Libre Office Impress is a free and open source presentation program that is cross-platform, similar to Microsoft Powerpoint. It can be extended via programming languages and supports Windows, Linux, OSX, BSD and Android. While it has some minor import issues, it is a good free alternative to Powerpoint for personal or academic use.
2. Impress is Designed for:
● Anyone who wants a cross platform presentation
program that can be an alternative to Microsoft
Powerpoint.
● Impress, and the whole Libre Office Suite, is
suppored for Windows, OSX, Linux, BSD, and
Android.
● Impress files can be saved in swf format allowing
them to be viewed on any computer with Adobe
flash.
3. Extensions for Programmers
● Extensions and scripts for LibreOffice can
be written in C++, Java, CLI, Python, and
LibreOffice Basic which gives anyone with
programming abilities the power to do
amazing things with impress and the whole
Libre Office Suite.
● Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice
4. Is it free?
● The Libre Office Suite is released under the
GNU LGPLv3 which ensures that the
program is free and modifiable via publicly
available source code.
● Short answer YES!
5. Would I use it for school/work?
● Yes, I made this presentation using Libre
Office in Fedora 22, and have used it on
multiple platforms for school before.
● I have also used it for my second job for a
not for profit organization that has a lot of
open source enthusiasts and programmers.
6. Is there a learning curve?
● Not really!
● It was built to resemble Powerpoint, and
troll Microsoft with prejudice, so anyone with
experience in Powerpoint should have little
to no learning curve.
8. Pros and Cons
● Pros:
● Free
● Open Source
● Cross Platform
● Can export in almost
any format including
proprietary formats.
● Cons:
● Some institutions require
that proprietary software be
used instead.
● Has issues importing
certain small things such as
fonts from Powerpoint
presentations.
