On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:27:09AM +1000, Brett wrote:
> > Hi ports,
> >
> > Just wondering if there is any port that can display ppt with the proper
> > page formatting, apart from the bloated LibreOffice.
>
>
> >>From: Amit Kulkarni <amitk...@gmail.com>
> >>probable candidate is calligra in openbsd-wip
>
> >> From: "i...@darwinsys.com" <dp925...@gmail.com
> >> You could install Chrome and try the Docs PDF/PowerPoint viewer.
> >
>
> That did the trick, though Chromium barely qualifies as less bloated than
> Libreoffice! It will only open files from the net, Chromium addons are not
> allowed to open local files (in the cloud, only remote files are trustworthy).
>
> Kpresenter in kde/office3 does not open the ppt files I tried, just says
> "could not export file" and freezes. I'll give Calligra-wip a go next time.
>
> Brett.
I use often Google Docs Viewer, but this also only works with documents
available online:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://example...
I don't think you need to have Google account to use the service.
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best regards
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