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Source:  http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/google-presently.html

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Google Prepares a Presentation Tool

I'm sure many people wondered if Google will release a presentation tool, after building Google Docs&Spreadsheets. Well, the answer is yes, and the code-name of the tool is Presently (a play on Writely, the name of the online word processor bought by Google).

You will be able to convert a document into a presentation, create slides and view the presentation in full-screen. Here are some messages from a Google file [update: Google removed the messages, so here's a screenshot], that will be used by Presently:
var MSG_DOC_TO_PRESENTATION="Convert document to presentation";
var MSG_DOC_TO_PRESENTATION_HINT="Once your document is converted to a presentation, you can insert slide breaks using Insert > Slide from the main menu.";
var MSG_PRESENTATION_TO_DOC="Convert presentation to document";
var MSG_POPUP_BLOCKER="Presently is unable to launch your presentation in full-screen mode. Check your pop-up blocker settings.";
var MSG_NEW_SLIDE_TITLE="New Slide";
var MSG_UNSUPPORTED_BROWSER="Unsupported Browser Presently doesn't support Opera and will not function properly. Would you like to continue anyway?";
var MSG_SLIDE_INDEX="Slide %1 of %2: %3";
var MSG_NEXT="Next";
var MSG_NEXT_HINT="Space, Enter, N";
var MSG_PREV="Previous";
var MSG_PREV_HINT="Backspace, Del, P";
var MSG_ZOOM_IN="Zoom in";
var MSG_ZOOM_OUT="Zoom out";
var MSG_ZOOM_RESET="Zoom reset";
var MSG_TOGGLE_AUTOFIT="Toggle AutoFit";
var MSG_PICK_THEME="Choose theme:";
var MSG_THEME_BLANK="Blank";
var MSG_THEME_GOOGLE="Google";
var MSG_THEME_LIQUID="Liquid";
var MSG_THEME_MONOCHROME="Monochrome";
var MSG_TOGGLE_TOOLBAR="Hide/show toolbar";
var MSG_EXIT_PRESENTATION="Exit presentation";
var MSG_END_OF_PRESENTATION="End of presentation. Are you sure you want to exit?";

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16 comments
YOU are really the best to find these kind of secrets Ionut :-D
GG !

Just how do you discover these things ??!!

Accidentally. I was trying to see if there's a way to upload a file from the web to Google Docs using GET, rather than POST, and I checked some of their files.

I don't like Presently as a name... Google Presently... nah... maybe Presenter.. or Google Slideshow?

In the coding it says no support for Opera.. were they not integrating support for Opera a while ago on their other products?

It also has a theme option I see... 'Liquified'... neat.

Great dig! In order to become a 'killer' online software pack, Google really has to add in loads of features to its existing docs products. Like graphing for spreadsheet and maybe better slide switching effects in Presently.

@ Conor Cleary
I don't like the name Presently as well. How about Google Slides

nice find ionut

Isn't it funny they use the name Presently after they killed Writely?

I wonder if this means they plan to return to cute names instead of Google Docs and Spreadsheets (and Pesentations and Wikis) :-)

Interesting, but I doubt this is a real product -- hence the silly name.

I bet it's something they use internally for meetings, as they seem to have a lot of internal tools with strange or inside-joke names.

Yeah, Zoli.

Writely
Wisely (wise is Google Spreadsheets's service name)
Presently

Interesting, but I doubt this is a real product.

Nope. I found this in a JavaScript file that lists all the messages from Google Docs & Spreadsheets (things like: Save, Print etc.) The name might change, but the product is real (and obvious).

A presentation app on the web? Yawn.

They need to focus on getting charts into Google Spreadsheet, or just buy Swivel.

Google removed the messages from the file, but I took a screenshot before.

Yes, it looks like very logical order.

There is actually something much larger coming for Project Management leveraging JotSpot, but it will feel more like MS Project.

I like "Presently" actually, provided that it's prounced PRE'-sent-ly and not pre-SENT'-ly. :-) Though given the fate of the Writely brand, if this product ever goes live, we can be rest assured it'll have a more inspiriting and assured title similar to "Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Accumen Presenter." And who wouldn't be the first to sign up for Google Docs, Spreadsheets, and Accumen Presenter for Your Domains?

I'm not too concerned about the name as the functionality. They still have a long way to go with the word processor so I have a feeling that this is going to me very Beta.

John
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