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Not really sure it's a completely fair comparison.

I've seen a huge trend recently in people using Keynote over PowerPoint. Everything out the box simply looks and "feels" better. Last time I checked, Google Docs didn't let people start making up the presentation on their laptop and then finish it off on the train on their tablet, with no internet connection [1]. In fact I don't think I've ever seen anyone give a presentation to a room from Google Docs, but maybe that's just me?

It also doesn't easily allow people to present to a room with the help of iPhones & iPads to cue/preview the next slide.

Google Docs is amazing, but I think Apple went after them today as well - let's not forget the big bullet hurled in their direction [2].

I'll still be amazed to see any immediate, large scale shift away from Excel anytime soon though.

[1] - https://support.google.com/drive/answer/1628467?hl=en

[2] - https://www.apple.com/iwork-for-icloud/




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