Bryce, I think the main hurdle for you is to get everything digitized. Once that happens, you will never go back to (physical) slides. I know some progressive professors that have hundreds of thousands of images on their HD in which they can access instantly for their next lecture.
You don't have to use Powerpoint for slides, you can use Adobe Acrobat, or Macromedia's Flash software. These are actually far superior and allows you to be more creative with your slides/digital images. My wife and I made a slideshow of our childhood for our wedding reception using Acrobat. It looked much better than powerpoint and was able to e-mail copies to friends. Personally, I'm not at all sad to see slide projectors gone from everyday use. Why? Because the digital alternative is cheaper, more efficient, and leaves you with more option for sharing your library. vic > This subject header may seem off topic, however read on.. > > I take only colour slides, of railways. > > Was given a Canon G2 digital last Christmas, as a gift. > > The camera which is basically a point and shoot with upgrades, > is nice, however for me who prefers colour slides, not my preference. > > Kodak has announced as of June 2004, they shall no longer produce slide > projectors. > They the manufacturer of Kodak Carousel machines in various guises over > the last forty odd years. > > So for those of us in the Apple realm , and those of us who wish to show > images, > on a large screen, to others, where does that leave us? > > Powerpoint is one option using a laptop and a video projector. > > All images would either have to be scanned using a slide/image scanner, > or they > would be available as a digital image, direct from the camera. > > Myself I have no love for anything Microsoft and PowerPoint is one of > their products. > Incidentally have seen Powerpoint used, with a Prehistoric Computer and a > video projector. > It was OK, however no where near as stunning a show of images as one > would obtain > from using the original colour slides. > > I don't have a flatop or a digital scanner, and have not seen images so > rendered > on any other flatop or slide scanner as really great. > > So are there options to PowerPoint? My own gut feeling is anything from > Microsoft is garbage; > hence I stay well away from anything of MS; however suspect somewhere, somehow > there are programs equal to or yes (not difficult) better than PowerPoint, > user friendly to Macs and probably a whole lot less in cost. > > Ideas? > > > > > Bryce Lee, > Burlington, Ontario > Canada > > 900 Mhz 14.1 " PowerPC G3 iBook > OS 9.2.2 US > Built-in Memory 640MB > Disk Cache 8160K > 40 GB HD/34.43 GB free > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
