On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 10:42, C Falconer wrote:
[snip]
> > ... a "how to use Powerpoint" article that didn't mention any
> > free alternatives :-(
>
> There's another word that is synonymous, like xerox.... What
> alternatives are there (for any OS) ?
* I use LaTeX [1]
* OO.org has presentation software built in [2]
* For the XML fiend who has everything there is Docbook XML [3],
SlideML [4], DFBPoint [5], or AxPoint [6]
* MagicPoint [7]
* Slideshow looks powerful [8]
Only a few have WYSISYG front-ends, but most of the time you can make do
with XML :)
[1] http://plan.mcs.drexel.edu/~joe/other/latex/presentations.html
[2] http://www.openoffice.org/
[3] http://docbook.sourceforge.net/projects/slides/
[4] http://slideml.org/
[5] http://www.directfb.org/dfbpoint.xml
[6] http://axpoint.axkit.org/
[7] http://www.mew.org/mgp/
[8] http://makeashorterlink.com/?C25342F25
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Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/
