Hi, I agree that latex isn't a presentation program, but there are some addons available. There is the prosper package and the pdfscreen package. Both are made to be used with pdflatex and the output is a pdf-file that is optimized for screen/beamer presentation. All that's needed then is acroread to view those presentations. Of course the steep learning curve remains, but if you are already used to LaTeX for publications, then it's not a big step. Both prosper and pdfscreen are apt-gettable in SID and woody. They are worth a tryin my opinion.
Ciao Marc On Monday 29 October 2001 20:57, Jens Benecke wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:36:01PM -0500, Bob Koss wrote: > > Would TeX (LaTeX) be a suitable replacement for PowerPoint? > > Depends. > > If you want presentation with animations, 100 different fonts, etc. then > the answer is no. Use StarOffice. > > > However: LaTeX is _not_ a presentation program. It's a text processor. (Not > even a 'word processor'.). It focuses on the text structure, easily > readable layout, and not WYSIWYG. LaTeX is a WYMIWYG (what you mean is what > you get) type of program, you don't have to know anything about layout, DTP > or whatever to be able to produce perfectly layouted text. ____________________________________________________________________ Marc Schumann Physikalische Anstalt Universitaet Basel Klingelbergstrasse 82 Tel: ++41-61-267-3753 4056 Basel Fax: ++41-61-267-1349 Switzerland ____________________________________________________________________ Fortune Cookie of the Hour: Help fight continental drift.
