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07/01/2009 11:16 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Learn PowerPoint: Search Google for PowerPoint Files
Google is a web search engine which indexes all sorts of information on the World Wide Web. Search results on Google typically contain results that consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. What many users don't know is that Google allows you to restrict your search for a particular file type, such as a PowerPoint presentation! In this tutorial, I'll show you how you can search for PowerPoint presentations only using Google's Advanced Search option.
07/31/2008 11:05 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Google Acquires Omnisio -- To Add Spice To YouTube?
We already looked at Omnisio a few months ago -- it's a lot of fun, and you can mash up your media in creative ways. And now the news is out that Google has acquired Omnisio.
04/11/2008 10:13 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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
04/02/2008 11:47 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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
01/29/2008 07:31 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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.
01/07/2008 12:45 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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.
09/18/2007 03:15 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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 her
09/15/2007 10:11 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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
09/06/2007 08:52 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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 P
07/03/2007 07:23 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: Google Apps and Microsoft Office
Microsoft's hugely profitable Office software is about to get a more rounded competitor from nemesis Google.
06/20/2007 10:12 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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.
06/13/2007 11:51 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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.
05/17/2007 11:00 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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.
04/21/2007 08:56 AM
A PowerPoint Blog: 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 PowerPoin
04/18/2007 12:54 PM
A PowerPoint Blog: Google Competes with 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
