Software:Comparison of PDF presentation software
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This is a list of software programs used to convey presentations prepared in the Portable Document Format (PDF).
Although almost any PDF viewer can be used as a very basic presentation program, specialized software provide convenience functions to the presenter: timer, slide notes, annotation tools, etc.
| Name | License | Platforms | Written in | Dual monitor | Notes | Embedded videos | Slide transitions | API exposed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unix | Mac | Windows | PDF annot. | Beamer | Other | |||||||
| Impressive | GNU GPLv2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Python | No | No | Yes | No | No | Custom | No |
| IpePresenter[1] | GNU GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | C++, Lua | Yes | plain text | No | No | No | No | No |
| pdfpc[2] | GNU GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Cygwin | Vala | Yes | plain text and Markdown | Yes | plain text and Markdown | Yes | Yes | D-Bus and REST |
| PDF Presenter[3] | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Présentation.app[4] | GNU GPLv3 | No | Yes | No | Python | Yes | plain text | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Pympress[5] | GNU GPLv2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Python | Yes | plain text | Yes | LibreOffice Impress | Yes | No | No |
| SlideDog[6] | Proprietary | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No |
| SlidePilot[7] | GNU GPLv3 | No | Yes | No | Swift, Objective-C | Yes | No | Yes | RTF | Yes | Yes | No |
References
- ↑ “IpePresenter.” Accessed March 17, 2021. http://ipepresenter.otfried.org/.
- ↑ “Pdfpc.” Accessed March 17, 2021. https://pdfpc.github.io/
- ↑ “PDF Presenter.” Accessed March 17, 2021. http://pdfpresenter.sourceforge.net/.
- ↑ “Présentation.App.” Accessed March 17, 2021. http://iihm.imag.fr/blanch/software/osx-presentation/.
- ↑ “Welcome to Pympress’s Documentation! — Pympress Developer Documentation.” Accessed March 17, 2021. https://cimbali.github.io/pympress/.
- ↑ SlideDog. “SlideDog: Powerful Presentation Software | Interactive Presentation Tool.” Accessed March 17, 2021. https://slidedog.com/
- ↑ “SlidePilot - PDF Presentation Tool for MacOS.” Accessed March 17, 2021. https://slidepilotapp.com/en/.
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