The SlideShare Zeitgeist ’09

Ever wondered which country creates the most presentations? Most popular presentation style? Fastest growing presentation software? To be announced on the 30th of December, SlideShare Zeitgeist is a quick peek into global presentation trends in 2009.

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SlideShare.net is a great website that hosts presentations on any and every topic from Ant Hills to Zebra Breeding. This time of year, they are taking your votes on the most popular presentations of 2009. From that voting, the folks at SlideShare.net will interview the top three nominated presentation developers and publish the results on their blog in January 2010.

To vote <Click Here>. There are some great presentation nominated. If you are a PowerPoint junkie like me, you will enjoy reviewing the nominees.

Doing research within Microsoft Office Apps

An often overlook feature in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) is the Look Up function.  With the Look Up function you can;

• Look up a word in a dictionary (with pronunciation and definitions)
• Get a list of synonyms and homonyms from an online Thesaurus
• Translate a word or phrase to a different language
• Find references to a word or phrase in an Encyclopedia
• Lookup a stock quote or find a company profile

...all within Microsoft Office! 

To use the Look Up function simply highlight a word or phrase, right click and select Look Up.  Your MS Office application will open up a pane on the right and display the results.  For example, here is a quick Look Up on the word "Productivity".

How cool is that! 

This feature has been around since the early versions of Microsoft Office.  What amazed me is that this feature does not get a lot of press.  In fact, I just stumbled across it recently.  If you have not yet tried the Microsoft Office Look Up function, I'd highly recommend it.

Related Links:

• Microsoft Office Timesaver: Using the Research Pane @ Dummies.com