
Sway automatically handles setting up slide layouts and transitions, smartly rearranging them to match different form factors. Sway, though, offers an interesting alternative for people who want to maintain the flow of a presentation but make it more legible to a Web audience. Hardcore PowerPoint users will likely want to stick with Microsoft's more venerable presentation tool.


The Windows 10 app joins native apps that are already available for iPhone and iPad, as well as a Web app. The app will automatically download users' existing Sway presentations and allow them to work with them offline, though some online content like embedded video won't work without an Internet connection. There is a Windows 10 version of Sway that allows users to create presentations from their newly updated PC or tablet. In its current form, users can bring in content from around the Web in addition to their own media assets and mix all of that together into a set of cards that can then be published to the Web or played back on a device, similar to how people use PowerPoint.

Microsoft launched Sway as a beta in October, and has been improving the service ever since. Sway makes it easy for people to build slick multimedia packages based on a topic or set of notes and work on them with other users from across the Web. Microsoft brought its Sway presentation tool out of beta Wednesday, making it generally available for anyone who wants to create Web-based presentations that automatically reshape themselves to fit different devices.
