“Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac will let users port PowerPoint presentations to iPhones and video-equipped iPods, Microsoft Corp. said yesterday as it unveiled the latest details of the suite scheduled to ship in January,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
“PowerPoint 2008, the presentation maker included in the bundle, can export creations as a series of pictures — but not video — to iPhoto ’06 and later. Alternately, users can save the slides to the Mac’s Pictures folder,” Keizer reports.
“iPhones and iPods that boast video viewing — the iPod touch, the newest iPod nano and the iPod classic — can also connect to a larger screen television or a projector using Apple’s $49 component AV cable,” Keizer reports.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s Keynote (part of iWorks ’08) already can export to iTunes, where Keynote presentations can be synced to iPods or iPhones.
I think Apple need to release a “viewer” so I can give Keynote Presentations to Windows users. Exporting as a QuickTime video is one thing, but the files are huge and not easy to email.
Scandalous
Use timed slides in QT. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42606
Office 2008…when are we expecting to see that on shelves? Microsoft says January 2008, so that’s more realistically like March 2010 right?
Scandalous, Can’t you copy the presentation onto a CD-R and mail the disk?
Wow…a pre-announced iPod Trojan from M$.
agreed. A Keynote viewer would be most helpful.
Besides PowerPoint is yesterday news… and it power is all but gone!
Don’t do us any favors, Microsoft.
igads,
I would like to preserve the presentation as it was designed in Keynote. I really don’t want to flip through a series of still images in Quicktime.
A keynote viewer would be great for me as I am constantly sending presentations to clients and colleagues. The one with a Mac (and Keynote) can see the presentation as it was designed — including the transitions and animations. The only way to preserve these effects is to export as a Quicktime movie.
Oh well… I’ll wait.
What about Flash export?
Whether you buy Office 2008 or not, Mac users should support Microsoft when it supports the Mac OS X platform. Based on past releases, the next release of Office for Mac (after 2008) will be 2012. Perhaps by then, “Microsoft Office” will not be so prevalent. In 2000 and 2004, having an Office for Mac product was essential. In 2008, it’s not as crucial, but Apple still needs Office for Mac to be available; it makes the Mac OS X platform stronger. Having an Intel native (Universal) release of Office available is much better for Apple than not having it at all, even if it meant more sales of iWork ’08.
The MacBu at Microsoft is the largest group of Mac developers outside of Apple. It does good work. We should support and encourage their effort.
Pre-announced, yes. A MS “favor”, maybe.
Still very surprising that it happened. MS has been flooding the airwaves here with Windows Mobile’s glorious ability to handle Office documents (ability, not ease).
Assuming the Office sync does happen, isn’t that a MS admission that iPod and iPhone exist & are worth supporting?
Or should we be very leery of this, and wonder what MS’s real intentions are?
RE: Flash: I just tried one of my own Keynotes exported to Flash, and it worked.
but what about zune sync? lol
@kenh….
how did you get it to the iphone?
Don’t bother MS. I’d rather set up my own indivdual jpgs and use Jpg Duex or other similar jpg flipping software than use Power Bloat.
If you wanna get in on the mac action, get rid of asf and wmv video file formats. I still cant edit the bloody things without first recording them via tv out onto a dvd and re ripping it back in. Too cumbersome for my liking.
Ohhhh god!
Just what I need, a boat anchor for my iPhone, a memory hog, something to freeze my phone and something ugly to look at.
You have got to be kidding me.
it’s already been done…
WHY bother… besides 2008 is too late and will have issues… and well COSTS more then iWORKS…
not gonna fork it out – hope others will see the light
J
Doesn’t iWorks (Keynote) do that… I thought it did.
Then there is no need for a viewer.
The opensource, NeoOffice DOES export as FLASH. swf
And Powerpoint can export QT with QT transitions.
Google docs seems not to have any transitional effects.
Yet, it’s the BEST easiest way to share a presentation with anyone and clients… check it out.
RE: “@kenh….
how did you get it to the iphone?”
No, but did get it to the web, so I assume that it would work like any Safari site.
Would love to have an iPhone, but not in AT&T;service area!!!!!
Useless! Powerpoint is a peace of dirt compared to Keynote! Once used to OSX beauty… who damn would go around and show good stuff with that miseracle powerpoint??? Silly thought!
Well, guess a nice try from M$ to show up on a valid platform…
oh comeon guys…
this is a chance for microsoft to realise that maybe they have some gifts in them…
one day they might be apple’s best friend