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Recently my Google alerts filter has been flagging up lots of posts about the update the online presentation application Zoho Show so I took a look on your behalf and I have to report that not only is this application  a big improvement on the disappointing Google apps equivalent, it is a real alternative if you are presenting from places with a reliable high speed broadband connection.

As somebody who believes passionately in the power of presentation, I was hoping that those clever boffins at Zoho would have learned from all the feedback and research and aimed to create something better than PowerPoint. 
In other words, a piece of software that doesn’t just encourage you to create yet more boring, wordy, bullet point slides and in some ways they have stepped up to the mark whilst in others they still have a way to go.

1) Point one is that Zoho Show allows you to upload your own images quickly and easily, something those of you who watched my recent video blog , will understand I consider to be a must have feature! 

2) On the downside they have provided some built in clip art that is truly awful!  We live in a media rich society and clip art doesn’t cut it any more - Trust me!  If this is supposed to be a serious business tool guys don’t encourage people to use this sort of clipart please

3) Zoho allows users to upload and import a well designed PowerPoint presentation to Zoho Show, but beware. It’s not guaranteed that it will come out looking as good as your original!  I tried one of mine and, whilst some slides were fine, others suffered from text formatting problems and a loss of sharpness.

So, there you have it. Not an exhaustive review but a quick look which hopefully will save you wasting time yourself.  Is Zoho Show a world beater?  Not yet!  Is it worth a look? Yes!

Watch this space and I’ll let you know of further enhancements as it develops, this is certainly an application to keep your eyes on.