Google Docs Rocks!

Finally! Google delivered a free Presentation application to round out its Google Docs Suite. If you haven't already, go get yourself a free Google Docs account and check it out!

With your Google Docs account, you'll have online access to a powerful online word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application. These 3 apps let you easily collaborate on projects...which you can access from any computer with an internet connection. You'll also appreciate the online storage for your important documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Now, critics argue that the Google Docs Presentation App just isn't as powerful as Microsoft PowerPoint. And in many respects, that's true. Everything has its pitfalls. So let's go through the pros and cons:

Why Google Docs is Better than PowerPoint

• Free.
• Easy online collaboration.
• Online storage.
• Access from anywhere.

Why PowerPoint is Better than the Google Docs Presentation App

• Richer design, animation, and programing features.
• Access without an internet connection.
• PowerPoint is a much snappier name than "Google Docs Presentation App"
  

So while the new Google Docs Presentation application doesn't offer many whiz-bang features like themes, templates, transitions, and animations -- think about your audience. For years, the death-by-PowerPoint pundits have denounced the overuse of transitions and animations. And PowerPoint templates are less fashionable than ever.

Do you really need to use all the gee-whiz features that PowerPoint offers in order to give a great presentation? And do you find yourself communicating and collaborating with clients, vendors, students, and colleagues online?

Then give Google Docs a whirl. You'll thank me later.

Labels: Presentation Applications

¶ 9/19/2007 05:50:00 PM