Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-04 Thread Shaul
> I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity > to > study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files. > I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported, > though the files should not have been saved with the

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-03 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
Tom wrote, > I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity > to > study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files. It will handle a single version of powerpoint, and nothing before. Version 7, I think. HOwever, it lost all the pict

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-03 Thread paulwade
> > StarOffice 4.0 is still free. Check out http://www.stardivision.com. I've I think you mean free for non-commercial use, a term that is very misunderstood. Commercial use goes far beyond having a business with an official name. If you use this product to create signs or compose an advertisement

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-02 Thread Tom Kuiper
> From: Brian Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Adrian Monk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? > > On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Shaleh wrote: > > > The various office s

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-02 Thread FRANCK . F . L . LEGALL
x27;t seem to find vflib >Can anyone help ? >Thanks >George > >On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Keita Maehara wrote: > >> From: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? >> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 12:07:44 +0200 >> >>

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux

1998-07-01 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
> Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent for Linux/Unix of the MS > Powerpoint prog for preparing slides for overhead projector? My wife has > to use this prog for preparing slides for medical lectures and because of > it (and a private practice invoicing prog) I have to keep a Windows 95

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-01 Thread Martin Schulze
G. Kapetanios writes: > mgp is in the japan site, but it needs vflib >= 2.22 > I can't seem to find vflib Did you check out the japanese site? I'd assume that the library is available there, too. Regards, Joey -- If you come from outside of Finland, you live in wrong country

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-01 Thread Jules Bean
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Keita Maehara wrote: > From: "G. Kapetanios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:38:26 +0100 (BST) > > > mgp is in the japan site, but it needs vflib >= 2.22 > > I can't see

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-01 Thread Keita Maehara
From: "G. Kapetanios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 13:38:26 +0100 (BST) > mgp is in the japan site, but it needs vflib >= 2.22 > I can't seem to find vflib > Can anyone help ? Sorry, I've forgotten it. I

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-01 Thread G. Kapetanios
mgp is in the japan site, but it needs vflib >= 2.22 I can't seem to find vflib Can anyone help ? Thanks George On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Keita Maehara wrote: > From: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? > Date: Wed, 1

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-01 Thread Keita Maehara
From: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux? Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 12:07:44 +0200 > > There's MagicPoint. It's absolutely free! > > > > ftp://ftp.mew.org/pub/MagicPoint/mgp-1.03a.tar.gz > > Then why don't we

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-01 Thread Martin Schulze
On Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 07:20:55AM +0900, Yamamoto Hirotaka wrote: > Adrian Monk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent for Linux/Unix of the MS > > Powerpoint prog for preparing slides for overhead projector? My wife has > > to use this prog for prepari

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-06-30 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Adrian Monk; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent for Linux/Unix of the MS > Powerpoint prog for preparing slides for overhead projector? My wife has > to use this prog for preparing slides for medical lectures and because of > it (and a private

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-06-29 Thread Brian Weiss
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Shaleh wrote: > The various office suites for Linux have slide presenters in them. I am > fairly sure that both Star Office and Applixware do. There may also be > a generic slide tool presenter. However I am sure the GUI lacks a great > deal compared to a professional offi

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-06-29 Thread Yamamoto Hirotaka
Adrian Monk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent for Linux/Unix of the MS > Powerpoint prog for preparing slides for overhead projector? My wife has > to use this prog for preparing slides for medical lectures and because of > it (and a private practice in

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-06-29 Thread Shaleh
The various office suites for Linux have slide presenters in them. I am fairly sure that both Star Office and Applixware do. There may also be a generic slide tool presenter. However I am sure the GUI lacks a great deal compared to a professional office. These office suites are NOT free, but th

Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-06-29 Thread Adrian Monk
Does anybody know whether there is an equivalent for Linux/Unix of the MS Powerpoint prog for preparing slides for overhead projector? My wife has to use this prog for preparing slides for medical lectures and because of it (and a private practice invoicing prog) I have to keep a Windows 95 partiti