#im wondering right now if that many options can fit on mobile version.......

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WIP updates on my fanfic game...

While Lovestruck was limited to 3 standard choices, I can add a lot more...at least what fits on screen. An example is, the Seven Deadly Sins cocktail drinks. Of course, there is also an option to opt out!

I got a start on Onyx's action pose, but she has several costumes and two different weapons...one is her circus staff and the other is a spear. There's just a lot to draw for her. Finished Darius and Malakai action/weapon poses and coded them all in to test the sprites.

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WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TO OFFICE 365 TODAY?

A lot has been written and spoken about Office 365 since its initial release in late June of 2011. Office 365 has been a buzzword since then across most major enterprises and a very good one at that for Microsoft, helping the software giant make leaps and bounds of growth.

Much of Office 365’s success and applicability has been focused on why an organization should or should not migrate from older on-premises versions of Office to 365. Features like SharePoint, OneDrive, and Skype for Business, and your entire office online make it an especially appealing offering and should definitely be part of an organization’s consideration when deciding whether or not to make the switch.

However cool the features might sound, an organization’s successful adoption does not depend on the coolness factor of the cloud-based solution that Office 365 is. Rather, an organization should consider how these features translate to better productivity and more predictable (and sometimes lower) costs. With that in mind, let’s examine the top reasons an organization should migrate to Office 365 now.

With the year coming to a close, Office 365 has proven that it has what it takes to be the best in the market for having all your productivity tools in one place. If you are still wondering if you need to make the move to the cloud from your on-premise exchange servers, then you should read on:

NO MORE WORRY ABOUT SERVERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE

Oh yes! Being in the cloud has it perks like we all know. With the Office 365 running on the cloud, an enterprise doesn’t have to think ever about maintaining and running the exchange servers particularly meaning that you are free of all the hassle. Plus you see a bug/ issue ever in the app, Microsoft will be responsible to smash it out of the work.

OFFICE 365 GROWS YOUR BUSINESS

With Microsoft offering flexible, pay-as-you-go options and on-demand additional services like data storage and servers, it is much easier to invest in the technology without having to bother too much about an initial investment of a large sum. Whenever your need arises, upgrade to a plan that suits the best and your business is all set.

ENTERPRISE-GRADE SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION AND TEAM COHESION

If you’ve not already heard of it, then Microsoft bought Enterprise Social Network (ESN) named Yammer for $1.2 Billion back in 2012. Why such a huge sum is a question we may all ask? Because ESNs are likely to play an increasingly important role in how we work. Facilitating interactions, make talent searching easier, looking up documents and files and private chats for one to one or multi people communication and cut out lengthy email chains with the ability to ‘like’ posts, comment on your group’s activity and share and collaborate on files incredibly easily is the key driver of the success of Yammer across enterprises looking for a tightly knit collaboration solutions with their existing tools or the tools they are already familiar with.

WORKING FROM ANYWHERE AND FROM ANY DEVICE

Being in the cloud makes Office 365 a very compelling solution for your production deployment. With Microsoft’s mobile solutions and apps on all major mobile platform devices, your documents and work are just a few clicks away.

SIMPLIFIED MIGRATION

Migration to Office 365 can straightforward experience depending on your needs and business cases. But in most cases transitioning from your on-premises exchange servers, lotus notes or any other mailbox can be a performed like a charm. Today, various tools in the market are available such as Sharegate, Skykick, Transvault, Quest from Dell, BitTitan and others that make this transition a piece of cake.

ALL YOUR APPS IN ONE PLACE – UNIFIED SOLUTION TO ALL YOUR PRODUCTIVITY NEEDS

With office 365 coming into play, all your productivity apps are in one single location that works closely together ensuring tight integration amongst them. Along with your most commonly used tools like Word and Excel, tightly integrated into the Office 365 are solutions such as OneNote, OneDrive, SharePoint, Delve, Yammer, Sway, PowerBI, Planner and Dynamics 365.

WORK ONLINE

You are always connected to your work with the power of Office 365. Office 365 is focused to make your workflow and process completely streamlined and more collaborative than ever. With all your documents and data being online, you or any of your colleagues can access the data quickly, make edits, improvements and make comments in real time from any device without downloading the document.

COLLABORATION

The real power of Office 365 comes with not just providing productivity solutions in the cloud. Rather, what makes Office 365 a juggernaut is the ability to allow anyone with the right permissions to collaborate with their teams in real-time with the same level of ease you find on an on-premise deployment.

With the Rights Management Services in place, Office 365 enables you to restrict access to documents and email to specific people and to prevent anyone else from viewing or editing them, even if they are sent outside the organization.

Connect with other Skype and Skype for Business users via instant message, voice calls, and video calls, and let people know your availability with your online status. Broadcast Skype for Business meetings on the Internet to up to 10,000 people who can attend in a browser on nearly any device. Optionally include Bing Pulse for real-time polling and sentiment tracking, and Yammer, to enable dialogue during the broadcast. Host online meetings with audio, HD video, and web conferencing over the Internet. Join meetings with a single touch or click from the smartphone, tablet, or PC of your choice.

WORK SMARTER WITH DELVE AND BE MORE PRODUCTIVE.

Many people who are in Office 365 are not even familiar with Delve let alone its features. Running on smart machine learning algorithms, Delve is a tool that functions like a personal secretary – it gets to know what you’re working on, who you follow on Yammer, when you have meetings and what your priorities are. It then makes suggestions to help users work smarter and more efficiently.

POWERAPPS

Do you have a dataset you want to use to make smarter informed decisions right on your mobile devices? Are you looking to build your new mobile app in a matter of minutes? PowerApps is the one-stop solution to build all your mobile apps without even requiring to write a single line of code. Whether you are creating an app from SharePoint or an app from data service, PowerApps caters to your needs to manage your data and apps from a solution created in a matter of minutes.

WORK MANAGEMENT – RIGHT TOOL TO GET YOUR PLANNING DONE THE RIGHT WAY.

Another smart tool that most of the Office 365 users are not aware of is the planner. A couple of years ago, when the Office 365 was first released, there was a task manager, that catered to the low level of capacity to individuals and on the higher side, there was a Project Portfolio Management tool that provided high level of capability to larger team settings to manage the project essentials, resources, and timesheets. However, there was a clear gap between the two and that is where the Planner fits right now. Planner’s work management ability gives you the ability to manage user events, manage training and interact with your ad hoc team without the extra frills of using Project online. With the added ability to integrate tightly with SharePoint, OneNote, and OneDrive, Planner drives the productivity of your organization like never before. Microsoft is surely giving other productivity app developers a sure shot run for their money!

POWERBI

Power BI is another tool that most of the office 365 users don’t bother using or not aware of the features that it binds. With the connectivity to almost all available data connectors and data sources, giving you the control over viewing insights on your massive datasets that make help you make decisions that are more accurate and smarter than ever. If you have not already looked at PowerBI then you better start right now

SHAREPOINT ONLINE

SharePoint Online delivers the powerful features of SharePoint without the associated overhead of managing the infrastructure on your own. Flexible management options ensure that you still retain the control you need to meet the compliance requirements of your organization. You can purchase SharePoint in the cloud as a standalone offering or as part of an Office 365 suite, where you can also get access to Exchange, OneDrive for Business, Skype for Business, the Office clients, and web apps.

DATA LOSS PREVENTION AND INFORMATION PROTECTION

A company’s lifeblood is its data and documents. Losing these can be disastrous and Office 365’s data protection and backup offer you the peace of mind that you’ll never lose the data you use. Rights management, data loss prevention, and encryption for Exchange Online, Skype for Business, and SharePoint Online help keep your content safe in an email, IM and meetings, and team sites.

PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL STORYTELLING

With Sway, a new Office 365 app, you can easily create engaging, interactive web-based reports, presentations, newsletters, training and more—right from your phone, tablet, or browser. Sways are easy to share and look great on any screen. With the already existing templates and then and the ability to custom generate them based on your content, Sway is a smart tool that brings your presentations to life.

What are you waiting for?

If these reasons are not compelling enough for you to make the decision, then I don’t know what you are looking for in an enterprise-grade productivity solution. It may not be an easy journey to make to Office 365 all at once. It would require careful planning and user adoption training before the entire suite of services are brought to use. However, with the right tools, right plans, and the right partner, who will be able to make the transition and adaptability without any glitches or inconvenience.

16 THOUGHTS ON “WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING TO OFFICE 365 TODAY?”

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10 awesome continuing business Presentation Tools

Presentations are essential in any business. We use them to attract potential clients, to engage with new connections, to educate colleagues and to train our employees.

In the past, company presentations were often, and let us be honest here, quite dull. Thankfully, new presentation software has been developed to breathe some much needed life (and dare I state fun?) into the arena that is presenting. So let's take a look and see what is on industry.

Prezi

Prezi enables the creation of aesthetically engaging presentations via a virtual, interactive canvass. With Prezi, you are not bound by a path that is linear you take your audience on a visual journey through your ideas. Prezi presentations can look stunning and have a wonderful free flowing style - a look you can achieve even as an artist if you would not necessarily class yourself! You can zoom out to see the bigger zoom and picture in to analyse the details.

In addition, you can create and edit Prezis together with up to 40 people. You can invite others to view your presentation regardless of where they are and you also can co-present your production with colleagues.

Your step that is first is choose a template. With Prezi, presentation templates are much more than just a background image for your slides, they are visual metaphors for your ideas. You then add your content and select where and when you would like your presentation to zoom in on this information. The software is easy to use and supports a broad range of multi-media options.

You can work online via the Cloud, go mobile with Prezi's iPad or iPhone apps, or offline with Prezi Desktop.You can share your Prezi via social news networks, embed it into your website or email a link.

Animoto

Animoto allows you to transform your ideas into a video format. Video is an extremely effective way to engage an audience and ensure your presentation makes its intended impact. To start, choose a style from a great (and ever growing) menu of options. Some you can access for free and some require a paid upgrade. Once you have chosen your theme, you can then easily add content and upload images. In addition, you can also add short pieces of video to the video presentation itself. You can then choose your audio and set your video production to music - selecting from a selection that is large of tracks. Once your video is produced, you can share it on social media networks, embed it onto your export or website or down load your video.

weihnachts schmuck basteln GoAnimate .

GoAnimate also uses video to create effective presentations. This time, however, the videos involve animation and it is just so much fun. Really, with software like this we have no excuse to produce presentations.You that are boring select a video template or make one from scratch. I went for the template option. Your step that is first is choose your template from a basic range of free options and a wider selection of paid styles. You can then choose your setting and characters. Then simply type in your dialogue and text that is using speech technology your character will speak! You can also choose your character's voice language and style. Alternatively, you can enable the microphone and record your own voice. You can also select a expression that is facial your character to fit in with your dialogue.

GoAnimate is a great option to include as part perhaps of a wider presentation.

Google

Docs Bells and whistles are all very well but there is also a complete lot to be said for simplicity and accessibility. Many people have a account that is google days and, as a result, a lot of people get access to Google Docs. From the begin you can choose to create either your presentation from scratch or select a style from a menu of template options. You can then easily add text and images and import slides and video. In addition, as your Google Docs presentation is hosted in the Cloud, you can collaborate on shared presentation documents. Once your presentation is complete, you'll download it as a PowerPoint file, share it via a link or embed it onto a website.

Zoho Show

Zoho is another option that is cloud-based presentations. This software is simple and easy to use yet also has some great features for incorporating cool animation, technical drawings, custom flowcharts and diagrams.

You begin by selecting your presentation style from an gallery that is extensive of designs. You can then create your presentation slides text that is using diagrams. You can also enhance pictures and video to your presentation. Zoho enables you to edit and customise your pictures to increase your presentation's visual appeal.

Meanwhile, this software allows you to incorporate animations and transitions that are interesting. Zoho Show also allows real time collaboration and editing and your presentations may be shared by embedding them into web pages or you can email your audience a link.

Powerpoint

Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software has a brand look that is new 2013. It looks cleaner and has been optimised for tablet and phone use enabling users to swipe or tap their way through their presentations. In addition, instead of just starting with a blank presentation, the new version of PowerPoint gives users new several options. They can start using a template or a theme, adapt a recent or not so presentation that is recent begin from scratch.

It is now easier to use powerPoint presentations that are online. A link can be sent to your audience or you can start a Lync that is full-on meeting displays the deck with audio and IM. Your audience can join you from anywhere on any device using Lync or the Office Presentation Service. The version that is new of supports more multi-media formats and has a new Play In Background feature that enables music to be played while people view your slideshow.

The software also allows saving that is cloud-based sharing and you can now work on the same presentation at the exact same time as a colleague and start to become able to see their changes.

Slidesnack

Slidesnack is a presentation sharing tool allowing you to upload and share presentations online. Using this software you upload your presentation documents as a PDFs. You then have several templates to choose from and a selection of slide transitions. You can also record your comments or audio notes and make a slidecast (a combination of a visual presentation and a voice recording). You can download your slidecast as a video clip and then upload that video to any video sharing service such as YouTube or Vimeo. Your presentations can also be embedded on a website or into a blog post.

Sliderocket

Sliderocket is where presentations get serious. Which is not to say that this presentation option is boring but rather itself and introduces some powerful collaboration and tracking tools that it goes a step beyond the presentation. Indeed, Sliderocket describes itself as a presentation platform. You can import an presentation that is existing Siderocket or start one from scratch. You have a wide selection of presentation tools and options allowing you to embed images, maps, videos, transitions and special effects.

After you have found something you like, for example a image that is particular transition, you can save it in a library for future use. Once your presentation is complete, you can track who has viewed it and find out which slides your audience really liked. You can even start a conversation together with your audience from right inside your presentation.

Sliderocket offers a collaboration that is powerful and many sharing options such as the capacity to embed your presentation or access it via a link. It is possible to present on the move as SlideRocket is optimised for iPad and is designed for use with your phone's web browser.

Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a iPad that is free that allows you to create clean slideshows with a one touch presentation style. Your presentation should always aim to be concise and Haiku Deck makes you aware of this by limiting your text and concentrating each slide on one idea. However, you are not limited when it comes to the images which you can use to tell your story. Indeed, this app has an incredible number of high quality photos. In addition, it gives many stylish fonts, layouts and image filters.You can share your Haiku Deck presentation on social media networks and via email, you'll embed them onto your website and you will view them on any device that is web-enabled.

Slidedog

Slidedog aims to take the stress out of presenting your presentation. Once you download this piece that is free of, you can then drag your presentation files into a playlist. You can also alter the order of your presentation here.Your presentation files may comprise a selection of slides, a Prezi or a video. Slidedog is all about how you can effortlessly show these files regarding the presentation itself.

With these 10 awesome tools there need never be another presentation that is boring!