[翻译]Google“PowerPoint杀手”初探
一些Gmail用户（包括我，但是不包括Josh，nyahnyah）在他们的收件箱里头有一个新的功能：现在他们能够在自己的收件箱里头通过“as slide show（通过幻灯片播放）”链接来浏览PowerPoint文件。当你点击了这一个链接之后，将会看到一个弹出的全屏窗口，幻灯文件将会以Flash的方式在这个窗口中展示，在屏幕的上方还有“前进”“后退”按钮以及一些选择下拉菜单。
通过右击鼠标还可以设置幻灯片自动播放，调节播放速度和下载该文件。
这个功能的出现不难预示：PowerPoint将会是Google未来一个方面的竞争对手。无论如何，我们所期待的是：slide show功能将会像Google的文字和表格工具一样成为一个成熟的办公工具。Google的这些新功能可能是在告诉我们它在发展的在线办公计划领域的的决心。一些前期工作将会在最近启动。
注：图片是英文作者原图。
另外:我打开我自己的Gmail,然后给我自己发了一封包含ppt附件的邮件，在收件箱中并没有看到文中所属的按钮，我有切换到英文状态依然如此。所以正如文中所说"including me, but not Josh, nyah nyah”，只有部分（英文）用户已经可以使用这一功能了。（本人英文水平特差，有错误请多多原谅）
英文原文来自：http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9719991-2.html?tag=cnetfd.mt
[英文原文]
Hands-on
First peek at Google's PowerPoint killer?
By Rafe Needleman – May 16, 2007, 10:57 AM PDT
Some Gmail users (including me, but not Josh, nyah nyah) have a new option in their in-box: PowerPoint files that are sent to them can now be viewed "as slide show." When you click on this link, you're given a full-window, Flash-based slide show of the file, with forward and back buttons at the top of the screen and a slide selector drop-down menu.
Right-clicking on the Flash player gives you presentation options.
(Credit: CNET Networks)
Right-clicking gives you options to play the slide show automatically, adjust the speed of the autoplay, and download the original file.
This is probably the presentation player that will be part of Google's upcoming competitor to PowerPoint. It's not, though, what we're all waiting for, which is the slide show authoring tool that will presumably have cool collaborative features similar to Google's word processor and spreadsheet. Nor does this peek show us what Google is going to be doing in the world of screen sharing or remote presentations, an area that several start-ups have recently attacked.
