Google Docs Viewer: Directly open or embed PDF, PowerPoint and Tiff Files!
Google has this ability to provide very useful tools and services that are not promoted much.
Google Docs Viewer is one such service.
This tool is designed to open files using the Google Docs engine right into a web browser.
It currently works [...]
Fotolia provides stock photos from inside MS Office!
Fotolia has launched a new feature which adds itself as a new ribbon in MS Office 2007 applications.
Using this ribbon, users can search for and insert stock photos from within Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
Users can also buy photos from within the user interface and use that [...]
PDF/PPT/TIF viewer with Google docs is a very useful userscript
Userscripts are powerful tools that can make web browser fun and intuitive.
PDF/PPT/TIF viewer with Google docs is one of the many scripts that can come handy for anyone who spends a lot of time online.
This script is designed to replace links to Adobe [...]
Embed PDF and Microsoft PowerPoint files on a webpage
Google Operating System has posted an interesting tip to embed a PDF or a Microsoft PowerPoint file on a webpage.
This tip works with files which are already accessible on the web.
It works by embedding the Google Document Viewer on a web page.
Here is an example syntax:
<iframe src=”http://docs.google.com/gview?url=SOURCEFILE&embedded=true” [...]
Microsoft Office to come to Nokia mobile devices
Microsoft and Nokia have announced a collaborative deal which would see Microsoft providing their mobile Office suite for Nokia mobile devices.
Nokia has sold millions of smartphones powered by Symbian platform and Microsoft aims to provide their office productivity solutions to these users.
Microsoft would initially provide their solutions [...]
Microsoft updates Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft has released an update for their Office suite for the Apple Mac platform.
Office 2008 for Mac 12.2.1 is now available for download from the company website.
The company said that this update would fix a bug that prevents Office applications from opening some Open XML documents.
Users are asked [...]
Microsoft Office 2010 testing begins
US based software giant Microsoft has started testing their upcoming Office 2010 release with a select group of beta testers.
This would be an important update for this office productivity suite from Microsoft as it would include web based versions of the applications as well.
Microsoft is not providing access to [...]
Google Docs now support MS Office 2007 file formats
Google has announced that they have now added support for some new formats.
They have added support for .docx and .xlsx file formats which were introduced with MS Office 2007.
This means that Google Docs users can now import files made in MS Word 2007 and MS Excel 2007. [...]
Google updates Gmail viewers for PowerPoint and Tiff files
Google has revealed that they are now using new viewers for PowerPoint presentations and TIFF format files.
They are now using the same viewer that is used to present Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
This viewer does not require the user to have Adobe Flash Player installed on [...]
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 coming later this month
Software giant Microsoft has announced that the second service pack for their Office 2007 would arrive later this month.
This would be the first major upgrade to the MS Office 2007 suite since December 2007.
Microsoft would start delivering Office 2007 SP2 as an upgrade via Windows [...]
