PDF vs PP presentation - does it matter?

Did a PDF presentation for an ad agency art director. He's going to flash on-screen or a monitor while giving a talk on marketing. The school says they need PP presentation. Does it really matter if it's PDF or PP? My view is the presentation clicker is just like a mouse. Doesn't know or care what app you're using. This presentation is 100 page ID file that I exported to PDF. Going from vertical to horizontal will require drastic surgery. Anyone know if the app really matters or is someone specifying PP just because that's what they're comfy with? There will be someone sitting at the laptop turning pages while he talks so I can't imagine why it matters if it's PDF or PP.

PDF and PPT files can each do things which the others can't, and the same is true of the software:
- PDFs can include embedded video, Flash, etc. and have no enforced structures for creating new pages (slides).
- PPTs can use video but the file isn't embedded, so you must be careful about distributing it. Slide editing has quite strict rules on fonts, layouts etc.
- PDFs are generally smaller and can use higher-quality graphics (vector art, embedded fonts, etc.)
- PPTs have a larger range of inbuilt options for animation and page transitions (PDF has some support for basic animations, but not many).
- PowerPoint has a 'presenter view' - Acrobat does not (it can show the full-screen view on a secondary monitor, but has no interface for the presenter to refer to)
- PPT slides can have off-slide notes that can be included on the printed layouts, PDFs cannot.
- PDFs rely on embedded fonts so are rendered the same on any machine, PPTs tend to replace fonts and that can lead to text reflow and alignment problems.
- PPT has a mountain of quick-start features (layouts, themes, etc.) to make a basic presentation very easily, but customizing the slides can be a pain if you don't want to follow the rules.
Note that the basic PgUp/PgDown/arrow navigation works the same in a full-screen PDF and a PPT show, so most presenter remote control "mice" will work, but the advanced versions which allow on-screen drawing etc. tie in to features which are only found on PPT.

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