The harshest criticism came from Yale University's image guru Edward Tuft.

This person's lip service is quite good, he thinks that this PPT is an anti-human software, the form is promoted to the content, so that people only pay attention to PPT, but neglect to do a good job, PPT is a tool to promote people to brag, laymen look at PPT really feel that they really understand, so that they have invested a lot of money to support the project. What's even more ridiculous is that he even said that PPT for the 2003 Columbia space shuttle crash, also bears some responsibility, the reason is very ridiculous, at that time PPT has been widely used, and the brief and clear style, making the communication of the problem simpler, however, also caused the inability to present some technical problems in depth, if it is a long speech, obviously PPT is not the most appropriate principle, so some vital technical issues are covered up under the optimistic slide.

So, something happened to the plane!

PPT members with countless successful cases,Sincere family greetings to Edward,This is simply out of nowhere,The accusation is even more unreasonable,A software that was originally convenient for everyone to use,Because of the user's problem,The mistake is attributed to the developer。

Miraculously, however, the development team didn't greet Edward, and Gaskins didn't even argue about it, saying that all of this was absolutely true when Tuft said, that PPT is actually very simple, completely neutral, depending on how the user does it, and people often use PPT very incorrectly.

Gaskins reminds those who question him that a PowerPoint presentation should never be the whole story of a proposal or proposal, it is just a simple summary of long-form content that is well thought out. He cites the software's original business plan as an example: the 53-page proposal, which has been discussed over and over again, is matched with only a dozen slides that list the key points.

He complained that since the advent of PowerPoint presentations, many business people have stopped writing documents. They're just writing presentations, which are just outlines with no details and no support. Many people don't like the mental work that goes into writing an exhaustive document. And into the office software,After being bundled with OFFICE,People have long been familiar with it,When projectors become smaller and cheaper、Almost every room is ready for playing PPT。

To put it bluntly, my software was developed for ease of use, such as a thousand words of content, you have to compress it into a hundred words to express, there will definitely be content loss, this is not our problem, this is your lazy problem.

Moreover, Gaskins was very disgusted with such things, and although he did not defend himself, Gaskins was not in favor of imposing some trumped-up charges on the PPT, and Gaskins studied the large number of presentations collected before designing the software.

Gaskins would use the software, but he didn't think he was a master. He wasn't even aware of many of the advanced features that had been added, and was disgusted by the fact that some people spend hours tweaking font sizes and fonts under the guise of doing actual work.

This man is also a miracle, he took a strange path on the road of developing software, and did not put a lot of energy into making money, although he did make a lot of money, he left Microsoft in the 90s to work on his own projects. For all the developer meetings, Gaskins was meticulous, rain or shine, and he didn't pull down a day, hoping to keep up with the young people's thinking, and later he worked for Apple, although he thought that Apple also needed a high-end software like PPT, but he didn't think it needed to be put into practice.

Another of Gaskins' partners, Austin, is both dedicated to PPT, but both are reluctant to express themselves.

Of course, Lin Qi believes that PPT is not a perfect tool, but this tool is definitely a convenient tool that is conducive to the introduction and promotion of many projects. Let the project leader learn to convince the customer. Essentially, if you use it well, it helps to improve people's communication efficiency.

Of course, if you don't use it well, it's easy to indulge in PPT bragging, and the plan will always stay on PPT, rather than putting it into practice.

Even so, PPT is still a good application software, and it has broad business prospects in the future.

In later generations, even people from large companies such as Internet companies and financial companies will come out to promote products and investment plans, and well-made PPT is often a plus point for the project. It can be seen that in the direction of PPT, there is no need to worry about the prospect.

"You have to think about it, making software is a long-term process, and it may not require much technical strength from you, after all, this is a market vacancy for the time being, and there is still a period of time for development, and more importantly, how to deal with the customer experience. ”

Lin Qi thought for a while and said, "This kind of software can well integrate graphics and texts, and it should be able to become an important tool for courseware and project introduction in the future...... What's more, PPT can form a strong complementary relationship with Pangu office software. That's right...... There is also hardware! PPT is definitely not only displayed on the computer, but also needs to use projectors, large-screen TVs and other larger display screens! Therefore, you can talk to the display-related team of the new venture electronics group about the technical cooperation between software and hardware, these large-screen hardware, in the future, should also be able to become some exhibitions, large company conference rooms, classrooms and other scenes of the rigid need! In short...... The market is not less than $10 billion a year!"

As soon as Lin Qi spoke, Wang Lie's whole person felt bad, these plans were just a prototype in his mind, and the perfection did not take into account such a detailed step.

"Mr. Lin, you are really a god, after you say this, I seem to have a new idea, as for the customer experience, now Wang An printer generation is working this piece, there must be no problem, and I am confident that Pangu 2.0 office software can get unanimous praise, why can't the newly developed products. ”

"There are projectors and the like, if there is a cost-effective plan, we are also ready to purchase! Even, you can buy a projector, send Pangu office and PPT software!"

Wang Lie's words suddenly became arrogant, and Lin Qi's words gave him a lot of inspiration.

"Okay, now that you have made up your mind, I will definitely support you, do whatever you want, the future of Wang An's computer is on you, you have to make up your mind, you will inevitably make mistakes in the process, but you don't try, you don't even have the opportunity to make mistakes. ”

Lin Qi encouraged, although Wang Lie is not a genius, his perseverance is very much appreciated by him.