Though still in ‘beta’, Google’s Google Docs keeps coming up with compelling reasons to at least shift some of our time away from Microsoft Office tools. Case in point – AcademHack and the Google Blog both have brief articles on the newest addition to the Google Docs tools (along with documents and spreadsheets): presentations. Though maybe not a PowerPoint killer just yet, Google’s presentations tool does allow for some instant collaboration and interactive online chatting while the presentation is running, too. Of course, a Google account is required.
Here’s the new ‘Google Docs in Plain English’ video that’s circulating the web: