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by yitianjian 1458 days ago
Not sure if Powerpoint was the standard in my circles - hearing a talk being called a Keynote was definitely more common, but maybe this is just a tech/science bias.
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A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynote is a type of public speech, especially at conference. That's unrelated to presentation tools in this case.
> unrelated to presentation tools in this case.

Not entirely

https://www.apple.com/keynote/

Today I learned, nice
Keynote the app was named after the term keynote referring to a speech not the other way around.
In French corporate circles for 25 years, I have only seen presentations with Powerpoint or the occasional full-screen PDF. Apple is common among freelancers, but company people get the obligatory Windows laptop.