Save the file from AOO in pdf format. Then the show can be shown on any machine regardless of operating system, provided the machine has a reader for pdf’s.
Tom On 31. May 2014, at 13:10 , johnny smith <ka...@krovatka.su> wrote: > On Sat, 31 May 2014 10:14:34 -0000, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is what I see in AOO 4.1 when editing the presentation (notice >> the background, from the AOO template) >> http://www.imagebam.com/image/bfb67b330098558 >> >> This is what the slide looks like in AOO Impress, when played back >> http://www.imagebam.com/image/00ca69330098560 >> >> And this is what I see when I export to PPT and load the presentation >> in the MS Powerpoint Viewer 2007 >> http://www.imagebam.com/image/f9fb05330098563 >> >> Any ideas of what might be going on? Can someone confirm? >> I just used one of the built-in templates in AOO 4.1 to start my >> presentation.... >> >> I expected the exported PPT to look exactly the same as in AOO... > > i checked that template. it seems to be the 'blue border' background chosen > on the 2nd step of the presentation wizard. it is not autofitted at all, but > rather tiled (see format -> page -> background). because its size is exactly > the same as the default slide size (which is 28 x 21 cm), it fills the entire > screen. > > however, when exporting to powerpoint, everything is messed up because > powerpoint's size handling is somewhat flawed. eg, when i create a rectangle > in powerpoint and set its width to, say, 10 cm, it appears to be about 9 cm > according to the ruler at the top of the slide (at least in powerpoint 2000 > installed on my organisation's computers). if after that i set the page width > to 10 cm too, the rectangle does not take the full width of the page, just > like your slide's background. > > so, powerpoint seems to use different units for page sizes and object sizes: > the centimeters of page width are larger than those of a rectangle width. it > is quite idiosyncratic, but you have to stay with it. i do not think that > openoffice should adopt this unnatural measuring convention only to be > compatible with powerpoint, although some size adjustment while exporting may > be of use. > > in your case, try unticking the 'format -> page -> background -> tile' box > and ticking the 'format -> page -> background -> autofit'. > > ------------------------------------------- > List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > Tom Backer Johnsen Søndre Steinkjellersmauet 7 5003 Bergen Mobil: +47 9169 3346 Email: backer(at)psych.uib.no ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
