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Archive for the ‘PowerPoint’ Category

January 16th, 2008

ThinkFree Show: the iPod Edition

Just want to share this cool tool that you can use with your iPod, the ThinkFree Show iPod Edition. Here’s a quick product details:
ThinkFree allows iPod users to create, edit, store and transport PowerPoint® files and use them Standalone on all new iPods with color display.

ThinkFree Office 3 Show, iPod Edition uses the iPod as […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

January 5th, 2008

Google Docs 1st 2008 Update: Embedded Google Presentations

Google Docs kicks off 2008 with a very impressive tool which allows Google Presentation embedded on webpages via iframes. The looks seems like of an embedded Youtube video and that is good, a nice and clean look. Try to see this one for example:

The code views like this:
<iframe src=’http://docs.google.com/EmbedSlideshow?docid=dd7rd6b4_715f888jhcg’ frameborder=’0′ width=’410′ height=’342′></iframe>
This new feature released, […]

By Jerome Locson -- 2 comments

December 4th, 2007

BatchOutput for Microsoft Office Suite

Here’s another wonderful tool for Mac MS Office Suite lover, which is the BatchOutput developed by Zevrix Solutions. This tool allows automated-multiple automated printing and PDF output of multiple Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® documents.  It comprises three components: BatchOutput DOC, BatchOutput XLS, and BatchOutput PPT - for its respective office suites.
BatchOutput for Microsoft Office applications […]

By Jerome Locson -- 1 comment

September 20th, 2007

As expected, Google Docs now offers presentations

It was announced last April 2007 that Google Docs will soon be adding presentations, aside from their initial tools - documents and spreadsheets. Much like the two, you can now create you presentations anywhere, anytime (that’s if you’re connected to the Internet).
No more waiting. Now, it has made to public use which makes it […]

By Jerome Locson -- 0 comments

December 15th, 2006

Microsoft Office Apps Lite

As I was writing my last post about my experiences with Google Spreadsheets, I began thinking of some options for other solutions. If Microsoft wanted to shore-up some market share and make sure that webtop apps didn’t cut too much into their core business of packaged software delivery, they could offer a free, but stripped-down […]

By Jason -- 1 comment

December 15th, 2006

gOFFICE - And it’s not Google

 
gOFFICE is another web office application. Interestingly though, it’s not Google’s version of the office suite. The person that grabbed up that domain real quick was pretty smart I must say. I think they’ve got a little advertising conflict in that the page URL header states “gOFFICE.com Free Web Office Suite home page” but it actually […]

By Jason -- 0 comments

July 13th, 2006

Office 2007 Training Resources

There are some informative documents and information on the Microsoft Learning site for Office 2007. If you haven’t visited there before here’s a list of some of the items currently available.

Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft Office User Interface
Course 4622: What’s New in Microsoft Office Access 2007
Course 4623: What’s New in Microsoft Office Excel […]

By Jason -- 0 comments

July 11th, 2006

Office 2007 Prodcasts

Don’t check your spell check, I did say “Prodcasts”. It’s a new term coined for a productivity podcast by Shawn Murray. Not sure I like the term, let’s just call it what it is, an interview delivered in MP3 or WMA format that can be enjoyed from your computer or portable media device.
All that aside […]

By Jason -- 0 comments

June 15th, 2006

Google Shopping for Another Office App

Seems to be that Google is looking for a presentation application to add to their online office-suite type apps. What would an online presentation package look like? How about Thumbstacks? The interesting item from this news story is the alleged focus of Google in this arena:
“Google doesn’t expect enterprise users to use online versions of […]

By Jason -- 0 comments

May 17th, 2006

SmartArt

First there was Clip Art, then Word Art, and your good ‘ol Word Diagrams. With the Office 2007 release, there’s a new sibling to the fold called, Smart Art.
David Gainer has a great post that introduces all the details and specifics of SmartArt and it’s goals. I’m just not sure how worked up I get […]

By Jason -- 0 comments