To first illustrate the type of product Sway is – perhaps the best way to explain it is to first equate it with the already well-known program, PowerPoint. If you are like me, you probably already have some degree of experience building presentations through PowerPoint. Well now with Sway, you can interact with a new project building application that can take your presentations to the next level.

Your prior knowledge of PowerPoint can help to shed some light on the similarities and differences between PowerPoint and Sway – and while you may notice some important parallels, there are however many fresh new angles to explore through Sway.

Basic Differences between Sway and PowerPoint

First and foremost, while PowerPoint is a software application that we can installed to your computer desktop, Sway on the other hand exist completely online. When designing presentations with Sway, your work is created and viewed entirely from your internet browser as well as having the option to access them using a mobile app that can be downloaded for free.

Unique Ways You Can Create With Sway:

Next let’s identify some of Sway’s other many features that can allow you to expand the scope of your presentations.

Content & Design

Sway offers a variety of methods of adding content into your presentation that can make it stand out. Microsoft’s Word Documents are of course compatible with this product, and through Sway you can upload documents directly from Word to add in the specific content material you want.

Secondly, Office 365’s sharing option OneDrive, can also be used to access content that currently resides there. Additionally, content can be inserted straight from the Internet, including web content, images, YouTube videos, and so on.

Sway even allows you to copy and paste Twitter quotes straight from your online Twitter feed of choice. With so many methods of embedding content into your presentation, Sway definitely has a lot to offer and can serve a variety of presentation styles and purposes.

Collaborating with Team Members

Perhaps one of the most exciting elements of the Sway application is its ability to encourage collaborations between you and other members of your team. While PowerPoint still remains a strong presentation program, where Sway really strides ahead however, is its ability to allow for multiple people to work on one presentation at the same time. With the online and desktop capabilities, Sway allows multiple individuals to create, review, and edit at the same time by using in on different interfaces.

You can also stay connected with your co-workers by sharing your Sway presentation in a variety of ways. You can for example, choose to share your design straight from Facebook, Twitter, or by including a link to your presentation. Another method of sharing through Sway is to insert your work directly into a website.

Of course, we can’t leave out the fact that you can limit who can and cannot view the presentation. In any instances where you will grant access to the presentation to some – however do not want it to be accessible by all – you can set certain permissions and restriction. Overall this is both a valuable and thoughtful feature that can ensure the presentation is protected as well as enabling interactive purposes.

Last but not least, this product is also continuing to evolve. Office 365 is adding new Sway features surrounding content and collaboration that are elevating the quality, practicality, as well as fueling the imaginations within us all. The future of presentations is certainly looking bright and inventive, thanks to the creation of Office 365’s Sway.