John Boulton wrote:
Hello,
I have been asked if I can offer my laptop computer as a backup for
someone who is giving a lecture and using their laptop to do a
projection of slides created in Microsoft Office (2000). My laptop
runs Linux (OpenSuse 10.2) with Open Office amongst other things.
I can convert the client's Microsoft Office Powerpoint Pressentation
into an Open Office Impress document. But Will I be able to hook my
laptop into a digital projector (USB) and play an Impress document out
to the projector?
I also have a Windows machine with MS Office and have tested out the
document conversion and that worked fine, what I don't know is if the
Impress program running on Linux 10.2 will operate the projector?
Any help you can give will be highly valued (the client is a barrister
and I would like to suggest Open Source Software as being mainstream
programming!)
With kindest regards and sparkley-eyed aniticpation.
John Boulton.
Impress will work with any video device hooked up to your computer. The
question is can your computer use an external monitor? On my IBM
ThinkPad, I can switch to external or dual display, but only if I do so,
before booting into Linux. Try it with an external monitor, before
commiting your computer.
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