Saturday, January 26, 2008, 11:21am
Google Presentations Adds PDF Export
I started using Google Documents because of a hard drive failure that left me without MS Office for about a month. Within a week, I realized I didn’t even need Office because of services like Google Documents and Zamzar.
Being an avid user of pretty much every Google app, I now use Google Documents to store many important Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. One of my main issues with using Google Presentations for PowerPoint files, however, was the inability to save my presentations back to a format I could work with off the web. After the latest round of feature updates, which includes PDF export, vector shapes, and better printing options, Google Presentations just got a little more practical for me.
Do freelancers even need MS Office for compatibility reasons? Are many people using the advanced features of Office document formats that would make upload to Google Documents or conversion to PDF difficult?
