Google’s answer to PowerPoint

Is this now the death knell for Microsoft’s PowerPoint? Google has just announced the release of its new online presentation tool into its Google Docs product line. It is online and completely free to use.

You can see the docs suite at http://docs.google.com/

Perhaps the most useful facility of the presentation is the ability to work on the same deck of slides across the web – rather than having to e-mail a PowerPoint deck of slides backwards and forwards.

The press release says that users can create simple web-based presentations that others can update and view from their own computers, even at the same time.

“Presentations are a natural addition for Google Docs, as they are usually created with the intention of being shared. Web-based, collaborative presentations offer users much-needed relief from manually managing and compiling group members’ input in separate attachments, and they make it possible for multiple users to view a set of slides while a moderator controls the presentation. Users will see that these features are still in simple, early stages; the Google Docs team is making them available today in response to strong user demand for presentation-sharing, and updates and improvements will continue to roll out over the coming months.”

The feature set includes

Create and keep presentations in one place on the webcomputer.
Manage, update and share presentations with colleagues by sending them a simple e-mail invitation.
Edit the same presentation together online and in real time on the web.
Present and control slide shows for all viewers over the web, with no special set-up required. Chat with viewers in real time via integrated chat.
Import existing presentations to get started quickly.
Quickly publish presentations to the general public or individuals of their choice.

25 September 2007

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Comments on: Google’s answer to PowerPoint

sounds like this really could give microsoft a kick up the backside.

Will have to see how usable the google suite is and what bugs await to be discovered before I dump powerpoint.

Posted by jonathanball — 25 September 2007 @ 11:48 am

This sounds like a great idea.I hope power point will also still be around too.

Posted by phyllis neff — 1 October 2007 @ 10:04 pm

PowerPoint is now on version 12 Google docs looks a bit like version 4 to me – over a decade out of date!

Posted by John Wilson — 6 October 2007 @ 3:40 pm

Yes, but really it a sign of things to come, free online software competing with the big names.

Hopefully at the very least this will encourage price reductions on much popular software, as competition for the software market hots up.

Posted by simon H — 7 October 2007 @ 10:44 am

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Posted by Free PowerPoint Download — 14 October 2007 @ 10:50 pm

This tool has already been a major boost to our presentational capabilities. There’s not much, this good, in life that’s free, so I urge people to embrace it and make the most of it.

Posted by Vince Stevenson — 24 November 2007 @ 6:52 pm

plz can you tell me how to download it can you tell me the instructions

Posted by sherean — 12 December 2008 @ 6:29 pm

Sherean

Google docs is an online system and not one where you will be able to download it.

For a downloadable programme you could use Open Office.

Posted by admin — 15 December 2008 @ 3:50 pm

is it really free

Posted by Anonymous — 24 January 2009 @ 9:39 am

ME VERY VERY INPRESSED WITH THIS TING JUST BE VERY VERY CLEVER OKEYYY

Posted by HAYVAN — 10 February 2009 @ 6:26 pm

this is very good for us