UPDATE: Please see the new first paragraph in the "What do you dislike" section for an important update to my initial review!
This tool is great for allowing anyone already familiar with PowerPoint to convey reasonably simple and short content asynchronously. It's quick and easy to learn how to use it and even allows for some basic types of quiz questions. You can publish it to your company's Adobe server (if you have one) or as a SCORM package to upload to a traditional LMS. It gives you the choice of recording audio within its own PowerPoint ribbon (not my method of choice) or to import and sync audio created outside of Presenter (which I prefer, because it's easier to edit and maintain.)
I also love that it comes with Adobe Presenter Video Express, which can be used within the Presenter ribbon or as a stand-alone application. It's a very easy way to create short system demos with narration, and allows for zooming and panning, as well as allowing you to intersperse, or even simultaneously show, webcam video. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
*****Below is what I wrote before December 31, 2020, when Flash was retired. Ever since that happened, this software has not behaved correctly and I've spent many hours on the phone with Adobe tech support trying to fix those issues, to no avail. Also, at the time (which was Q1 2021), Adobe seemed to have no immediate plans to fix this software...I think it's way down on their priorities list (if it's even on the list at all yet). Therefore, this review that I did MUST be viewed as a review of the product BEFORE January 1, 2021 and NOT a review of its current state. While I previously rated this product a 9 and was a pretty strong proponent of it, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this product any longer, until they fix it (which I hope they will, but am uncertain of that at this point.)******
I don't know if this qualifies as a "dislike," per se, but it's important not to try and use this as a full-fledged e-learning authoring tool, as the opportunities it affords for effective practice and feedback is minimal. It's a well-named product, since "Presenter" really is best used for "presentations," rather than bona fide training. There's no real "programming" ability (like being able to use custom actions and variables). I also wish that, when syncing animations to audio narration, if you make a mistake mid-way through a slide, you could re-do just from where you made the mistake on forward, rather than having to resync the whole slide. Also, better audio editing capabilities within the product would make it less necessary to use an external audio editing product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
