OneDrum is a collaboration tool that works with major Office apps like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. With this tool, you can share, edit, compare, and get feedback from your colleagues. In addition it uses P2P to service connections so that no One Drum network is reliant to a central server.

One Drum works by installing its desktop plugin where it connects your office software with the group. By itself, it allows for desktop apps that are talking with each other. Teams can use the chat window within the Office to get instant feedback. You can also share and e-mail documents to your friends and you are ensured of a stable connection as long as one of your friends is online.

One Drum hopes to spearhead the integration of their app to different online tools. For remote workers that are only partially convinced of the benefits of cloud computing, this tool provides a nice example of the balance of cloud and native applications.

• Collaboration platform for Microsoft office suites
• Hook up web application using the API
• Uses peer 2 peer instead of central servers
• Allows for collaborative desktop apps
• Chat inside documents for effective feedback
• Works with desktop applications that you already have

Check out OneDrum @ www.onedrum.com

PresentMe is a web service that lets you create effective presentations through your PowerPoint files. You start by creating an account on the website. Next you upload a PowerPoint presentation to your PresentMe account. After your file has been uploaded, its slides are made viewing in the site’s Flash viewer. To help give your presentation a better flow and explain each slide as it appears, you can start recording a narrative through your webcam and microphone. The resultant presentation then appears with your webcam recording on the right and slides on the left. A filmstrip view of the slides is also given on the bottom of the presentation.

Under the presentation video you find details, comments, likes, and ratings for that presentation.

Using the button available in the bottom right of the video presentation you can download the PowerPoint presentation, get the embeddable link of the presentation, and share it with your friends.

PresentMe offers paid and free packages. The free plan lets you record up to 10 recordings per month; each of these presentations can be 15 minutes long. To paid plans increase the presentation duration and the number of them you can make each month.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create video presentations using existing PowerPoint presentations.
• You record video using webcam and microphone.
• Your video is made public and can be shared with others.
• Visitors can comment on and rate your presentation.
• You can get your presentation’s embeddable link for your blog or site.

Check out Present.Me @ www.present.me (by MOin from ThumbPress)

To use SaveOfficeData, just upload your corrupt doc, xls, or ppt file. Then the app auto-magically extracts the text files within them and generates a plain text format which you can save so you can recreate your file again.

It is important to note that it will not fix your corrupt file. Instead, it will save the text data so you do not have to re-type or re-input the data. The simple interface of SaveOfficeData is backed by four extraction algorithms that will take turns to extract your data.

SaveOfficeData is a nifty lifesaver for anyone who has problems with their office files and who do not want to lose precious hours of work.

Features:

• Recover text from corrupted office file.
• Free and no sign up required.
• Extracts texts from corrupt office files.
• Supports formats from multiple office suites.
• Uses multiple algorithms to extract texts.
• You can also read: How To Repair Corrupted Word Files.

Check out SaveOfficeData @ www.saveofficedata.com

The site not only offers a large collection of articles and tips about making effective presentations, but it also has a huge inventory of free presentation speeches, clipart for different categories as well as over 300 free PowerPoint templates to choose from.

The site also covers plain oral presentations like speeches and gives you general tips about public speaking. Moreover, you can also find links and information about several utilities that can help you enhance your presentations.

Features:

• Free presentation tips, articles, and tricks.
• Download over 300 power point templates.
• Read information for great speeches and public speaking.
• Browse templates by categories.
• Links to presentation utilities and tools.
• Free clip-art images for several categories.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: SlideServe, PresentationsETC, SlideSix and TemplatesWise.

Visit PresentationMagazine @ www.presentationmagazine.com

If you think that none of the themes fit your liking, you should check out Free-Power-Point-Templates. This website features a gallery of free PPt templates and backgrounds that you can download and use for your own projects.

The website boasts more than 650 high-quality, royalty-free templates. From the homepage you can find an appropriate template depending on the nature of your presentation (medical, engineering, business, or educational templates). The collection is also organized by different categories, tags, and colors. You can browse through the templates or use the search function to sort through the gallery where you can download each template in ZIP format.

Free Powerpoint Templates is an awesome resource for creating presentations that will make a lasting impression to your audience.

Features:

• Collection of free and royalty-free Powerpoint templates.
• Download templates as zip files.
• Browse through different categories and usage.
• No sign up required.
• Similar Tools: Templateswise, PresentationsETC, and ChartChooser.

Check out Free Powerpoint Templates @ http://www.free-power-point-templates.com

Zentation aims to bring the advantages of a PowerPoint presentation to the web, by combining and syncing slides of Presentation with video. First, upload a video of yourself speaking. Then upload the PowerPoint presentation. Finally, tell the program at which points in the presentation you’d like to change slides.

While this could be accomplished by simply editing the video to occasionally show the slides, Zentation’s solution allows those viewing a presentation online to look at what they want when they want, more realistically simulating the experience of being there in person for the presentation.

Note that the site employs a freemium structure. The free version allows you to embed YouTube or Google Videos into the service and synchronize those with your PowerPoint presentation. Uploading videos to Zentation itself costs extra. For many, however, the free version will work perfectly.

Features

• Share your presentation with those who can’t physically make it.
• Synchronize videos of presentations with the relevant PowerPoint slides.
• Free version synchronizes with YouTube videos.

Check out Zentation @ www.zentation.com

Making voice presentations is easy. Just upload your file and then record your voice by calling a phone number provided by MyBrainshark. This tool has support for several video, audio, and document formats, so you won’t have a problem dealing with file conversions to make this service work for you.

MyBrainshark’s core functions are catered to businesses. The app is useful for corporate trainings, business presentations, product demos, proposals, and lectures. But if you are a blogger looking for a personal show-and-tell tool, Brainshark will also work well for your needs. You can also view other presentations from MyBrainshark’s rich content library.

You can register an individual account for free or you can view their small business and enterprise accounts if you are looking to integrate this tool to your business.

Features:

• Add voice narration to your presentations, documents, images, and videos.
• Support for several video, audio, and document formats.
• Add your voice by calling a Brainshark phone number.
• Useful for business presentations, lectures, product demos, training videos and more.
• Supports free individual and premium business accounts.

Check out myBrainshark @ my.brainshark.com

You can also check out presentations shared by other users, search and browse them by popularity, rate and leave comments.

Features:

• Upload and share PowerPoint presentations online.
• Share and embed your presentations online.
• Browse presentations shared by other users sorted by popularity, tags and categories.
• Download the software plug-in to upload presentations directly from the PowerPoint.
• Sign up to upload and comment on presentations.
• Similar websites: SlideSix.

Check out SlideServe @ www.slideserve.com

Adobe PDF – pdf, ps.
Microsoft Word Document – doc, docx.
Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet – xls, xlxs.
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation – ppt, pptx, pps.
Open Office- odt, odp, sxw, sxi.

Works easy, simply go to the site, select the document you want to open and click on the “View Document”. Your document will be uploaded and opened online. You can also share your documents with others by forwarding a URL or embedding on your website or personal page.

See ViewDocsOnline in action:

Features:

• View documents online without having to install any software.
• Supported document formats: pdf, ps, doc, docx, xls, xlxs, ppt, pptx, pps, odt, odp, sxw, sxi.
• Open documents from your computer or the web.
• Share documents in many different ways (email, social networks, forums, etc.).
• Embedding supported.
• Convert your documents into PDF format.
• Similar tools: OpenItOnline and Samurajdata.se.

Check out ViewDocsOnline @ www.viewdocsonline.com

The site has a clean and uncluttered interface. Users may browse templates by category (Abstract, General, Nature, Finance etc), by tags, by popularity or search with keywords. Download any template with one click in ZIP archive format.

Features:

• Free PowerPoint templates and backgrounds.
• Browse template by category, by popularity, by tags etc.
• Easily download desired template with a single click.
• Similar website: PresentationsETC.

Check out TemplateWise @ www.templateswise.com