SlideShare makes PowerPoint social (also sends it to the cloud)
Dec 15, 10:13 pm PST
Last week we asked you “where next?” And we got a range of answers (some more popular than others) but no one guessed what we really were up to!
Today we launch the SlideShare ribbon for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, a way of bringing SlideShare right into your desktop, or as TechCrunch put it, “sending PowerPoint to the cloud.”. You can now manage all your SlideShare uploads from PowerPoint, search through presentations on SlideShare, browse your contacts and groups’ presentations and also download them into PowerPoint. Such an integration, as ReadWriteWeb points out, “casts all desktop software in a new light - no matter how ‘unsocial’ a particular app may seem.”
Take a look at this video for a quick overview of some of the features in the SlideShare ribbon:
SlideShare Ribbon Demo from slideshare on Vimeo
You can download and install the SlideShare ribbon from this page: http://www.slideshare.net/developers/apps/pptribbon
Update: This news has quickly spread across the web… check out some commentary
TechCrunch : slideshare sends powerpoint to the cloud link
ReadWriteWeb : SlideShare presents your newest social app: powerpoint! link
Bert Decker’s Blog : I think this is the first time a Web 2.0 property has been embedded so deeply into desktop productivity software. link
Lifehacker : The plug-in, adds basic “Open/Publish/Manage” buttons to a new SlideShare tab, as well as buttons for finding related material on the sharing site (for design inspiration, perhaps?) and letting you see how many co-workers, or general surfers, have checked out your shared stuff. link
Nitin Badjatia : I think one of the primary reasons this happens is that most PowerPoint presentations are developed in a vacuum. The lone PowerPoint ‘artiste’ slaves away, late at night, slapping together random thoughts and cheesy graphics into a massive deck that often misses the point. SlideShare, the online slide deck sharing site (sort of a YouTube for slideware), has just released a PowerPoint plug-in, that may bring the lonely deck-developer into the social realm. With the add-on, deck-developers will be able to share their works of art directly from the very non-social PowerPoint, and more importantly, be able to search for inspiration directly from within PowerPoint link
Internet Evolution : I typically don’t have to fight mosquitoes carrying malaria and yellow fever, nor have to deal with excessive tropical heat or move millions of cubic feet of dirt and rock. What I do have to deal with is inordinate layers of “bluereaucracy” and posting presentations on the Interwebs. To make the latter easier, SlideShare has come up with a PowerPoint plugin that lets users edit and publish presentations directly to their SlideShare accounts, reports TechCrunch. The new feature also allows one to automagically notify others of the new presos via Twitter. Very cool. link
Web Worker Daily : I was able to not only review and edit the slide show within PowerPoint but also perform the upload, tagging and title/description write-up with no need to use a web browser. Basically, SlideShare is one of the first services to embed web hosting access so deeply within an Office application. link
Dec 16, 8:21 am
[...] now if you use PowerPoint 2007 (Windows only) it’s even easier. SlideShare has released the SlideShare Ribbon add-on to PowerPoint. Check out this introductory slide stack for more information: Meet the [...]
Dec 16, 8:12 pm
this is awesome … i’d love to see this on mac …
Dec 17, 1:57 am
Cool! But what language versions are supported?
Dec 18, 12:28 am
[...] like its LinkedIn App, Facebook, etc. Now, according to SlideShare’s latest blog post “SlideShare makes PowerPoint social”, it is introducing an add-in for PowerPoint 2007 to makes the sharing and social features of [...]
Dec 19, 2:07 am
very nice and informative site.. keep it up.. thanks for sharing..
Dec 21, 10:28 pm
Interesting. Right now I use just OpenOffice in my Linux box. I’d love see Slideshare on OpenOffice too.
Dec 22, 7:39 am
++ for Mac version as well. Powerpoint and/or Keynote would do.
Dec 22, 8:49 pm
I’m on a Mac, guess I’ll have to wait.
Dec 25, 11:13 pm
Hi Outi,
Right now, SlideShare Ribbon is supported in English version only.
Regards,
Uttam
Dec 29, 7:26 pm
Gracias por su servicio de vida, para dar vida a los demas. FELIZ AÑO NUEVO.
Dec 29, 7:28 pm
DESEO QUE ME ENVIEN MENSAJES PARA REENVIAR A OTRAS PERSONAS. GRACIAS
Dec 30, 12:50 am
Instale la herramienta y todos los botones funcionan a excepcion del primero el de OPen resentation
Jan 1, 1:52 pm
When shall we see an OpenOffice version ? OOo users are power users and will rapidly help to spread Slightshare.
Jan 6, 2:43 pm
[...] want an easy way to share them, checkout SlideShare. If your using PowerPoint 2007 get the “Ribbon” plug-in which is free. If anyone is using SlideShare or another only presentation service [...]
Jan 13, 11:51 am
When I attempt to publish it keeps telling me to save the presentation first.
Jan 15, 7:53 am
[...] you use Powerpoint 2007, there is a very slick upload ribbon plug-in that allows you to upload directly to [...]
Jan 18, 7:26 am
SLIDESSHARE ES DIFERENTE A LOS OTROS TIPOS DE POWER POINT,ES EXCELENTE Y ME INTERESA PORQUE HAY LOS PUNTOS ESENCIALES PARA DAR UNA CLASE,AL MENOS YO LO USO PORQUE TOMO ALGUNAS PARTES PARA MIS SESIONES DE CLASE.GRACIAS
Jan 19, 3:18 pm
A quien pueda interesar:
Estoy tratando de conseguir una presentacion para ensenar nuevos maestros en mi iglesia.
Doy gracias a Dios por encontrarlos a ustedes.
Gracias,
Sinceramente
Al servicio del Senor
Ana Llaverias
Jan 20, 2:25 am
What about us mac users? Tried to download the slideshare powerpoint since it did not specify if it was mac compatible but - nothing
Jan 21, 7:29 pm
May be we will get some thing great if we should ask for more information from Slideshare Ribbon
Jan 21, 7:35 pm
SO, what more great things do slideshare have for us for i new they are good in bringing some thing new…………
Feb 9, 6:22 pm
[...] SlideShare makes PowerPoint social (also sends it to the cloud): The SlideShare Ribbon for PowerPoint 2007 is a plugin that lets PowerPoint users store, access and search for presentations directly from SlideShare. The plugin also provides access to social features from SlideShare including contacts, groups and connections to Twitter and FriendFeed. [...]
Mar 15, 3:16 am
i want somebody to guide me to make a powerpoint slide for my office purpose.