Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers PowerPoint comparison software (see article below), a discovery document and deposition analysis program, a court rules and docketing application, an online marketplace for pleadings and other documents, and a Web-based service that transforms your firm's data into interactive charts. Don't miss the next issue.
PowerPoint Collaboration's Missing Link
These days, law firms need to work twice as hard to attract new clients. That means your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations need to be twice as good. Which means you should seek input from everyone at your firm involved in making a sales pitch. Ditto for your litigation team putting together a presentation for court. But what happens when you end up with multiple versions of a presentation with the clock ticking ever closer to your deadline?
Workshare Compare for PowerPoint … in One Sentence
Workshare Compare for PowerPoint enables you to compare PowerPoint presentations, and manage changes to produce a final version.
The Killer Feature
Other software companies claim to compare PowerPoint presentations, but only after you convert the slides to PDF format. By contrast, Workshare Compare for PowerPoint compares native PowerPoint files.
Working with the actual files offers several advantages, one of which is the Themes technology built into Workshare Compare for PowerPoint. With Themes, you can define exactly which elements within the presentations to compare and how to display the changes to those elements.
For example, select only "Detect Text Changes," and you'll see only changes to the text (and not any graphics, layouts, etc.) across the presentations you compare.
You can modify the default Themes, and create entirely new ones on demand. The customization options include speaker notes, image content, embedded object content, text formatting, slide backgrounds, slide masters, and orientation. You can also adjust the comparison sensitivity level to ignore insignificant changes (e.g., an image that moved a few pixels to the right).
Other Notable Features
In true Workshare fashion, Workshare Compare for PowerPoint provides you with a single view that shows you the changes visually using color coding as well as in a written Change Summary. You can navigate from change to change or from slide to slide.
If you prefer one slide over another, you can designate the preferred slide as the final version. If neither is final, Workshare automatically launches PowerPoint for you to make edits. You can then save the new slide version back into Workshare Compare for PowerPoint to complete the presentation.
What Else Should You Know?
Other features include the ability to search the Change Summary, swap source files for your comparison, save comparisons in PowerPoint format for sharing and editing, and create reports. A one year subscription starts at $145, including product upgrades. Learn more about Workshare Compare for PowerPoint.
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