What features does Adobe Illustrator lack compared to Microsoft PowerPoint for making posters? I have used Microsoft PowerPoint to make posters so far, and I am considering giving Adobe Illustrator a shot for my next poster. What features does Adobe Illustrator lack compared to Microsoft PowerPoint to make a poster?

For example, one cannot generate bulleted lists automatically in Adobe Illustrator.

(I am aware of the question Software to use for creating posters for academic conferences?.)
I believe that Adobe Illustrator has many more features that MS PowerPoint for graphic design and image processing.

The key question is: what will you use those features to accomplish when creating your poster?

I created sever posters in MS PowerPoint and found that it had sufficient features and was easy to use.  The only issues came when trying to print it out, because the output of Mac PowerPoint wasn't compatible with the Windows PowerPoint that the printer used.

In my view, extra-fancy graphic design will not result in better posters.  Instead, what most posters need is bigger fonts, less text, bigger/simpler graphics and images, and headlines + call-outs that guide the viewer through the story.  You can accomplish all these goals using PowerPoint.