Sway

I discovered Sway just as I was trying to write a presentation for my board of directors and I struck gold. I love the things I can do with Sway. The only thing I've found that's slightly frustrating thus far is that it's difficult to change a photo. I'm re-doing the first presentation for a different board. I figured out how to make a copy, rename it and edit it. But I had to delete my title slide and make a new one when all I really wanted to do was change the photo. I'm not very experienced with the program yet, working on my second project, so maybe I'll discover an easier way to do this as I go.

This would be an awesome solution for digital signage, like a welcome sign in a lobby for example, if only it had an auto-play + loop function available in some form. I've been looking all over for a digital signage solution that was easy to edit for non techy users (like a receptionist), but also looked beautiful (like sway) and allowed for dynamic content update such as weather and stocks (like sway), and doesn't cost an arm and a leg (like sway). So you've checked every box there is except for the loop function. Please? Pretty please!? :)

After Playing with the Preview I feel like this is the future of PowerPoint, Presentations, are neat and clean like a website, without the need of copy and past. Sway is for a new generation of computer users who was born with the internet :)

Really great app. Beautiful, intuitive, and easy to use. Only wish I could save for offline use.

I really like Sway. It is simple to use, and I believe will be an effective tool for presentations. I would like to see an option to save the file for off-line presentation, and an option for sharing the link via an email account (so I don't have to copy and paste). One negative so far is that the app stopped while I was working and I had to reopen it. (twice) My only other concern is that when I share a link to my Sway file, the viewer has the option to duplicate and share the file on their social media. Please delete these options for viewers, or at least all them to be turned off at the creators discretion.

The lack of any way to export or save a finished file is a HUGE drawback. We know that everyone does not have fast, reliable broadband. Many schools in N America, many of my business associates in southeast Asia, and others across the US and across the world cannot access the finished results from this app. So it is effectively useless to me and to many others. Simple solution is to include a way to export a Sway as a useful file, perhaps pdf or powerpoint, or even html that can be saved and printed.