I found this great resource that it’s very useful in my opinion if you want upload all documents format and convert it into an easy, speedy, online multimedia magazine to publish and distribute online. The new web-based service called “Calameo“, allows anyone to transform all most popular document formats into highly customizable and very attractive full-screen flip-page magazines.

PDF file, .doc, excel, OpenOffice presentation can be used to create Calameo magazine that can be shared via email, or social news sites. Calameo also provides an embeddable piece of code allowing any interactive documents to be shared on any web site or blog.

Overview

Calameo is a web-based service that instantly creates interactive web publications, in order to improve your reading experience. Using a simple interface, you are given some degree of control over how organize your documents.

Through a quick and easy zooming, good search functionality, and scrolling through the document and a simple and intuitive user interface, you are given some degree of control on how display your online virtual publications.

Personalization is one of the better part of Calameo that allows publisher to change the background image, music, interactive link, etc). Calameo-generated documents provides a great way to public document online to anyone on the web.

Calameo allows you to create multiple publication channels and organize multiple types of documents. Also reader can start discussion on any document you have configured.

Key Features

Document conversion: Calameo can convert any document for a max of 100MB size. The Specific document formats supported are: Microsoft word( .doc, .rtf), Microsoft Powerpoint( .ppt, .pps), Microsoft Excel( .xls), Adobe PDF(Version 1.1 to 1.6), Fichier Texte( .txt), Fichier HTML(.htm, .html), OpenOffice( .ods, .ots, .sxc, stc).

How Does It Work

The document converted into Calameo, it’s displayed within a custom flash player. On the top left area of the Calameo player we can find the following options:

• Publication.
• Subscriptions. It allow to readers to navigate through other content channels.
• Thumbnail view of all pages. It allows to view publication through thumbnails.
• Full screen view. Allows to get the full screen mode.
• Bookmarking. Bookmarking specific pages for later review.
• Zoom-in zoom-out. It allows to zoom in and out of the document for maximum visibility.
• Audio Volume. This option allows you to set audio volume for document that contain audio as well.

The sharing of documents and information has become critical not only for business professionals, but also for individuals. With Calameo the file sharing was not so easy through its embeddable snippet of code.

Calameo also believe in the value that a social media strategy can bring to any site or business in order that anyone can easily repost any Calameo publication to some of the most popular social news sites such Facebook, Digg or Reddit.

Calameo allows you to invite as many people as you want to watch, comment and discuss about your publications through the Calameo interface.