Re: any ways to look at powerpoint slides?
Julian Elischer wrote: I have looked in the ports xlhtml seems to extract out the text but it's not exactly easy to see what is in the ppt slides. I've seen ppt presentations moved to some free S/W at usenix and BSDcon.. how was that done? -- __--_|\ Julian Elischer / \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( OZ) World tour 2000 --- X_.---._/ presently in: Budapest v To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message Both Star Office Applix can read ppt depending on the version of Power Point . -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Voice: +780 413 1910 Fax: +780 421 4929 #575 Sun Life Place * 10123 99 Street * Edmonton, AB * Canada * T5J 3H1 ---- When things can't get any worse, they simplify themselves by getting a whole lot worse then complicated. A complete and utter disaster is the simplest thing in the world; it's preventing one that's complex. (Janet Morris) begin:vcard n:Skafte;Greg tel;pager:+1 (780) 491 4791 tel;cell:+1 (780) 718 1570 tel;fax:+1 (780) 421 4929 tel;work:+1 (780) 413 1910 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:A HREF="http://www.worldgate.ca"IMG BORDER=0 SRC="http://dev.worldgate.ca/images/worldgate_black_200_bolder.gif"/A;Network Operations adr:;;#575 10123 99 Street;Edmonton;Alberta;T5J 3H1;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Operations Manager x-mozilla-cpt:;29088 fn:Greg Skafte end:vcard
Re: any ways to look at powerpoint slides?
Greg Skafte wrote: Both Star Office Applix can read ppt depending on the version of Power Point . OK I'm an idiot for not thining of staroffice I forgot it did that.. I already even have it loaded.. people can stop bombarding me now... -- __--_|\ Julian Elischer / \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( OZ) World tour 2000 --- X_.---._/ presently in: Budapest v To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: any ways to look at powerpoint slides?
Julian Elischer wrote: I have looked in the ports xlhtml seems to extract out the text but it's not exactly easy to see what is in the ppt slides. I've seen ppt presentations moved to some free S/W at usenix and BSDcon.. how was that done? StarOffice seems to read most PowerPoint presentations. The worst I've seen so far is some ugly fonts, and a lot of slowness. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: any ways to look at powerpoint slides?
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 10:27:25PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: Julian Elischer wrote: I have looked in the ports xlhtml seems to extract out the text but it's not exactly easy to see what is in the ppt slides. I've seen ppt presentations moved to some free S/W at usenix and BSDcon.. how was that done? StarOffice seems to read most PowerPoint presentations. The worst I've seen so far is some ugly fonts, and a lot of slowness. If you install a truetype-capable font server (XFree86 4.0.1, or xfstt) and use the Microsoft windows fonts, does it get any better? It certainly makes netscape much nicer to use. Kris PGP signature
