Being a cloud-based web application, Templafy works for all platforms and all devices that have access to the Internet from a browser.

This article will make a feature by feature comparison of Templafy on PC (Windows) and Mac (OS X). This article will refer to PC as being Windows and Mac as being iOS.

This article will cover:

• Templafy Library

  • PowerPoint

  • Word

  • Excel

• Templafy Dynamics

• Email signature manager

• SlideProof

Templafy Web-application

This browser-based access has the same user experience for all devices and platforms, including PC and Mac. As a user can you access this interface via. tenant.templafy.com

Integration to MS Office

Templafy integrates to MS Office via Add-ins.

Example of Templafy in Office in PowerPoint

Templafy Library

Difference between PC and Mac & Office online

#1 In PowerPoint Slide library and Slide elements library are only in Office on PC. Mac users can always use the web application to access these libraries.

Templafy will be supporting these libraries in Web Add-ins as soon as this is made possible from Microsoft.

#2 Dynamics happening "post-document creation" e.g. after the document has been saved to locally is only on PC.

PowerPoint

PC		Mac & Office Online
Available libraries		Available libraries
Presentations		Presentations
Slides		Images
Slide elements		External DAM systems e.g. Bynder
Images
External DAM systems e.g. Bynder
Ribbon in PC		Ribbon in Mac
Templafy button all to the left in the Home tab		Templafy button all to the right in the Home tab

Word

PC		Mac & Office online
Available libraries		Available libraries
Documents		Documents
Text elements		Text elements
Images		Images
External DAM systems e.g. Bynder		External DAM systems e.g. Bynder

Excel

PC		Mac		Office online
				None
Available libraries		Available libraries		Available libraries
Spreadsheets		Images		Not available due to limitations on Microsoft
		Possibility to do DAM integration e.g. Bynder

Templafy Dynamics

All dynamics available from the Web application is available in Templafy Office Add-ins. This is dynamic related to the creation of a document.

On top of this Templafy Dynamics on PC has more features related to updating of documents after these have been created and saved locally. 

Email signature manager

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