On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:30 -0400, Neal Becker 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?
>
That's about it. At least in Word you can force an object (like an
equation) to act like one big character, but not in PowerPoint
(LibreOffice Present mimics this "feature", by the way).
By the way: you could have used Microsoft Equation Editor, which comes
with Word. It sucks, but you can get the point across.
--
Tim Wescott
www.wescottdesign.com
Control & Communications systems, circuit & software design.
