Our feature presentation
Posted by Attila Bodis, Software
Engineer
In April we announced that we were working to
presentations to Google Docs. (Astute readers may recall
learning about this
even earlier, which caused a bit of excitement around here.)
And today we're unveiling the new Google Docs presentations
feature and invite you to try it at
than any other type of document, presentations are created to be
shared. But assembling slide decks by emailing them around is as
frustrating as it is time-consuming. The new presentations feature
of Google Docs helps you to easily organize, share, present, and
collaborate on presentations, using only a web browser.
Starting today, presentations — whether imported from existing
files or created using the new slide editor — are listed alongside
documents and spreadsheets in the Google Docs document list. They
can be edited, shared, and published using the familiar Google Docs
interface, with several collaborators working on a slide deck
simultaneously, in real time. When it's time to present,
participants can simply click a link to follow along as the
presenter takes the audience through the slideshow. Participants
are connected through Google Talk and can chat about the
presentation as they're watching. Not wanting anyone to feel
left out, we've made the presentation feature available in 25
languages; Google Apps
customers can also access it as part of Google Docs.
We hope the millions of people who already create and share
documents and spreadsheets will find presentations a welcome
addition to the Google Docs family, and we can't wait to add
even more features and enhancements.
If you're new to Google Docs, watch this video to learn more
about creating and collaborating on documents (and now
presentations!).
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