Google Apps is now almost complete. Presentations that was launched earlier last month is now a part of the Google Apps for your Domain. I just got this email from the Google Apps team. I am quoting the email straightaway.

Presentations — all new! We’re pleased to announce that you can now create and share presentations with Google Docs — the application in Google Apps formerly known as Docs & Spreadsheets.

With this feature, you can create a new set of slides from scratch or import existing presentations and share and collaborate on them in real time. You can even drive a presentation remotely while colleagues or clients look on from their own computers.

Curious about how it all works? Check out this short video, Google Docs in Plain English. You can also take the Google Docs Tour.

While I personally don’t feel that Presentations is a viable alternative to Microsoft Powerpoint, but its addition to the Google Apps family makes things all the more interesting.

Google Apps one of the chief competitors to the Microsoft Office Suite has finally come up with a presentations app that allows to create simple presentations. Right now the Presentations feature from Google does not stack up that well against Powerpoint.

You can import Powerpoint files into the Slideshow and edit them as you like. But the real problem is that you can’t save files as a powerpoint presentation or a open office presentation. Presentations from Google stores the stuff as a HTML with Javascript, CSS etc. embedded right into it. The only advantage that Presently has right now is its amazing collaboration features. Other features include presence of over 15 Stylish themes to choose from and a embedded gtalk so that you can collaborate easily.

Here is a small presentation that I made with Google Apps : Say Hello to the iPhone

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