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May 24 2008   3:00AM GMT

PowerPoint 2008 for Mac Than iWork Keynote ‘08, You Think That?

Posted by: William Peterson
Keynote, iWork, Apple, Business, Office, PowerPoint, Mac, Microsoft, Presentation, professional, Review, Technology

As not a loyal Apple fan, I just ever tested PowerPoint 2008 for Mac and iWork Keynote ‘08 for gadgets when Microsoft made its campaign, and found no significance on their comparison. Yet months later I solemnly read the details of Macworld’s article of PowerPoint 2008 vs. Keynote ‘08: The Office Suite Smackdown by Franklin N. Tessler, I realized that this was really a good point. Because there’s no clear winner in the rivalry, and PowerPoint 2008 may have surpassed in several areas; however, Keynote ‘08 caught the favor from Mac users upon Apple’s reputation. Is this what you think so?

Read that interesting article on the Macworld’s site …

William Peterson
Presentation Veteran

Apr 20 2008   7:49AM GMT

The Master’s New Delivery: Steve Jobs’ Keynote On The Apple “i”

Posted by: William Peterson
Steve Jobs, Apple, Business, Web, Live, Presentation

Again, with great delivery, simple visuals, total engagement, Steve made his next best presentation: on what’s important and skims over what’s not: “The ’90s are not important.” Watch the masterpiece and always learn more essentials.

William Peterson
Presentation Veteran

Mar 19 2008   11:54AM GMT

Gonna Catch Up: OpenOffice.org 2.4 Release Candidate

Posted by: William Peterson
Office, OpenOffice, Enterprise, Channel, PowerPoint, Microsoft, Presentation, Review

The open-source office application suite, a free alternative to Microsoft’s ubiquitous Office, is nearing final release on version 2.4. With OpenOffice.org on track to launch version 3.0 later this year. OpenOffice.org continues to evolve. As practice makes perfect, in the coming version, its interface continues to develop into almost a twin of MS-Office’s pre-ribbon interface.

About the Office PowerPoint’s competitor Impress, there’s no problems opening a presentation created in Power Point 2007; and slide transitions applied in PowerPoint also carried over in Impress. The slideshow was editable in Impress as well. It seems that OpenOffice has added more animations options as slide transitions.

It’s great that OpenOffice is compatible with MS Office, but Microsoft Office file formats are not native to it. Everyone thinks that OpenOffice has to be an exact MS Office clone. That’s not the case, and OpenOffice has a lot of features that Microsoft Office doesn’t, like the way it integrates with Mysql to perform advanced variable stream data features for printing.

Whether corporates want to direct clients towards OpenOffice as a software solution depends on a variety of factors: budget, client’s dependence on complex spreadsheet processes and macros and the interoperability of OpenOffice with UC platforms and email and messaging systems. Certainly, OpenOffice could be a good choice, and it’s always good for further development by yourself, not just under the Microsoft’s construction.

William Peterson
Presentation Veteran