This app makes it easy to customize templates for PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides

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When it comes to getting stats and ideas across quickly, there's still nothing like a good slide presentation. But the critical word here is "good" – not 20 slides all thrown together with the same stock PowerPoint template. Whether it's a crucial pitch for a new business or a quarterly report, Slideshop can be a lifesaver.

This software can supercharge any presentation for PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides with both quantity and quality. A subscription gets you access to more than 15,000 slide templates, all fully customizable. Strapped for time? It's a breeze to get started with intuitively-arranged categories for business, planning, charts and more in a variety of searchable styles. And even if you're a newbie to slideshow apps, Slideshow makes it easy to modify any slide with simple editing tools. There are unlimited downloads, so you'll never be without options again.

Find out why companies like Samsung, Nike, and AT&T use this in their own presentations. Pick up a lifetime subscription to Slideshow for $39.99.

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