{"id":845,"date":"2007-11-25T00:38:43","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2007\/11\/25\/using-google-docs-for-presentations\/"},"modified":"2007-11-25T00:38:43","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T07:38:43","slug":"using-google-docs-for-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2007\/11\/25\/using-google-docs-for-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Using google docs for presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a technical question that I need answered by …oh, early tomorrow. Lunchtime at the latest.\u00a0 On Monday morning I’m supposed to do a technical dry-run for a talk I’m presenting on Wednesday. There are some logistics involved, in terms of equipment. I don’t have a projector, and the organizer of the venue is kind enough to arrange one for me. I have a laptop. And I’m putting my presentation together using google docs<\/a>‘s “Presentation Editor,” which is a real joy to use. Very easy.<\/p>\n

But now I wonder if I haven’t dug myself a big hole.<\/p>\n

I realized this afternoon that I can’t save this presentation as, say, a PowerPoint. I can save it as a compressed file to my computer, but when I open it, it opens in Firefox.<\/p>\n

So …does that mean I need wifi at the venue? Like, do I need internet access to “play” my slide show?<\/p>\n

Do any of my 2 or 3 readers have any idea if there’s a work-around for Google Docs “presentation editor,” to save it to one’s computer, open it, but not need internet access to play it?<\/p>\n

Otherwise I will be spending tomorrow not just finishing<\/em> the presentation, but transferring every single slide by hand (pictures and some text) to that clunker PowerPoint format, which I know I can save to my computer and open without benefit of wifi access….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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