMaker Presentations is available for Microsoft Windows,

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and

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. The application is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint's .pptx, .ppt, and .pps files. SoftMaker Presentations offers a choice of a

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-styled user interface or traditional menus and toolbars.

History

The first version of SoftMaker Presentations was released in November 2007 as part of the commercial SoftMaker Office productivity suite and carried the version number "2008". In May 2011, this version was also released as freeware. The second release was SoftMaker Presentations 2010, released in November 2009 as part of SoftMaker Office 2010. This release added a sidebar similar to the one in Microsoft PowerPoint, video export, DirectX-accelerated animations and transitions, support for picture collections, and improved PDF export.

References

External links

Official Website In English
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