In order to celebrate the launch of gDoc Fusion 2.5, Global Graphics is giving away a brand new Sony VAIO E Series to boost the productivity of a lucky winner. This laptop features a 17 inch high contrast VAIO Display, 4GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive.

The winner, and 10 runners-up, will also receive a full version of gDoc Fusion 2.5 (worth £100).

gDoc Fusion is a quick and easy to use desktop software application that allows multiple incompatible files to be merged into a single document through a simple drag and drop action. It enables users to create a summary, report or other document that combines spreadsheets, slides, images, text, PDFs and more than 200 other types of document.

So how do I enter?

To enter you need to do the following…
1.    Follow Global Graphics on Twitter here
2.    Tweet the following message…

Win a Sony VAIO laptop contest. You can enter by following @Global_Graphics and retweet. http://bit.ly/98A8wL

The winner will be announced at the end of July.
Good luck to all those who enter and happy tweeting!

Following the launch of gDoc Fusion last year and the variety of market feedback received, the Global Graphics development team set about creating gDoc Fusion 2.5 which launches today. This product aims to tackle the fact that, according to research over three quarters (77%) of UK office workers said they have found business software difficult to use.

The reality is that organisations need to review the applications available to staff and tackle the issue head on with a software application that fits the purpose and eases the common day-to-day activity of e-document creation. gDoc Fusion 2.5 allows multiple incompatible files to be merged into a single document through a simple drag and drop action. It enables users to create a summary, report or other document that combines spreadsheets, slides, images, text, PDFs and more than 200 other types of document. Essentially this isn’t just a generic product upgrade as the new functions genuinely improve functionality and ease of use.

Here is a bit more on what’s new:
Assembly View – collate, convert, read and share documents from over 200 different formats in a single view page. New page preview functions save extra time and ‘page stacks’ feature allows easy organisation of chapters or document sections

Multi-format viewer – gDoc Fusion is now able to view more than 200 word processor, spreadsheet, image and drawing formats
LaunchPad – Compact interface that takes up a minimum of screen space, making it easy to use drag-and-drop action to open the files

30-day trial – Full product functionality now available for a 30-day evaluation period. After 30 days the product still provides free multi-format viewing and PDF creation
Flick View – saves time and printing costs by allowing users to quickly visually search through the pages to find information, just like a physical document.

As always we are keen to get individual feedback so please do check it out for yourself at http://www.globalgraphics.com/gdoc and let us know what you think.

I’ll leave you with a review from Angela Eager, senior analyst at Ovum, independent technology analyst, who believes that “the solution is very timely and well aligned with the requirements of enterprises that require an inexpensive and flexible way to quickly assemble documents from pages in different formats for tasks such as report creation.”

The issue of integrating technology systems when two companies merge through acquisition is not new but organisations risk losing valuable corporate knowledge if employees can’t easily access any document they need from either business.

Even prior to an acquisition, the due diligence process requires solicitors and accountants to access hundreds of documents for analysis and forensic accounting. These documents may be held in legacy technology systems that are not easy to convert to a readable format, taking precious time and resources to resolve.

As a result of the acquisition there may be staff changes, office moves and restructuring, all contributing to the possible loss of corporate knowledge held in varying document formats.
A key benefit of gDoc Fusion is the ability to quickly and easily translate and merge over 200 types of incompatible document files into a single document through a simple drag and drop action, even though the original application is not available. Users can create a summary, report or other document that can combine disparate documents such as spreadsheets, slides, images or text in one simple operation, then save the result in a format everybody can handle: PDF.

So solicitors and accountants can rest assured that all nighters at the office during an acquisition will no longer be down to simply trying to convert one key document into a readable format!