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Open Office : Best ever free Office Site

Compatible with other major office suites, Apache OpenOffice is free to download, use, and distribute. Download it now, and get:

  • Writer a word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.
  • Calc a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics.
  • Impress the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations.
  • Draw lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations.
  • Base lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within Apache OpenOffice.
  • Math lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.

PDF to PPTX : Converting PDFs to Powerpoint : Absolutely free

So, you need to convert a PDF into a PowerPoint.  
This usually happens when you get "Inspired" by some presentation from Slideshare.
Here is a simple way to do so by using..

 1. PDFill : PDFill is a brilliant piece of software which is absolutely free and can do lots of amazing things with PDF Files. You can download it here.

 2. PowerPoint: Hope you have Office 2010 .
In case you do not have one try the best free alternative: Open Office 4.0

Two  Simple Steps
Step 1 :
Use PDFill to convert all pages of PDF into Images and store them in a folder.
All pages will get converted into pictures in an instant.

















Step 2 :
Use the "Photo Album" feature to convert all the images created with PDFill into slides.
All pictures in the folder will get converted into pictures into a presentation in a jiffy.

















 Next time when you have the challenge to convert a PDF to PowerPoint, Remember this trick :-)

What drives Success?



My Presentation on SFA : Sales force Automation in Pharma

Post Lunch Session :-)
This is my presentation on Sales Force Automation presented during 
SFE &SFA Conference bu UBM/CPhI at Mumbai on 18-19 June 2013

Life Straw : WOW

New Lingo Learned @ FFE 2013

Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending  FFE 2013 organized by Medicin Man
It was a day of wonderful Learning and Networking. 
Rubbing shoulders with Who is Who of the Indian Pharma is exhilarating. 
Learning from Leaders and CEOs who rose from the ranks of MRs is indeed an experience to cherish!

Here is the Neo Lingo I learned...



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Online Survey or Quiz - Absolutely Free and No Limitations: Google Forms

Want an Opinion Poll?  Wish to conduct a Survey? Planning a Quiz after a training programme?
Think Google.
Free online quiz or survey is made easy with Google Docs. You can use Forms to create an online quiz. It's easy and very intuitive. 
You can create questions with various answer options like
  • Text
  • Paragraph
  • Multiple choice
  • Checkboxes
  • Choose from a List
  • Scale and 
  • Grid
Google provides many themes to garnish your quiz. 
The created Quiz/Survey can be sent by integrating with the mail. Moreover, you can collect and analyze the responses in real-time. 
The data gets loaded into Google Spreadsheet thus making analysis of data easy!
You can download data into spreadsheets on your desktop.
A pre-formatted summary is also available for a quick look.
Next time when you plan for an Online Quiz, 
Rely on Google Docs.
You can even embed the form into your website. 
Alternatives are 
Survey Monkey and
Survey Gizmo. 
Most of the basic features are free but you may find few limitations.
Google Docs is limitation free :-)
It's simple, easy and free.
In case you need help Refer to Google forms.
Here is the link: Google forms-Help
Take a tour...