2023

Dec

Introducing seasonal slides

Features

Slide templates inspired by holidays, festivals, and other annual events are listed by month.

All new Zoho Show

Drag and drop to download

Android

Drag and drop slides and slide elements to your Files to download them as images.

Drag and drop between multiple editors

Android

Drag and drop slides and slide elements to copy them effortlessly between multiple editors.

Double tap to zoom in slideshow

Android

Double tap the screen during a slideshow to have a closer look at the content in the presentation.

Nov

Introducing Iconfinder add-on

Features

Elevate your slide decks by choosing from 1000+ icons with the Iconfinder add-on for Show.

All new Zoho Show

View Show in multiple windows

iOS

Multitask efficiently by opening multiple presentations or slides at the same time from your iPad.

All new Zoho Show

Oct

Crop background images

Features

Set an image as the background and crop it to fit the slide or a shape.

All new Zoho Show

Sep

Introducing Twemoji add-on

iOS

Make your slides fun and engaging with Twemoji's wide range of emoticons.

All new Zoho Show

Supports all Indian languages

iOS

Zoho Show for iOS now supports all the official Indian languages.

All new Zoho Show

Set shape as default

Android

Set a shape as the default and apply the same effects to format any shape in the presentation.

All new Zoho Show

Drag and drop images

Android

Drag and drop images from any browser or your device gallery to add images to your slides effortlessly.

Aug

Rotate text within a shape

Features

Position your text sideways by changing the direction of the text within a shape at 90 or 270 degrees.

All new Zoho Show

Jul

Data linking: Integration with Zoho Sheet

Features

Populate data directly from Zoho Sheet into your slides, right within the Show app.

All new Zoho Show

Support WebP image format

Features

Upload images to your presentation in WebP format.

All new Zoho Show

Introducing Giphy add-on

iOS

Enhance your slides by adding stickers and GIFs from the Giphy library.

Jun

Pinch to zoom

Android

Zoom in and out of your slides with a simple pinch in and out gesture.

Change chart type

Android

Easily convert the chart you are working on to any other chart type.

All new Zoho Show

Highlight text

Android

Emphasize key information on your slides with the Text Highlight feature. You can also customize the text color.

All new Zoho Show

Record audio

Android

Enhance engagement and connect with your audience on a personal level by recording audio directly from your device.

All new Zoho Show

Snap tools

Android

Position slide objects precisely and elevate your presentation design with guides, grids, and objects.

All new Zoho Show

May

Manage favorite presentations

Features

Access preferred presentations in one place by adding them to your Favorite list. A presentation can be marked as "favorite" from the Editor screen or Listing page.

All new Zoho Show

Export files in ZSlides format

Features

Export presentations in Zslides (Show format). Share and import presentations exported in Zslides without any format changes.

All new Zoho Show

Comment notifications

Features

Users will receive a notification every time they are mentioned in comments. Participants and other collaborators will receive notifications for replies and new comments.

All new Zoho Show

Hyperlink

iOS

Quickly jump to another slide, link your content to an external website, or open an email template.

All new Zoho Show

Slideshow zoom

iOS

Zoom in and out of slides with a simple double tap or a pinch gesture.

Apr

Samsung Dex support

Android

Get the desktop experience on your TV or monitor while you create, collaborate on, and deliver presentations from your Samsung devices.

All new Zoho Show

Paste slides with the source formatting option

Android

Paste a slide into Zoho Show and choose to either retain the source file's format or apply Show's formatting options.

All new Zoho Show

Clipboard support from Chrome

Android

Copy any image from Google Chrome and paste it directly into your presentation.

All new Zoho Show

Mar

Introducing Data Fields

iOS

Data fields are constant, presentation-specific variables that can be used throughout any presentation. Add, edit, and delete data fields on the go.

All new Zoho Show

Chart enhancements

Features

Apply custom properties to the axis and axis values in a chart by selecting the axis elements. Also, format the axis with numerical values and currencies.

All new Zoho Show

Reorder multiple animations

Features

Select multiple animations and reorder them effortlessly from the Animation Order view.

All new Zoho Show

Feb

Pexels add-on

Android

Create visually appealing presentations with unlimited access to Pexels' high-quality stock images and videos.

All new Zoho Show

Control audio play with animation

Features

Reorder audio animations to ensure your audio plays at the desired point in the slideshow. Also, set play and stop animation to the audio to control the position of the animation.

All new Zoho Show

Add background music

Features

Add background music to the presentation to make it more engaging for the audience.

All new Zoho Show

Highlight text

Features

Emphasize and draw attention to key content on the slide.

All new Zoho Show

Jan

Set as Default Text Box

Features

Customize the format of your default text box and repurpose it throughout your presentation with the Set as Default Text Box option.

All new Zoho Show

Customize slide layout

Android

Switch between landscape and portrait layouts and adjust the size of your slides as needed.

All new Zoho Show

2022

Dec

Pexels add-on

iOS

Create stunning presentations with unlimited access to Pexels' images and videos. Easily add royalty-free, high-quality images and videos from right within the app.

All new Zoho Show

Russian language support

iOS

Create, collaborate, and present in Russian.

All new Zoho Show

Apple TV: Custom slideshows

iOS

View and present custom slideshows on your Apple TV.

All new Zoho Show

Edit footer placeholders

Features

Add any prefix text or content to the slide number and date placeholders in the footer.

All new Zoho Show

Nov

Format painter

Android

Copy your formatting options for a shape and apply them to all shapes across your slides.

All new Zoho Show

Theme customization with library fonts

Features

Every theme includes built-in fonts to ensure uniformity across your presentation. Customize a theme's fonts to maintain consistency with your brand's style guidelines.

All new Zoho Show

Audio List view in Slideshow mode

Features

View the current slide's audio file name and control options. Manage audio in Slideshow mode when multiple audio files are added to the slide.

All new Zoho Show

Oct

Connect and present with SharePlay

iOS

Deliver your slides over a FaceTime call by initiating a SharePlay session.

All new Zoho Show

Offline video and audio rendering

Android

Add audio and video files to presentations created in Offline mode, without having to sign into the app.

All new Zoho Show

Zoho Sheet integration with data linking

Features

Create presentations with data from Zoho Sheet. Any changes made in Sheet will be updated in the presentation.

All new Zoho Show

Sep

Pick from WorkDrive

Features

Add images and videos to your slide directly from your WorkDrive account.

All new Zoho Show

Aug

Effect and Fill for table text

Android

Format your tables with Effect and Fill options to highlight important data.

All new Zoho Show

Chart Axis

Android

Enter the value of your axis and modify your charts on the go using the Show app for Android.

All new Zoho Show

Record and insert audio

Features

Make audio notes and add them to your slide using the Audio Library. Users can now record their own audio and add it to their slides with the Audio Library feature.

All new Zoho Show

Jun

Minimize content with Feather icons

Android

Reduce your on-screen text and explain your content visually with Feather icons. Use Feather icons to make your slides visually appealing.

All new Zoho Show

Animate your table

Android

Highlight or emphasize different parts of your table with animation effects. Use animation effects to draw focus to the most important data.

All new Zoho Show

Password-Protected Export

Features

Maintain the confidentiality of your presentation with a password and secure your content during exports.

All new Zoho Show

May

Drag and drop files

iOS

Drag and drop a file to transfer data from one application to another. Use this feature to seamlessly add images, audio, videos, and PowerPoint presentations to your slides.

All new Zoho Show

Share files from the Listing page

iOS

Long-press on your file to share it directly from the Listing page with a single click.

All new Zoho Show

Apr

View and present offline

iOS

You can now view and present slides to an audience—without connecting to the internet.

All new Zoho Show

Keyboard shortcuts enabled for iPad

iOS

Use keyboard shortcuts on your iPad to fast-track your slide design process with Show.

All new Zoho Show

Humaaans

Android

Enhance the look of your slides by adding human illustrations from the available options.

All new Zoho Show

Mar

Add Humaaans to slides

iOS

Choose from a wide range of illustrations to add a "Humaaan" touch to your slides. Customize your illustrations and leave a lasting impact on your audience.

All new Zoho Show

Feather icons

iOS

Choose from more than 200 recognizable icons to add an aesthetic component to your slides.

All new Zoho Show

Easily access deleted files

Features

Access deleted presentations right from the Show listing page. From here, you can choose to either restore deleted presentations or delete them permanently.

All new Zoho Show

Import template files

Features

Import .POTX files into Show without experiencing any formatting issues. Add your imported presentation to your library as a template for other members of your organization to access and use.

All new Zoho Show

Feb

Enhance slides with videos from YouTube and Dailymotion

iOS

Add YouTube and Dailymotion videos to your slide deck to emphasize your points, or to present your audience with another perspective.

All new Zoho Show

Pexels add-on

Features

Add millions of royalty-free images and videos to your slides without leaving Show. Use the new Pexels add-on to create visually appealing slides with high-quality images.

All new Zoho Show

Create presentations offline

Features

Create quality presentations, even when you are not connected to the internet. Use Show's offline mode to work on your slides from any location.

All new Zoho Show

Translate published presentations

Features

Translate a published presentation into 18 languages. Language is no longer a barrier to viewing and understanding slides in a presentation.

All new Zoho Show

Share files with ease

Features

Share presentations with members of your organization right from the listing page without opening the presentation.

All new Zoho Show

Add creative visuals with Twemoji

Features

Add emojis right within your slides without exiting the application.

All new Zoho Show

Lock Shapes

Android

Lock the shapes on your slide to prevent them from being modified or deleted by collaborators.

All new Zoho Show

Hyperlink Shapes

Android

Hyperlink your shapes so they redirect users to slides, webpages, or email addresses.

All new Zoho Show

Jan

Perform Boolean operations on shapes

iOS

Build inventive and one-of-a-kind designs by combining shapes with Boolean operations, such as union and intersection.

All new Zoho Show

Choose slide templates from within the editor

iOS

Choose from a range of slide templates while creating your presentation. Select any template from our collection to suit your needs.

All new Zoho Show

Broadcast to a remote audience

Android

Your audience can now join your presentation broadcast remotely using their Android phones.

All new Zoho Show

2021

Dec

Enhance slides with audio and video

iOS

Enhance slides with audio and video Use videos to convey information, voice-overs to explain complicated topics, and background music and sound effects to set the tone of your presentation.

font library image

Animate tables

iOS

Bring your tables to life and make your data more engaging with animation effects.

font library image

Reorder chart and table animations

iOS

Change the order of table and chart animation effects to enhance your audience's viewing experience.

font library image

Nov

Fonts library

Features

Create on-brand slides by adding all your fonts to a central repository. Maintaining organization-wide consistency in your presentations just got a whole lot easier!

font library image

Choose slide templates anytime right from the editor

Android

Choose from a range of slide templates while creating your presentation. With this option, you can pick any slide from our collection based on your needs.

slide templates

Twemoji integration

Android

Make your communication more intuitive by adding emoji to your slides. Liven up chats and collaborate better with teammates using Twemojis in your chats.

twemoji integration.

Oct

Insert audio and video files

Android

Convey your story better by adding videos and audio files. Use the right sound effects to set the mood for your audience.

insert audio and video

Sep

Add chart animations

Represent your data better by adding animation effects to your charts to enhance the way the audience grasps your information.

Insert and edit tables

iOS

Add tables to slides to show large amounts of data in an easy-to-understand tabular format.

insertandedittable

Aug

View presentations offline

Features

Take Show offline for a seamless presentation experience, even without an internet connection.

view presentation offline

Jul

Zoho Analytics integration for Show

Features

With Show's new integration with Zoho Analytics, you can access all your charts and graphs created with the Analytics tool from within the Show app. Add them to your slides with a single click and create compelling stories with your business data.

All new Zoho Show

Show Offline

Features

You can now present your slides without connecting to the internet. Save your presentations offline and view them on the go.

All new Zoho Show

Add charts to slides

iOS

Insert, edit, and format different types of charts and graphs to illustrate your data.

All new Zoho Show

Reorder animations

iOS

Add animations to slide elements and reorder them any time.

Jun

Slide Templates

Android

Check out Show's ready-made slide templates and get a head start when you're creating your next presentation!

All new Zoho Show

Slide Templates

iOS

Pick from a collection of slides spread across various categories like Cover Slide, End Slide, and more, and customize these slide templates to create professional presentations in no time.

All new Zoho Show

May

Theme Customization

Features

Maintaining brand consistency across your organization just got easier! Organizations can now create custom business templates with their brand colors and fonts.

All new Zoho Show

Enhance your slide with Silhouettes

iOS

Enhance the way your audience visualize your ideas: pick interesting shapes to illustrate topics of business, emotions, and more from a collection of silhouettes.

All new Zoho Show

Apr

Feather Icons Add-on

Features

Create visually engaging presentations by adding icons to your slides. Get access to hundreds of free icons inside the Show app with the new Feather Icons add-on.

All new Zoho Show

Mar

Show now available in 9 languages

Features

Zoho Show is now available in 9 Indian languages: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu. We have also added support for Burmese now.

All new Zoho Show

Add comments with the Review tab

iOS

Have productive discussions with teammates while you are working on a presentation from your iOS device. Create discussion threads and have all conversations related to the slides in one place with the Review tab.

All new Zoho Show

Redesigned User Interface

iOS

We have completely revamped the user interface to give the best possible experience to users. Formatting options have been moved to the bottom of the screen to improve accessibility and usability.

All new Zoho Show

Feb

Twemoji Integration

Features

Break the ice with your audience by adding emoji to your slides. Powered by Twemoji, Twitter's open source emoji, get access to hundreds of emoji and use them to illustrate thoughts and ideas when words might not be enough.

All new Zoho Show

Spice up your slides by adding audio and video

Features

Grab the attention of your audience by adding audio and video to your slides. Add audio in the form of a voice-over, background music, or a sound effect to keep your viewers engaged throughout the presentation. Use videos to simplify and explain concepts better to enhance the understanding and experience of the audience with your company.

Jan

Introducing Slide Library

Features

Add commonly reused slides for creating presentations to a central template repository. Personalize your slide template with data used in the new presentation to get slides ready quickly. Cut down on redundant work while creating decks for your organization.

All new Zoho Show

Get creative with boolean operations

Android

Create unique and innovative shapes using boolean operations. Combine shapes and perform operations like union and intersection to create new shapes for your next presentation.

All new Zoho Show

Path animations

Android

Enrich your presentation by adding path animations while designing slides from your Android app.

2020

Dec

Zoho Sprints add-on for Show

Features

Communicate project information efficiently and get charts and graphs of project insights in an instant.

  • View detailed reports of any sprint you choose
  • View the progress of individuals and comparisons between team members generated as pie charts and bar graphs.
All new Zoho Show

Customize and add new layouts

Android

Customize existing layouts and create new custom layouts by adding the necessary placeholder boxes for text, charts, images, tables and more to the slides. Custom fonts, colors, and other background effects can also be added to the layout. These layouts can help bring a consistent look to all the presentations of your organization.

All new Zoho Show

Nov

Work Offline with Zen Mode

Android

Make presentations available offline to view and edit them in your Android app. Work on your slides offline and sync your changes whenever you reconnect to the internet.

All new Zoho Show

Unsplash integration with Show iOS app

iOS

Get access to millions of royalty-free images right from your iOS app. Avoid accidental copyright infringement by choosing from Unsplash's library of high-quality images.

Learn more about Unsplash for Show's iOS app

All new Zoho Show

Sep

Introducing Template Library

Features

Since presentations have become a vital way of sharing organization information, it is better to cut down redundancy across teams. Standardize successful company presentations by adding them as a template in a central repository for everyone to access.

All new Zoho Show

Aug

Templates in the Android app

Android

Create professional presentations in minutes using templates in your Android app

All new Zoho Show

Jul

Introducing the Show iOS editor app

iOS

Create, edit, share, and collaborate on presentations using your Apple device.

  • Clean and contextual user interface is easy to use
  • Templates help create impressive slide decks
  • Dark mode goes easy on your eyes
  • Present with your Apple TV

Learn more about the Show iOS app

Humaaans integration

Features

Add a "humaaan" touch to your slides with these customizable illustrations.

Learn more about the Humaaans add-on for Zoho Show

May

Introducing templates in Show

Features

Create professional business presentations in less time.

  • 25+ templates available to choose from
  • Split into 6 different categories: Marketing, Industry, Project Management, Sales, Education, and HR & Recruitment.

All new Zoho Show

Check out our collection of templates

Apr

Zoho Show extends support to Chromebook

Blogs

An intuitive presentation tool, perfect for your Chromebook.

  • A free presentation app for your Chromebook
  • Templates available for your every need
  • Useful add-ons like Unsplash and more are available in the Add-on Store

All new Zoho Show

Learn more about Zoho Show for Chromebook:

Working from home?

Blogs

All new Zoho Show

Here's our complete guide to make remote collaboration more effective

Learn More

Mar

Zoho show integrates with Giphy

Features

Explore and add GIFs to your presentations without switching apps.

Learn More

Feb

Picture-perfect slides, right from your Android devices

Features

Unleash the power of Unsplash to your Android presentations

Learn More

Jan

Zoho Show integrates with Slack

Features

If Slack is where all your work happens, why use a separate app for your presentations? Introducing Zoho Show: a collaborative presentation software for teams that Slack.

  • Create presentations inside Slack
  • Collaborate with your channel members in real time
  • Share presentations across channels and individuals
  • Import and edit PowerPoint files

Learn More

2019

Nov

Dark mode for Android

Features

All new Zoho Show

Presentations should be eye-catching and not eye-straining. With dark mode on our Android app, make more space for your ideas and less space for fatigue... 

Sep

Introducing Zoho Show's integration with Jira

Blogs

  • Create presentations within Jira eco-system
  • Collaborate on slides with teams
  • Configure Jira cards directly to your slides
  • Sync Jira information on the go
  • Showcase your reports with flair
  • Generate smart reports
  • Share presentations internally or externally

Learn More

Aug

Introducing Unpslash integration with Show

Blogs

  • Choose from millions of royalty free images using the Unsplash add-on
  • Watermark free images
  • Available for free

Learn More

Jul

Customizable shapes

Features

  • Create and edit any shapes
  • Leverage the simplicity of shapes to engage your audience’s attention
  • Conceptualize your ideas effortlessly

Learn More

Jun

Scribble feature in Android

Features

With scribble feature in Android you can draw any shape and our app is smart enough to recognize and streamline irregular hand movements. This feature helps you to bring your ideas right of your finger tips - literally.

Mar

Zoho Show integrates with Confluence

Blogs

  • Create presentations directly within your Confluence
  • Collaborate on slides in real time
  • Make your confluence pages beautiful and dynamic
  • Embed slideshows directly on wiki pages

Learn More

Jan

Introducing Zoho Show extension for Google Chrome.

Features

Take your Chrome experience to a whole new level. Download the Show extension to quickly draft up new ideas and convert them automatically into beautiful slides. The extension also lets you create, edit, import, and play all your favorite presentations—all in one place.

Learn More

Introducing Zoho Show for Android

Blogs

  • Create presentations using any android device
  • Collaborate with your teams on the go
  • Share presentations using any medium

Learn More

2018

Oct

Introducing Zoho Show app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.

All new Zoho Show

Start creating presentations on the web, access them on the go from your iPhone or iPad, and use the Zoho Show app for Apple TV to deliver your sessions on the big screen.

Jun

Introducing the next gen presentation tool - All new Zoho Show.

Blogs

All new Zoho Show

Show’s clutter-free interface lets your ideas take the front seat. It now offers an intuitive formatting pane that responds to user actions, on top of more than 50 new features that help you design slides, work with your team, and deliver your session like a pro.

May

Deliver your presentations using Android TV.

Blogs

Show for Android TV

Show has introduced an app to compliment the modern meeting room. Stream presentations on your Android TV without having to even connect a device.

Learn More

Apr

Carry your presentations on the go.

Blogs

Show for Android TV

View, import, and deliver presentations right from your Android phone. The Show app for Android devices lets you access your slides from anywhere, at any time. 

Learn More

2016

Jan

Import, render and export charts with Zoho Show.

Numbers and accounting data are often represented in the form of spreadsheets and tables. While this may seem detailed, it does not sit right within a presentation. Directly producing data to an audience is one thing, but how will you highlight an increase in trend or compare two different variables?
Analysis is possible only when your numbers are expressed in the form of charts and graphs.

With Zoho Show's latest update, all your charts and graphs are effectively reproduced. They are now shipped in their exact format without being converted into images. The next time you import/export your .ppt/.pptx files into Zoho Show, you will find the graphs, pie charts and other illustrations of the same quality. This includes their colors, texture and borders.

Types of Charts:
  • Bar Charts - Compares data from different departments, giving a quick look at the highs and lows.

    Eg. While studying website traffic, expenditure by various teams, number of people in various ages groups for vaccination and more.

  • Column Charts - These charts are oriented vertically.

    Eg. In periodic profit analysis, clustered forms of these charts can be used to compare the revenue generated in different years among different regions.

  • Pie Charts - Shows the relative proportions(percentages) of collected data.

    Eg. To display percentage of budget alloted to different departments, percentage of how americans spend their vacation, breakdown of employees' nationality in the company.

  • Doughnut Charts - Donuts might have more than one data series. Every ring in the donut represents a specific data.

    Eg. To plot the sales of a product in different locations for consecutive years, quarterly sales, internet users by millions in different countries.

  • Area Charts - Ideal for explaining the magnitude variation between different data.

    Eg.To depict the export and import records between two nations.

  • Line Charts - Simple way to visualize by connecting individual numeric data.

    Eg. To display webpage views and company growth.

  • Scatter Charts - Gives you an idea of trends and concentrations which will direct your focus.

    Eg. Reveal the height and weight of individuals based on gender.

  • Bubble Charts - Varied size about the bubbles depict the data.

    Eg. Class attendance, country wise policies are displayed.

Note: Editing and creating new charts will be available soon.

2015

Oct

The power of touch - create, edit, and share your presentation.

Edit your slides on your iPad and Android tablet with the updated Zoho Docs Presentation app. Tap on your device to create presentations, edit existing ones, add attractive images, and insert animations.

Make a head start.

The user-friendly visual editor makes your life easier. Select the object (i.e. text, image, or shape) and all its functions will appear on the user panel.

Create and edit stunning presentations.

The app gives you themes that let you display your content with visual diversity. These themes control the colors, fonts, effects, and background styles of all the slides in your presentation. Combine themes, layouts, shapes, charts, pictures, etc. to tell your story.

Click and fit into the slide.

Notice an impressive image for your presentation?
No need to search for a similar image on the internet or your computer any longer. Just click a photo with your camera in your iPad or tablet, and insert it in your slide. You can also use images from Flickr.

Transcribe as you talk - voice recognition.

Instead of typing on your device, speak to it; what you dictate will display on your screen, saving you time.

Draw your own.

Don't worry if you can't find images or clip art to represent exactly what you want. With the editor app, you can draw your own. Draw an object from scratch using a slide pen, or even your finger, on your iPad or tablet. You can also add formatting effects to your freehand object, including resizing, rotating, changing the colors of the shapes, and 3D effects such as shadows.

Highlight what's important.

Draw your audience's attention to important sections without your slide pen. Just place your fingertip on the area to emphasize a point, and it will automatically reflect on the screen.

Make your slides lively.

Even the driest of topics become intriguing when they have some animation. Your slides will look dynamic because you can twist and turn the images and text. It's also a great way to make your presentation dramatic by revealing items one step at a time.

Work the way you want to.

Because your slides are saved on the cloud, you can collaborate as much as you like with your co-workers on the most recent version. You never know when you might need to turn that collaboration into an impromptu performance. The app lets you give your presentation, no matter where you are. The slide decks can be accessed on any desktop, tablet, or phone; embed them within your site or blog.

Those spelling mistakes - never again!

Blogs

Imagine this. You are in front of an audience presenting an impressive slide deck. Suddenly, a few misspelled words appear on the screen. It's not that you don't know how to spell the word, it's that you were rushing to get your thought out. Either way, presenting those misspelled slides to your audience is a nightmare. Now, Zoho Show gives you the Auto Spell Check option.

By default, the Spell Check feature checks the spelling for you; make your ideas flow without worrying about minor errors.

Feature Highlights:
  • Check Now - Spell Check reviews the entire document and detects the misspelled words, underlining them in red as you type. You can choose one of the suggested words from the suggestion list and replace it.
  • Supporting Languages - Spell Check detects a total of 87 languages. It also provides six versions of the English language, distinguished by region.
  • Your Own Dictionary - Like that catchy word and want to use it again in your document? Add it to your dictionary using the Personal Dictionary in Zoho Show.

Jul

Download Published and Broadcasted Presentations:

Blogs

Zoho Show now lets your participants download presentations that have been broadcasted or published.

The slideshow can be saved as either PPTX or PDF files. And it doesn't end here! Your participants also have the option of saving the presentation to their Zoho Show account directly.

Pick. Choose. Print.

Blogs

When was the last time you wanted to print just a few selected slides? Or a hard copy of your slide notes to help you with your presentation delivery? Zoho Show now lets you print..

  • Multiple Slides - Print 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 9 slides on a single page.
  • Slides with notes - Have one or two slides printed along with respective slide notes.
  • Handouts - Printouts of individual slides, with space for the audience to take notes.

Jun

Where did the Spinner go ? Faster slideshow loading.

Blogs

Presentations in general take time to load. It's worse if the presenter is in a hurry. Think about the last time you needed to load a presentation, and all you could see was the spinner that delayed it a few seconds. Well, not anymore!

This update of Zoho Show ensures the disappearance of the spinner. This means your slideshows will load in a snap, without even a two second delay! It's quicker and you can save your work in a jiffy. Work on your presentations with ease and speed without worrying about any waiting time.

Enhanced Broadcasting - New and Intuitive UI

Blogs

Zoho Show gives you the new and improved presentation broadcasting user interface. It is so simple and clear that it makes navigating a breeze. And not just that. It is also equipped with a Timer and the Blackout feature that helps you focus your audience's attention as required.

And for the participants? Your audience can now go through the already broadcasted slides, and have the option to 'Get-In-Sync' with the broadcast session whenever ready.

This come with four new categories on the right pane:

  • Next state of the presentation and the presenter's notes.
  • Thumbnail list of the whole presentation allowing the presenter to jump between slides.
  • Invite Participants Panel : A Panel to invite users to the broadcast session.
  • Participant's panel: A panel where participants can engage in discussions.

Co-create and broadcast presentations.

Blogs

Collaboration and working together can create magic! Using Zoho Show all shared users can now broadcast a single presentation.

Character Bullets

Blogs

Zoho Show now gives you more character bullets to visually enhance your presentations . We've hand-picked the characters that will be the most useful for a presenter. However, you are free to select what's relevant to you from the many character options that we have now provided. The characters have also been categorized, to help you choose and use them easily.

Coming soon: Symbols can be directly inserted into the document.

Feb

SlideShow App for Zoho Docs (iPhone and android)

Blogs

We have successfully launched our slideshow app for both iOS and Android devices in Zoho Docs
(iOS 8 and Android apps)

No more static, non-interactive slideshows. You can now make an impact by delivering presentations with the redesigned and more interactive user interface.

  • Express and emphasize your content by using the pen/highlighter feature.
  • Blackout your screen to refocus your audience's attention on you.
  • Convey your ideas creatively using animations and transitions.

Stay amazed, there's lot more to come!

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Jan

Image library for Zoho Show.

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When was the last time you wanted to use an image for your presentation but couldn't locate it with ease because you have a pile of images to browse through in your 'Download' folder? Most of us would have come across this situation. We realized that the task of managing images was getting tougher for presentation software users. Not anymore! Introducing Zoho show image library.


 

The Zoho Show image library is tightly integrated with Zoho Docs, and lets you search for an image, sort and pick images that you had downloaded earlier or access images that were just shared with you by your collaborators. This saves you a lot of time and effort, otherwise lost searching images scrambled across various drives in your computer.

2014

Dec

Import tables from PowerPoint.

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Document import and associated incompatibility issues have always been a nightmare for users. The threat of losing the accuracy and exactness maintained in a formatted document kept users away from trying more powerful alternatives to PowerPoint. But here's a reason to smile and take the big leap to Zoho Show!

Zoho Show now supports hassle free import of your PowerPoint document! Especially your painfully crafted tables, rich with numbers and images!! This import ensures that you can view your document in the very same format as it was created - no faulty margins, misplaced numbers or unruly images! Presently, the tables that are imported can only be 'viewed' by users. The 'edit' feature is on its way and we will keep you posted about it.

Sep

Presenter View - A presenter's greatest asset.

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Presenter view enables you to see what the audience is viewing on the screen, while also having an extended version of the presentation open on your laptop. This means, as a presenter you no longer have to depend on the same slides duplicated on two screens. You have access to elaborate slide content and a set of other tools that makes presentations effortless.


 

With Presenter View, you can view notes privately, keep track of the elapsed time,use slide pen to highlight content, zoom into convey ideas better, and blacken screen to refocus your audience's attention on you.

All that needs to be done is to configure the laptop to run two screen simultaneously - the laptop screen for you (the presenter) and the projector screen for your audience.

Edit text in grouped objects.

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The 'Group objects' feature helps us bundle together individual images,shapes,charts or text boxes for easy movement during any editing activity. However, editing text within a grouped object still remains a challenge to most of us.


 

With the new update, you can edit texts in any grouped object, effortlessly. This helps you save a lot of time otherwise lost in the tiring process of ungrouping objects, then editing the text and finally selecting multiple objects to group them back together.

Aug

Bring in more clarity with Zoom.

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If your text rich presentation with bullet points get monotonous, 'Zoom' is the perfect feature to get back your audience attention. A presenter can now provide a bird's eye view of any topic and then zoom into a particular point in the slide, using the Zoom tool, to elaborate the idea. Such a presentation would follow a non linear format where each relevant point on the slide is clickable and lets you zoom in further, unraveling a story step by step.


 

The tool also comes handy when presenters address a big gathering and it is often difficult for the audience at the back or at the corners to view slides clearly. This particularly applies for slides with detailed content, charts, graphs, or images that require a closer look.The dynamic zoom tool will help you zoom in deep into a content and back to the original view, smooth and easy.

Apr

Handle multiple slides in a breeze.

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Content editing in presentations would most often require us to move slides to a location within the presentation or to another presentation. Copying and pasting one slide at a time could be a torturous exercise if there area lot of slides.


 

The multiple slide selection feature lets you select and move or sort slides in one go rather than repeating the process a number of times. All that needs to be done is to select the required slides and then copy, cut or drag the files to the suitable destination. If the slides are moved to a new presentation, it would inherit the theme of the slides that precedes it at the destination.

Mar

Organizing Presentations - Made Easy!

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Forget going back and forth to the Zoho Docs screen just to move your presentation from one folder to another. With this update, we have added the feature to shift folders right from the presentation editor. All you need to do is, from the document title section, select the folder to which you want to move the file, and click done! Your presentation is moved.

Animate Your Way Through

With the new grouping feature available for shapes, the animations option has also been enabled for all your grouped objects. So not only you can group your shapes, you can also add animations to it and impress your audience. Once the objects are grouped, the animation applies to the complete block, leaving you the pain of applying it individually to each shape. So start creating designs and animate your way through.

Feb

Enrich Your Presentation with the Brand New Themes

Blogs

If you think your presentation looks a bit tame and needs a fresh look, we have the right theme for you. With a more professional, elegant, and classy look, this update we have eight new themes added to the list. So get the new look, and gear up to show off!

Group and Ungroup Shapes

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Imagine adding a shape and filling in textures, formatting styles and effects for each one individually! Too much of pain? Save time, and make your work easier by grouping your shapes together to create unique designs, and format them without going one at a time.

Lock It Up!

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You can now share all your presentations in a safe and secure way. Be the owner of your own content, and restrict your collaborators to edit your work. With the new lock feature, you can lock a shape or a complete slide, restricting collaborators to make any further changes. Once locked, the content can't be edited by anyone and that includes the presentation owner as well. Just click to unlock the particular shape or slide to make any changes.

Line spacing

Blogs

Now avoid multiple clicks to adjust the line spacing for your content, as we bring the line spacing option right at your toolbar. Seeing the frequent need of using the line spacing option in presentations, we have now brought line spacing to the toolbar under Home tab, making it easier and faster for the user to edit the content. So just select your text, choose your option, and get perfectly spaced texts.

Check-In / Check-Out

Zoho Docs presentation provides a check-in/check-out feature that allows only one person to work on the document at one time. The Check-in / Check-out function, is very helpful in a collaborative environment as it prevents team members from overwriting each others changes.

2013

Dec

Twitter Feeds

Blogs

You have a fascinating story to tell. Built a slide deck that is visually captivating. Practiced your speech for hours. You're almost there.. But the game isn't won yet. Integrating social interactions, is perhaps, one of the obvious ways to make your presentations more interactive, engaging and effective. We are glad to introduce Twitter Feeds for your presentations. From now on, you can embed live and as well as customized twitter feeds into your presentation. Learn more

Sep

New Slide Transition: Swivel

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Just In: Spinner & Wipe Effects

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Aug

New Gray Interface

Blogs

Zoho Show now sports a fresh look with the new gray interface that looks more neat and professional. You will find the menu tabs well organized with feature sets smartly grouped under each tab. The new UI also aims to provide a consistent user experience across other document editors within Zoho Docs.

More Animation and Transition Effects

Blogs

Animations and Transitions are a great way to make your presentations more engaging. When used wisely, they can even act as a powerful aid to visually communicate more complex ideas simple. Here is an opportunity to choose from a wider gallery of animation and transition effects, with many new styles to spice up your presentation.

Video Search

Blogs

Videos are powerful when it comes to delivering a memorable visual experience to your audience. We have now made the process of searching and embedding videos in your presentation simple. To start with, you can embed videos directly from YouTube and Dailymotion. Sure, we will extend the possibilities in future. Watch Demo

Picture and Shape Pre-sets

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Once you have inserted a picture or a shape, you'd want to add effects to make it more prominent. Shadow, reflection or gradient and texture fills are few of the most popular effects that you can choose to emphasize an object on a slide. To make it easier for you, we have added Picture and Shape presets under the respective formatting tabs. Just pick one from the readily available built-in variations and keep building your slide deck.

Dynamic Picture and Shape Formatting Tabs

Wondering where the Style tab meant for picture and shape formatting has gone? Well, we've trashed it just to make it better. Now you'll find the tab only when you actually need them. Click on the shape or a picture and you'll see the format tab right there on the menu.

May

Share Presentations to Non-Zoho Users

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All this while, you were allowed to share your presentations only with people who have registered with Zoho. This update, we have made it more flexible by letting you share presentations to non-zoho users, that is, with people who have not registered with Zoho. When you choose Anyone with the link, a link is automatically generated which you can share through email to specific audience.

Apr

Collaboration Notification: See Who is Editing the Presentation

Blogs

Co-authoring a presentation has always been easy and effective with simple file sharing, real-time edit views and live chat functionality. This update, we have made it even better with the live edit notifications. You will now be able to see who is editing the presentation and exactly where they are working in a document. A part of the content will be highlighted and marked with the name of the person who is currently editing the presentation.

Smart Guides

Blogs

Aligning objects on a slide just got easy with smart guides. Smart guides are the dotted lines that appear default, when you try to position an object on a slide. The smart guides will come in handy when you are aligning multiple objects in a context, for instance; while creating flowcharts and diagrams. You can also extend the usage of smart guides to images, text boxes and media files.

Feb

Wide Screen Presentations (16:9)

Blogs

Big screen presentations are now possible with Zoho Show. The new set of themes is specifically built for the widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9. Your slides will be less cluttered, as there is more room for the content.

Picture Placeholder

Blogs

Adding images to your presentation just got easy with the new picture placeholder support. You can now fit images into one of the pre-designed shapes, while maintaining a consistent style and position. Image re-sizing and cropping is made simple and painless.

Web Fonts

Blogs

We seldom realize that fonts can actually make or break the overall effectiveness of a presentation. Wise choice of fonts can help you create powerful visual content that is highly engaging. This release, we have added around 20 new web fonts. Sure, there is lot more to come.

20+ New Presentation Themes

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Themes are merely not a design for presentation template; this is where first impressions are formed. Be it a casual presentation or a very formal business meet, the new themes are just perfect for all the occasions. Each theme looks unique; with a clean and recognizable layout, fresh color scheme, and minimal design that gives a lot of scope for your content.

2012

Nov

Radial Gradient Effect

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A gradient is a gradual blend of two or more colors or slight variations of the same color. Gradients can be used to modify shapes or to create compelling slide backgrounds. There are basically two types of gradients - linear and radial. We have been supporting linear gradients for quite some time now, and this release you can see the radial gradients in action too. The transition of colors takes a circular path in radial gradient and these are predominantly used to add effects on circular objects.

Zoho Show Gets Integrated With Zoho Docs

In a step to unify and showcase the office apps under one common web address, Zoho Writer, Sheet and Show are integrated with Zoho Docs and from now on, all the three services will be accessible from the Zoho Docs URL: https://www.zoho.com/docs

Zoho Docs provides a centralized UI for Writer, Sheet and Show documents. All the documents you create in Zoho Writer, Sheet and Show are stored in Zoho Docs by default. Previously the Zoho Writer, Sheet, Show documents, were accessible from their respective urls. Now they will be accessible from one common URL, making accessibility to these apps easier.

The following are the URLs that will be redirected to the Zoho Docs URL: https://www.zoho.com/docs
Zoho Writer:  https://writer.zoho.com
Zoho Sheet:  https://sheet.zoho.com
Zoho Show:  https://show.zoho.com

First Draft - Create Presentations On The Go!

Create presentations on your iPhone as and when you get ideas. Sync presentations to the Zoho cloud when you login next.

Overall Performance Improved

This update, we have taken efforts to improve the overall performance of your presentation editor. Slides once rendered, will never re-render again. You can see this evidently while resizing the thumbnail area and also while zooming in the editor area. Slide shows will load and render faster.

Shadow Blur and Transparency for Images

Blogs

There are unique ways to set the tone of the images that you add to your slides. Create that desired tone using shadow blur and transparency effects.

Slide Number and Slide Notes in Shared Presentations

A shared presentation in slide show mode will now show the slide number and slide notes. It’s just not the content on the slide, you can share lot more related information through slide notes.

Search Images from Web

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Looking to add some nice images to your presentation? Search it directly from the web, actually without leaving the editor. You just have to type the keywords there to find the relevant images.

Share Presentations on Social Media

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Make your presentations social. Sharing on Facebook And LinkedIn is just a click away.

Sep

Crop an Image to Shape

Blogs

Quickly mold images into one of the pre-defined shapes. You will get to see your images beautifully transforming into interesting shapes.

Embedded presentations sports a nicer look

Blogs

The embed toolbar now sports a nicer look and feel. We have refined and improved the embed options further. You'll now be able to easily get a custom embed code for your presentations.

View Presentations on your Android Phones

With Zoho Docs android app, you can view presentations on the go. Though editing a presentation is not possible now, we will soon be supporting it.

Show Mote

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Show MOTE is an iPhone app for Zoho Show. The app works in tandem with Zoho Show to provide wire-free mobility when you are delivering your presentation. Basically your iPhone acts as a remote to your laptop. The app can be downloaded from ITunes Store: 

Export to PDF

Blogs

You can now export your presentations as PDF documents.

Enhancements in Remote Presentation

Blogs

To help you deliver engaging remote presentations, we have been adding several functionalities to remote broadcasting feature and this time it is the laser pointer and the text and shape animation that makes it to the list.

  1. 01. While presenting virtually, laser pointer helps you to draw audience's attention to specific data points and keep them engaged.
  2. 02. You can see the shapes and paragraph on the slide getting animated on double click.

May

Slide Orientation

Blogs

Slide orientation in Zoho Show allows the presenter to create slides in Landscape and Portrait modes. Portrait slides opens up doors to creative opportunities helping a presenter to think beyond the run-of-the-mill presentations.

Landscape slide layout is seen default and it can easily be changed to portrait mode when needed. The Slide Setup menu also gives the presenter an option to choose from different screen types: 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10.

Line Connectors

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Connectors are the lines that are used to connect shapes and they stay connected even when you move the shapes around. Creating flowcharts and diagrams is now easy with these self-routed connectors.

Masters & Layouts

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Master slide helps you to make changes to all the slides at a go. You can set text formatting, slide background, slide themes in a master slide that gets applied to all the other slides in a presentation. Every presentation has a master slide with corresponding layouts beneath it. You can insert or duplicate a specific type of layout. Zoho Show also allows you to customize the available layouts. You can do this by adding placeholders specifically for content, text and picture.

Zoho Show 3.0 Release

Blogs

We are excited to launch the new, improved version Zoho Show 3.0 that promises to deliver the best experience of creating and delivering presentations online. You can now take your presentations wherever you go, apply new ideas instantly, review, edit, share and deliver presentations on the go.

2011

Sep

Zoho Show 3.0 Beta is out

Blogs

We are happy to announce the beta release of Zoho Show 3.0, the newest version that lets you create visually appealing presentations and deliver them anywhere and anytime. It's a complete make-over, click through the presentation below to see what's in store for you.