You can also customize any of the toolbars to suit your workflow by dragging commands into or out of them. When docked, the toolbars are integrated into the main window, resulting in a much cleaner appearance than in PowerPoint 2004. The standard toolbar is now built in, and you can opt to display all the toolbars docked or undocked- except the Drawing toolbar, which cannot be docked. Many changes to PowerPoint’s user interface are recognizable instantly. While it’s still not Keynote’s equal, PowerPoint is sometimes a better practical choice. Sporting an improved interface and beefed-up graphics capabilities, PowerPoint 2008 catches up to Keynote in a few areas and even exceeds it in some. Although the initial release lagged in a few critical respects, three subsequent updates addressed most of Keynote’s shortcomings and established it as the clear presentation leader for the Mac. But Mac presenters have had an alternative since January of 2003, when Apple unveiled Keynote. Few products enjoy the market dominance that PowerPoint for Windows does-for most of the world, the words “PowerPoint” and “presentation” are interchangeable.
