On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Neal Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would normally use beamer, but now I'm forced to use ppt for my part of >> a >> joint presentation. I hate it. >> >> I just want something like this: >> >> \begin{itemize} >> \item Nice Equation >> \begin{equation} >> y = x >> \end{equation} >> \item Another equation >> \begin{equation} >> y = x >> \end{equation} >> ... >> >> You get the idea. >> >> I see no reasonable way to do this in ppt. I just ran out >> (electronically) and >> bought mathtype. It looks like if I was using word, I could do this sort >> of >> thing. But not ppt. It has no concept of boxes and glue. >> >> The only thing I can do AFAIK is: >> Make an itemized (bullet) list >> Make ever other item in the list blank to leave some space >> Glue in the mathtype equations, MANUALLY trying to align them, and hoping >> that >> nothing moves the items of text, because the equations are just pictures, >> and >> aren't actually attached to anything. >> >> I know _nothing_ about ppt. Is there any better way? >> > > No idea - what I did was created pdfs and converted them to ppt. But > difficult, if you have to stick to a certain layout. > > I remember that I had a script which did that (convert pdf to picture, add > slides with one ex-pdf per page and bundle to ppt), but I can't find it. > Just found something similar: http://wifo.eecs.berkeley.edu/wiki/doku.php/latex:latex_resources > Cheers and good luck if you really have to use PP, > > Rainer > > > > -- > Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, > UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) > > Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology > Stellenbosch University > South Africa > > Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 > Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 > Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 > > Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 > > email: [email protected] > > Skype: RMkrug > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug
