Back in April Google announced that it was working on a presentation component for its Docs & Spreadsheets product. The announcement coincided with the company’s acquisition of Tonic Systems and their presentation technology.

Yesterday the Official Google Blog announced that the company had acquired another company to assist in the creation of that presentation application - Zenter. Zenter not only brings presentation technology to Google, but, according to TechCrunch, was also working on sharing and community features (which Google has long touted as the benefit of Docs & Spreadsheets over more traditional office suites).

Gmail users have recently noticed the addition of a preview feature for PowerPoint presentations attached to their email. It looks like Google has at least the basic functionality of a presentation app constructed. Zenter must be bringing the remaining puzzle pieces to the Mountain View search company.

The addition of a presentation application has long been a selling point that many users have asked for. As Google continues to go move down the road of head-to-head competition with Microsoft (despite denials from the company to that affect), a PowerPoint-compatible component for Docs& Spreadsheets is a must-have addition.

With the acquisition of Zenter, it looks like Big G is moving one step closer to engaging in that direct competition.

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