Nolan: Microsoft can be kind of opaque to the user about new features and functionality despite the “What’s New” dialogue popup.

Microsoft is doing the same thing, although it’s a bit more confusing information to us as consumers, the advantages of how they are doing the subscription, mainly in releasing new features, makes it my recommended option.

Troy: Subscription is where everything is going, Adobe lead the way by ditching CDs and going to the Creative Cloud subscription.

Sandra: I’m using subscription 2016 on my work and travel PCs and running a VM (Virtual Machine) with Window 8.1 that runs 20 and another with 2010 on Window 7. My Mac is running the 2016 subscription and a VM with windows 8.1 and Office 2013.

Subscription and perpetual license options Nolan: 2016 on the PC, but split 50/50 on the Mac between 20.Sandra: 2013 primarily, but 2010 as needed and 2016 on my “travel” laptop.There are computers in the studio with 2003, 20 as “test” computers, along with 2011 on the Mac side. Troy: For myself and my design team, it is PowerPoint 2016 for Windows.

What version of PowerPoint do you currently use? Our three professional presentation designers discuss the details of PowerPoint 2016 in its many variations, including what we use, recommend and caution avoiding. PowerPoint is synonymous with “Presentation” but the latest version’s name is creating some confusion with Windows and Mac versions both being named “2016.” In addition, there are different ways to get Office 2016, but not all are the same.Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 52:22 | Recorded on MaShow Notes – Episode #1

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