Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:33:48PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:04:07 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quite the opposite: latex gives you exact positioning of text and images, ppt does not. I'd love to hear about a (relatively) easy way to do this, because I had quite a few wars with this recently (for posters, not presentations) IIRC, the latex documentation says that its not intended, nor the best tool, for the likes of posters. I've never needed serious, multi-page layouts (requiring desktop pub software). Instead, I create all the elements as .eps that can't be done natively with xfig and lay them out with xfig; works great for posters. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:04:07 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Micha Feigin wrote: The downside with the latex option is videos open in an external window and for better or worse you have less support for transitions (usually better because they tend to distract the crowd) and exact positioning of text and images (usually makes you make better presentations). Quite the opposite: latex gives you exact positioning of text and images, ppt does not. I'd love to hear about a (relatively) easy way to do this, because I had quite a few wars with this recently (for posters, not presentations) Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGY8d3C1NzPRl9qEURArc2AJ9USvYrf7XgCBkU1Tloj/3dQF13rgCZAckq IKIA75I3BI4BG4a1nB3KVDs= =f/jN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Micha Feigin wrote: The downside with the latex option is videos open in an external window and for better or worse you have less support for transitions (usually better because they tend to distract the crowd) and exact positioning of text and images (usually makes you make better presentations). Quite the opposite: latex gives you exact positioning of text and images, ppt does not. Johannes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGY8d3C1NzPRl9qEURArc2AJ9USvYrf7XgCBkU1Tloj/3dQF13rgCZAckq IKIA75I3BI4BG4a1nB3KVDs= =f/jN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On 5/20/07, Jhair Tocancipa Triana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor writes: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? I would recommend foiltex + pdflatex. -- --Jhair http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html -- --salahuddin66 salahuddin66.blogspot.com salahuddin66.deviantart.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Serena Cantor writes: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? I would recommend foiltex + pdflatex. -- --Jhair -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On 5/17/07, Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:26:23 -0400 Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 10:32:46PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Lots of folks create a presention in tex [ or similar markup languages] and then turn them into pdf file or to html/javascript. With the advantage that the presentation is in pdf so you know that it will appear properly on any machine and only requires pdf viewer to display the presentation. It does help to use some presentation class though. My favourite is beamer although there is also prosper and texpower I'm aware of and probably a bunch of others. Personally, I use lyx to edit the presentation and it has support for beamer (including a template). ooimpress is also nice and can export to pdf. The downside with the latex option is videos open in an external window and for better or worse you have less support for transitions (usually better because they tend to distract the crowd) and exact positioning of text and images (usually makes you make better presentations). Talk about timing! Seen on debian package of the day for May 16: http://debaday.debian.net/2007/05/16/keyjnote-presentation-viewer-with-very-nice-graphical-effects/ -- Kushal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Serena Cantor wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Openoffice.org has Impress, which is probably what you're looking for. It's deprecating Powerpoint at this point. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On 2007-05-17, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Openoffice.org has Impress, which is probably what you're looking for. It's deprecating Powerpoint at this point. That would be great news, but why do you have that impression? Powerpoint is still the standard at my school and at any conferences I have attended in the last year. Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Tyler Smith wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: On 2007-05-17, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Openoffice.org has Impress, which is probably what you're looking for. It's deprecating Powerpoint at this point. That would be great news, but why do you have that impression? Powerpoint is still the standard at my school and at any conferences I have attended in the last year. OpenOffice's format is the only format recognized by many of my customers. If I sent them an MS Office document, they'd react like I dropped a dog turd in their lap. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 04:30 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: Serena Cantor wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Openoffice.org has Impress, which is probably what you're looking for. It's deprecating Powerpoint at this point. I use mgp or Magicpoint Very simple, very easy, very powerful, generates html slides quickly. apt[-get|titude] install mgp http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/ Many people use it in the circuit, I've seen it since about 2000. never a hiccup. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On 2007-05-17, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be great news, but why do you have that impression? Powerpoint is still the standard at my school and at any conferences I have attended in the last year. OpenOffice's format is the only format recognized by many of my customers. If I sent them an MS Office document, they'd react like I dropped a dog turd in their lap. Who are these enlightened people? Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 10:32:46PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Lots of folks create a presention in tex [ or similar markup languages] and then turn them into pdf file or to html/javascript. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |___ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed ___| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Tyler Smith wrote: On 2007-05-17, Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor wrote in Article [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted to gmane.linux.debian.user: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Openoffice.org has Impress, which is probably what you're looking for. It's deprecating Powerpoint at this point. That would be great news, but why do you have that impression? Powerpoint is still the standard at my school and at any conferences I have attended in the last year. Not to mention most of the business community. Most of the folks I deal with wouldn't know how to open an openoffice file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:26:23 -0400 Kevin Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 10:32:46PM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Lots of folks create a presention in tex [ or similar markup languages] and then turn them into pdf file or to html/javascript. With the advantage that the presentation is in pdf so you know that it will appear properly on any machine and only requires pdf viewer to display the presentation. It does help to use some presentation class though. My favourite is beamer although there is also prosper and texpower I'm aware of and probably a bunch of others. Personally, I use lyx to edit the presentation and it has support for beamer (including a template). ooimpress is also nice and can export to pdf. The downside with the latex option is videos open in an external window and for better or worse you have less support for transitions (usually better because they tend to distract the crowd) and exact positioning of text and images (usually makes you make better presentations). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(solved, THANK Amy Templeton/Julian De Marchi/Yasar Sarcan) Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Thanks! I'll try pdf. --- Amy Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? OpenOffice Impress is that same kind of point-and-click presentation-making tool, and if you have to present on a computer that hasn't yet figured out how to deal with OpenOffice, you can save your presentation as a PDF presentation and use (PDF reader of choice)'s fullscreen mode to give a presentation, or even save as (*shudder*) MS-Powerpoint if absolutely necessary. If you're less into the point-and-click thing, LaTeX has a markup mode called Beamer that I think is pretty awesome for creating really nice-looking PDF presentations. If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry about it; it's probably not worth learning a whole new way of doing things unless you're a closet keyboard-only person. Good luck with your presentation(s)! Amy -- Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (solved, THANK Amy Templeton/Julian De Marchi/Yasar Sarcan) Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Serena Cantor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Amy Templeton wrote: [...] if you have to present on a computer that hasn't yet figured out how to deal with OpenOffice, you can save your presentation as a PDF presentation and use (PDF reader of choice)'s fullscreen mode to give a presentation [...] Thanks! I'll try pdf. Cool. Just FYI, I don't mean to imply *not* to save in OpenOffice's native format--if you *just* save as PDF you may not be easily able to get back to it and alter it later on. Just something to keep in mind :-) . Amy -- Dreams are free, but there's a small charge for alterations. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Serena Cantor wrote: Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Look at the openoffice. It has what you are after. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Openfice Impress -Original Message- From: Serena Cantor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:33 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: can you recommend any open source presentation tool? Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545367 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: can you recommend any open source presentation tool?
Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which software is Linux's equivalence of M$'s PowerPoint? OpenOffice Impress is that same kind of point-and-click presentation-making tool, and if you have to present on a computer that hasn't yet figured out how to deal with OpenOffice, you can save your presentation as a PDF presentation and use (PDF reader of choice)'s fullscreen mode to give a presentation, or even save as (*shudder*) MS-Powerpoint if absolutely necessary. If you're less into the point-and-click thing, LaTeX has a markup mode called Beamer that I think is pretty awesome for creating really nice-looking PDF presentations. If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry about it; it's probably not worth learning a whole new way of doing things unless you're a closet keyboard-only person. Good luck with your presentation(s)! Amy -- Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
