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Friday, April 11, 2008 posted by Geetesh 9:59 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Presentations Now Saves As PowerPoint Google Presentations, a component of Google Docs now provides a much-requested feature that allows you to save your presentations as PowerPoint files. This will allow users to create presentations using Google's online office suite, and then share them in the omnipresent PowerPoint file format. This is a great move on Google's part and will help users exchange information in various file formats easily. I like this option because I can now create the skeleton of the presentation using Google's great collaboration tools, and then save the outline to a PowerPoint file. Once this is saved as a PowerPoint file, I can then use PowerPoint's powerful features to create a great presentation. Here's a link on Google's blog that explains more... Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Wednesday, April 02, 2008 posted by Geetesh 11:08 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Docs Plays with Offline Access Google Docs is now providing offline access to editing files on an experimental basis -- as of now this only works with Docs, rather than Spreadsheets and Presentations, but it is definitely a start in a direction that may have far reaching results in the way we all use computing. ChannelWeb provides opinions from many users about this new feature that works on Google Gears, an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality. Even with Docs, this option has not been made available to all Google accounts, so if you don't see this functionality yet, you might have to wait a little while longer. I'm waiting to see how Google implements this technology into the Presentations component of Google Docs. And while many sites and bloggers seem to indicate that this might be a big blow to Microsoft Office, I think there's so much more to wait and watch before making a blanket statement of that magnitude. Categories: google, microsoft_office Labels: google, microsoft_office 0 comments Links to this post


Tuesday, January 29, 2008 posted by Geetesh 7:19 PM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Presentations Adds Vector Shapes and PDF Output After adding online presentation sharing 20 days ago, Google Presentations adds a quick new update in the form of vector shapes and PDF output. AppScout reports that "Google Presentations is getting the ability to save documents as a PDF and PDF-based printing options. Users are also getting some basic drawing abilities and vector shapes, such as word bubbles and arrows. The Wired Blog Network adds that "Google has released a new desktop uploader for Windows, making to much easier to move a large batch of files into Google Docs." Categories: google, online_presentations, powerpoint Labels: google, online_presentations, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Monday, January 07, 2008 posted by Geetesh 12:25 PM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	New Features on Google Presentations Google Presentations, a component of Google Docs has added new features. The most significant new option is the ability to create embeddable web slideshows that can be put up on any page, much like a YouTube movie. The web output uses scripting rather than Flash unlike YouTube -- it will be interesting to see how Google copes up with animations and transitions in its Presentations through this output option. Maybe that's something they will take care of in the future since they don't have animations and transitions available as of now in Google Presentations. Here's a link to a sample online slideshow... Related Stuff: Google Presentations gets embeddable slide shows \| Google Docs Releases New Presentation Features Categories: google, online_presentations Labels: google, online_presentations 0 comments Links to this post


Tuesday, September 18, 2007 posted by Geetesh 2:52 PM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Unveils "Presentations" Google upgraded its Google Docs online suite to include "Presentations", an online presentation component that does try to be a little like Microsoft PowerPoint. OK, it tries to be a lot like PowerPoint, and that does not surprise me. But the question here is whether Google Presentations succeeds or not? I'll say I find the product snappy, intuitive, and easy to use. It works quite like a desktop application but it does have more than a few rough edges that seem to be asking for forgiveness, since Google calls this a beta :-) There are fifteen templates that look so much like PowerPoint templates from a decade ago -- and there's essential support for text and graphics. You can also import PowerPoint files. There's no transitions, animation, or charting. That's a whole lot missing, and I could live with that, but what were the folks at Google doing when they decided to drop out the concept of a presentation outline! Everybody who's familiar with PowerPoint knows that the non-existence of an outline in a PowerPoint presentation can be a big reason for useless PowerPoints that are more well known by their "Death of PowerPoint" name! And that's twice as bad to know that Google left out the outline -- since they have a perfectly usable word processor in the Google Docs suite that could have been used to create outlines for Presentations. Where Presentations does score over PowerPoint is in its collaborative tools -- and yes, I'm sure Google will fine-tune Presentations. Ultimately, presentation creators need to present their creations -- maybe Google's acquisition of Tonic Systems will help it bring out a free presentation viewer for Google Presentations. And that may be a turning point in the presentations arena. Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Saturday, September 15, 2007 posted by Geetesh 9:52 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google's PowerPoint Plans Will online applications ever replace the ones we use on our desktop? Will Google's slew of online programs shake the Microsoft juggernaut of Office programs? There are no clear answers yet -- but the battle lines are getting drawn more distinctly now as Google prepares to launch it's presentation program in direct confrontation to PowerPoint. However, there's a larger question there waiting to be asked: will users be able to play these presentations offline, and project them? That's going to be a more important issue for presentations than for documents and spreadsheets since presentations are projected or broadcasted to hundreds and thousands of users. I'll look for those answers and share them with you. Meanwhile, there's more information on Google's so called PowerPoint killer. The Inquirer reported that "it’s been known for a long while that Google will at some point take on PowerPoint with a web-based presentations package. The breaking news is that the coming-out party for the software is any day now. Called Presently, the slideshow program is likely to be based in part on code Google bought through the acquisitions of Zenter and Tonic Systems earlier this year". Categories: google, microsoft_office, powerpoint Labels: google, microsoft_office, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Thursday, September 06, 2007 posted by Geetesh 8:47 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google-Microsoft Office Rivalry to Escalate Microsoft and Google are expected to ramp up their competition in the emerging hosted office productivity market at the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Google is expected to unveil a wiki component to its Google Apps service, as well as a hosted PowerPoint competitor, while Microsoft is expected to deliver a bundle of software and services apps under its Windows Live brand. More on the CBR Online site... Categories: google, microsoft_office Labels: google, microsoft_office 0 comments Links to this post


Tuesday, July 03, 2007 posted by Geetesh 7:19 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Apps and Microsoft Office Microsoft's hugely profitable Office software is about to get a more rounded competitor from nemesis Google. The search giant, via a series of acquisitions and some internal development, looks like it will soon have the technology to challenge Office's dominance with its own suite of applications that run over the internet. More on the Guardian site... Categories: google, microsoft_office Labels: google, microsoft_office 0 comments Links to this post


Wednesday, June 20, 2007 posted by Geetesh 10:04 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Buys PowerPoint Rival Google has acquired online slide presentation company Zenter, filling out its web-based office software portfolio with an application similar to Microsoft’s popular PowerPoint. Financial terms were not disclosed. While the Internet search giant has already made Microsoft’s PowerPoint files viewable in GMail, Google has not yet launched its own web version of PowerPoint. More on the Red Herring site... Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Wednesday, June 13, 2007 posted by Geetesh 11:40 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Gmail Now Previews PowerPoint Google's GMail email service now allows you to preview the PowerPoint slides you receive as an attachment without downloading them at all. This option, which was available to a few GMail users is now rolled out for all users. When you receive a PowerPoint presentation as an attachment, you can click the new View as SlideShow option to preview the presentation from slide to slide. This option only works with PPT files, not the new PPTX files created by PowerPoint 2007. Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Thursday, May 17, 2007 posted by Geetesh 10:25 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google's PowerPoint Player in GMail? Some GMail users have reported that they see a "View as Slideshow" option in mails that contain PowerPoint attachments. Doug Caverly on Webpronews.com says that "whether it's being polite, trying not to scare its competitor, or somehow believes this is true, Google has repeatedly claimed that it isn't challenging the Microsoft Office Suite. But now a feature within Gmail looks a lot like a presentation tool, and onlookers are having an even harder time accepting the search engine giant's word." Rafe Needleman adds on Webware -- "This is probably the presentation player that will be part of Google's upcoming competitor to PowerPoint. It's not, though, what we're all waiting for, which is the slide show authoring tool that will presumably have cool collaborative features similar to Google's word processor and spreadsheet." Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Saturday, April 21, 2007 posted by Geetesh 8:47 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Acquires PowerPoint Competitor Filling in a hole in its Google Apps suite, Google has acquired Tonic Systems, which provides a set of tools for the online editing, viewing, and sharing of presentations created with Microsoft PowerPoint. Tonic Systems describes itself as "Java PowerPoint Specialists." Google says it will incorporate Tonic's technology into a new presentation service that will be added this summer to Apps. More on the Rough type blog... Several months ago, Indezine interviewed Chris Nokleberg of Tonic Systems for this blog -- read the interview here... Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Wednesday, April 18, 2007 posted by Geetesh 12:38 PM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Competes with PowerPoint Google to Compete With Microsoft PowerPoint Google Inc. plans to launch software similar to Microsoft Corp.'s popular PowerPoint program as the two companies vie to dominate the online experience....``This completes what most users of PCs consider the Office suite,'' said John Battelle, who leads Federated Media Publishing and grilled Schmidt about the product at the conference....Microsoft spokeswoman Lisa Koetz said competition is good for customers, and Microsoft is listening to the 450 million people who use Microsoft Office to ensure it is meeting their needs. More on the KCBS site... Google to Offer Online PowerPoint Rival Even though Google continues to claim that its online productivity suite is not intended to compete with Microsoft's Office product, its latest addition is beginning to raise eyebrows. The Mountain View, Calif. company disclosed Tuesday that it is about to release a presentation and slide show tool in the coming months. The product would join its word processing software, released last August, and its spreadsheet application, launched in October. More on the BetaNews site... Google CEO announces PowerPoint competitor Google Inc. plans to take another swipe at Microsoft's Office suite of tools by adding presentation software to its Google Docs Web-based tools for word processing, e-mail and spreadsheets. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, announced the new feature here today during a keynote address at the O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo. Although Schmidt offered few details, he said that Google would add the ability to generate and share presentations to the Google Docs lineup but stopped short of calling the new feature a competitor to Microsoft's PowerPoint tool. More on the Computerworld site... Categories: google, powerpoint Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post


Monday, February 05, 2007 posted by Geetesh 11:12 AM Comment and PermaLink Subscribe for Email updates Tell A Friend!	Google Docs To Support PowerPoint As if Microsoft didn't have enough to worry about after the lukewarm response to Vista and Office 2007, Google's free online office suite is set to do PowerPoint as well. Code-named Google Presently, the presentation feature is set to become a part of Google Docs & Spreadsheets which, as the name suggests, currently offers document and spreadsheet editing. Users will be able to convert a document into a presentation, create slides and view the presentation in full-screen, reports unofficial Google-watching blog Google Operating System. More on the ITWire site... Categories: powerpoint, google Labels: google, powerpoint 0 comments Links to this post