On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 18:33 +0100, "Dr. IglÃi GÃbor" wrote: > Dear Developers! [snipped]
> I've also read about and searched for OpenOffice Viewer tools. I've read > about developers' opinions about this topic: too much effort to create a > stuff like that for all platforms, instead OO.o gives good support for > HTLM, PDF or Flash export... > > This way it will be hard to give the academic world a working option for > migration. You can't reproduce all effects of an Impress presentation in > these formats and you can't embed movie clips either. > > I would suggest that maybe it would be a very good idea and this could > make OO.o even more popular if you would create an Impress Viewer. You > wouldn't need to support all platforms and all OpenOffice components > because > > 1. Unix/Linux users have already installed OpenOffice/StarOffice on > their machines - this is the ultimate office suite for *nix users (I'm > in this group too:) - so they don't need a viewer app > 2. OO.o Writer documents can be exported to PDF quite well so everybody > can handle them - so a Writer Viewer wouldn't be so important (and OO.o > has good support for the DOC format) > 3. You would develop an Impress Viewer for only the MS Windows platform, > because other platforms' users probably has and use OpenOffice.org already. > > That's why I think a standalone Impress Viewer is the most lacked > component of OO.o. With the availability of a small standalone, > installable or simply executable official Impress Viewer for Windows we > could conquer the academic and perhaps the business scene. > Seems you missed http://www.indeview.org/ in your search. This project offers the capabilities you are looking for and if they don't currently exist they are planned. I recommend that you offer your support to this team and help them achieve a viable viewer that does what you want. -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
