PowerPoint and Presenting Stuff

Zoho Viewer: Solution for Bulky E-mail Attachments

Friday, August 10, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 4:57 am

Zoho Viewer is a handy way to upload documents and share them with others via the web. Rather than clogging your friends’ e-mail boxes with weighty attachments, you can upload them to Zoho Viewer and just send a link. Viewer supports Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as PDF, RTF, ODF and OpenOffice documents, which means even if your intended recipient doesn’t have a particular program installed, they’ll still be able to view it through Zoho Viewer.

Apple Announces iWork ’08, New Keynote Version, and New Numbers Program

Wednesday, August 8, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 6:20 am

Apple announced iWork ’08, a new version of its productivity suite.

This includes a new version of Keynote, their presentation software. New features in Keynote include:

Instant Alpha, a process that removes the background from placed images without having to use masking tools in image-editors like Adobe Photoshop.
Another new feature is Smart Builds, an option that makes it easy to add animations.
Keynote also adds new transition types, and text effects enhancements.

All these options except Instant Alpha are already available in PowerPoint, and Microsoft’s upcoming version of Office 2008 for the Mac can only add more catch-up to do on both the Apple and Microsoft fronts.

As if that was not enough, Apple adds Numbers, a spreadsheet program to iWork ’08, thus making it a more even contender to Microsoft Office for the Mac.

Pages, the page layout program adds more word processing options.

What’s next? Is there an iWork for Windows coming up?

Meanwhile, read more about iWork ’08 for Mac here.

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Tagged as: Apple, Companion, iWork, Keynote, Microsoft Office, Office for Mac

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FlashSpring Pro 2.2

Tuesday, August 7, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 6:18 am

FlashSpring Pro is a PowerPoint add-in which allows you to converts your PowerPoint presentations into Flash SWF movies with all the slide transitions, custom animations, audio and video clips, and inserted Flash SWF files intact.

Read the Indezine review of FlashSpring Pro 2.2.

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Tagged as: Add-in, Online Presentations, PowerPoint, PowerPoint Flash

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PocketMac Remote: Conversation with Tim Goggin

Saturday, August 4, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 9:37 am

Tim Goggin is the VP of Marketing & Sales for PocketMac. He has an extensive background in technology marketing and in direct marketing.

In this conversation, Tim discusses PocketMac Remote, an application that allows the use of the Apple Remote to control PowerPoint and Keynote presentations on the Mac.

Geetesh: Tell us more about PocketMac, and your products including PocketMac Remote.

Tim: In 2001, we started the PocketMac product line with the introduction of our first product, PocketMac Pro, almost 2 years in development, which was the first-ever tool to synchronize the Macintosh and Windows Mobile Pocket PCs. We then shortly added support for Windows Mobile Smartphones.

From there, we’ve expanded into a variety of different areas, including our flagship PocketMac for BlackBerry, which connects Mac users and their BlackBerry handhelds; other tools work with the PSP, iPods and many more.

In 2004, Research In Motion, the creators of the BlackBerry handheld, licensed PocketMac for BlackBerry and they have continued to distribute it since that time.

Our recent releases include PocketMac Remote which expands the capabilities of the Apple Remote to control Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

We’re always working to expand what computer users can do both in the Mac and Windows arena and PocketMac Remote fits nicely into this area.

Geetesh: Since most Macs can now boot into Windows, do you have any plans to make a Windows version of the product that will work with the Apple Remote?

Tim: At this time, we don’t have plans but that’s a great idea. I’ll definitely ask our engineers to look into this. The Macs running Windows marketing is definitely one we take seriously.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post or content are those of the authors or the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company.

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Microsoft Office For Mac Delayed

Friday, August 3, 2007, posted by Geetesh Bajaj at 2:18 am

The name should have served as a warning. Microsoft has announced the launch of its Office for Mac 2008 has been pushed back until January 2008. Despite the name, Office for Mac 2008, which will bring new versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint to OS X users, was originally scheduled for release in the second half of this year.

Microsoft hasn’t released a Mac Office update in four years. The company says problems with “product quality” caused the delay, but hopes to have its Mac office suite on the shelves in time for Macworld, which is scheduled for the third week of January 2008.