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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?

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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.

8 Responses

  1. Avatar for Marshall Bambaci Marshall Bambaci says:

    I have read this post and if I could I wish to suggest you few interesting things or suggestions. Perhaps you could write next articles referring to this article. I want to read more things about it!

  2. Avatar for dennis dennis says:

    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.

  3. Avatar for ernesto ernesto says:

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

  4. Avatar for Wayne Liew Wayne Liew says:

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

  5. Avatar for Chino yray Chino yray says:

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

  6. Avatar for sasieboy sasieboy says:

    Bill Gates will hate this Google clone for sure :)

  7. Avatar for jhay jhay says:

    Cool! But with no animations? Not. Cool.

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