[users] Re: Digest for list users@openoffice.org

2011-11-23 Thread Toni Goodgine
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[users] Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, Since I've not been able to find either this list's archives or an answer in the OpenOffice.org FAQs, I hope someone here can help me. Please accept my apologies in advance if this has already been discussed. I'm creating an Impress presentation on OpenOffice 3.3, with the idea of playing

[users] problems

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis Griffith
How do I open OOo Writer? I have Open Office version 3. Do I need to delete that and open up a newer version. I wanted to do envelopes. Thanks, Dennis Griffith-- - To unsubscribe send email to users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread openoffice . mbourne
Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: Hello, Since I've not been able to find either this list's archives or an answer in the OpenOffice.org FAQs, I hope someone here can help me. Please accept my apologies in advance if this has already been discussed. For the archives - from http://www.openoffice.org/

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Mike Scott
On 23/11/11 18:47, openoffice.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Is there any reason you can't install OpenOffice.org on the laptop to run the presentation? Best idea. The SWF export option is under File Export... and select Macromedia Flash (SWF) for Save as type. I've never done this

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello, Thank you very kindly! The page at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ offers a link to the user mailing list archive - but that link turns out to be http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users and you get a 404-style error message there. The

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Jeffrey Deutsch
Hello Mr Scott (or may I call you Mike?), and thank you kindly for your response! Are you saying that Impress itself doesn't give good presentations, or are you just warning against saving it to SWF? Also, you said I wonder if LO is any better. What's LO? Cheers! Jeff Deutsch Speaker Life

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:09:44 -0500 Jeffrey Deutsch jeff_deut...@asplint.com wrote: Last but not least, if anyone can let me know what I need to get (cords, software and the like) and do in order to play it through the projector I would very much appreciate it. Plug projector on to external

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Mike Scott
On 23/11/11 19:17, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: Hello Mr Scott (or may I call you Mike?), and thank you kindly for your response! I think informality is the name of the game on most lists :-) I'm, no great OOo expert, just a user who chips in sometimes. Are you saying that Impress itself

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Mike Scott
On 23/11/11 19:34, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:09:44 -0500 Jeffrey Deutschjeff_deut...@asplint.com wrote: Last but not least, if anyone can let me know what I need to get (cords, software and the like) and do in order to play it through the projector I would very much

[users] Re: problems

2011-11-23 Thread James Knott
Dennis Griffith wrote: How do I open OOo Writer? I have Open Office version 3. Do I need to delete that and open up a newer version. I wanted to do envelopes. Thanks, Dennis Griffith What operating system are you runnings. I assume Windows. If so, click on the Start button and somewhere

[users] Re: Converting an Impress Presentation to SWF

2011-11-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:47:54 + Mike Scott m...@scottsonline.org.uk wrote: And don't forget there's a plugin, Presenter Console, to help if you have the luxury of two separate screen outputs. It gives your notes and a current/next slide view to the presenter on one monitor, and the