The News Review:
- Microsoft PowerPoint Meet Google Presentations
- Microsoft ffice 2007 offers nice new features
- While we’re on the subject of Vista …
Microsoft PowerPoint Meet Google Presentations
searchengineland.com – Apr 17, 2007
So is this aimed at killing off Microsoft’s popular PowerPoint application? Schmidt spins that it isn’t competitive with PowerPoint:“We don’t think so. The reason is it doesn’t have all the functionality nor is it intended to have all the functionality of Microsoft ffice” Schmidt said in response to an interviewer’s question at the Web 2. 0 Expo conference here. InsideGoogle also points to a video.
Microsoft ffice 2007 offers nice new features
Eagle Tribune – Apr 17, 2007
However the bigger problem is that it has been years since there last was a compelling reason to upgrade to a new version of ffice. ffice 2007 attempts to reverse that. When you launch the core applications such as Word Excel or PowerPoint you will see a brand-new user interface. Gone are the multiple menus and toolbars of the past replaced by a mega-toolbar Microsoft calls the “ribbon. ” What appears to be a menu no longer opens up the familiar lists of tasks but instead changes the composition of the ribbon. For example click on “Insert” and you get tools for adding graphics links tables other files and so on. The ribbon also changes composition automatically when you are working with such things as pictures and tables… “Easier” I hasten to point out really means “easier once you have learned it. ” Expect to scream in frustration at your computer until you get the hang of ffice 2007. To me the biggest news in ffice is that Microsoft has at last hired graphics designers with good taste. Further the new interface makes tools to modify those nice new designs readily accessible. Whereas the templates included with ffice used to pretty much lock you into their blueprint ffice 2007 templates are just a starting point. Color schemes font choices style options and other design elements all can be changed by a couple of clicks. Like a template but want its predominant color to be blue instead of red? Just click “Page Layout” to bring up that ribbon array and click on the “Theme Color” button.
While we’re on the subject of Vista …
InfoWorld – Apr 17, 2007
So I might be wrong. n the other hand I\’m going through exactly what you\’ll go through when you switch to Vista and ffice 2007. So here\’s what I want to know: Why is it that when you\’re using PowerPoint and want to apply a template to a new presentation it\’s called a \”Template\” in the Help system but when you want to apply the exact same template to an existing presentation it\’s suddenly called a \”Theme\”? More generally why did Microsoft decide to… So I might be wrong. n the other hand I\’m going through exactly what you\’ll go through when you switch to Vista and ffice 2007. So here\’s what I want to know: Why is it that when you\’re using PowerPoint and want to apply a template to a new presentation it\’s called a \”Template\” in the Help system but when you want to apply the exact same template to an existing presentation it\’s suddenly called a \”Theme\”? More generally why did Microsoft decide to.