On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 2009, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > >> I'm looking for an alternative to OpenOffice.org for slide shows, >> and thinking about web-like alternatives that I can run through >> with firefox. >> >> Suggestions? > > Keith, > > I use the LaTeX beamer class. The results are typeset, graphics are easy > to insert, and the result is a .pdf file. > > Rich
I use LaTeX beamer as well, and I create the presentations in LyX. But I have not gone into the heavy detailed presentation creation work flows with animation, etc. ... I just type stuff and import EPS or PDF graphics made by other tools. The beamer / LyX interface chokes on some simple things, and I refuse to dig deeper into the complexities of LaTeX to just make slide shows. I find it frustrating and am looking for something as easy to use as PowerPoint. :) Don't get me wrong -- beamer is a masterwork by a computer science genius (Till Tantau), who also created the "pgf-tikz" graphics package. But for someone without extensive learning time on their hands, I recommend simpler tools. -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky http://www.linkedin.com/in/edborasky I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
