Google launches Powerpoint clone

It’s out and the entire online productivity suite is complete — Google Documents, Spreadsheet and Presentation. Here’s a rundown of what it can and cannot do as of this moment:

So, what’s inside the box?

Fifteen simple built-in Presentation Themes
Ability to import Microsoft PowerPoint files
Able to Export HTML file
Basic Image Manipulation
Basic Text Formatting
Revision Tracking (Versioning)
Collaboration
Online Sharing

Things I missed OR things that should have been there in the first place:

No object animations of any sort
No slide transition effects at all
Sound Embed
Video Embed
Too few Fonts!
Exporting to MS PowerPoint (so I can switch use between the two)

The advanced text and image editing are also missing. Not sure how they’d implement the slide transition and object animation on the web page. Some really tricky CCS magic perhaps?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

8 Comments

jhay says:

17 years ago

Cool! But with no animations? Not. Cool.
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sasieboy says:

17 years ago

Bill Gates will hate this Google clone for sure :)
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Chino yray says:

17 years ago

it will just mean that MS Office will become cheaper along the way. How I love competition. hohohoho
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Wayne Liew says:

17 years ago

I think that it is not good without animations but my readers think the opposite. They claimed that animations are too distracting…
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ernesto says:

17 years ago

Nice I think Goolge is creating a one stop shop on the net
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dennis says:

17 years ago

Google bought this technology from Zenter.com middle this year.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_acquires_zenter.php

Its also nice to note the humble beginnings of Zenter.
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13 years ago

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