Well, I could totally lose window$ (other than work) if I could get something that would produce Flash (.swf) files like Swish www.swishzone.com under Linux (my preferred OS). Anyone out there know of such a beast?
-matt -----Original Message----- From: USM Bish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 6:52 PM To: Chapman, Matt Subject: Re: Anything similar to Powerpoint? Matt, Got your point ... there is no denying that presentations made with StarOffice are almost like Powerpoint, if not better. The problem which I face is going around to different parts of the country for seminars, lectures etc. I have to depend on systems provided by the host .. at most places these are linked with video projection systems for larger audiences. I do not have a portable, to lug along with me. I normally carry my material on disks ... and everywhere the OS is MhBwin, and nowhere have I found StarOffice for Windows installed. I am quite conversant with HTML, and make my presentations at home with vi, quickly switch to "X" and view the output and make changes as necessary. The process is swift ... I used to use IE on the M$ systems earlier, but after the release of Opera-5, things became easier. I can test things on Linux at home, and know that the Win-9x output will be same. God bless Opera ! I do not say that HTML presentation it is better .... but definitely it is different ..... Try frames or animated GIFs in PowerPoint or StarOffice, and you will know what I mean. Ofcourse, you do not run the risk of gnome cropping up ! USM Bish On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 10:51:59AM -0400, Chapman, Matt wrote: > Good point. > > But what about the presentation product in StarOffice which does > transitions and everything... I have done a presentation with and many > people thought I was using Powerpoint up until I ended the > presentation and my GNOME was revealed! (with large tux background > image) ;) > > -matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: USM Bish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 4:05 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Anything similar to Powerpoint? > > > My personal preference is to use HTML presentation on > a browser. Totally platform independent. > > Opera 5 supports full screen (F11 toggle), and it is > *actually* the "full" screen with no browser borders, > (unlike IE which still has the browser frame around). > > This is true for both the Linux and Win-9x versions. > > All you need is a .gif "next" and "previous" link on > each individual html "slide". > > The only problem that I face, is that, I need to > carry my Opera-5 CD to all venues, and uninstall it > on completion of the presentation. Opera-5 is not > that common and is not available on most systems. > > USM Bish > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 11:10:24AM +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > > >>>>> Matthias Richter wrote to debian-user on 09 Jun 2001 23:30:41 > > >>>>> +1000: > > > > >> Is there anything for Linux that provides at least some of the > > >> facilities of Powerpoint? > > > > Matthias> I've just completed a presentation using pdflatex > > Matthias> (texpower, hyperref, ifmslides) \ldots so if you're > > Matthias> already very familiar with (pdf)latex you might also use > > Matthias> this cross-plattform way of presenting things nicely > > ;-) > > > > In a similar vane I use the LaTeX "prosper" package which does a > > very > > good job of bringing together texpower, hyperref, ifmslides, in a > > simple to use and familiar (LaTeX) environment and provides > > plug-n-play glitz just like powerpoint, all presented using PDF. > > > > http://prosper.sourceforge.net/ > > > > Regards, > > Graham > >
