Gregory Pittman wrote: > Johannes Graumann wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> As my professional life takes a turn towards giving more and more >> presentations, I am looking for a solution on how to deal with slides >> and slide shows/presentations in a flexible and OS way. >> >> I have been building presentations using both scribus and OOimpress on >> and off, in either case utilizing pdf as the presented format. >> >> Both of these solutions (along with M$ counterparts), however are >> presentation centric, meaning slides are handled in an independent >> manner only with difficulty. >> >> What I am looking for is a solution that will a) allow me to create >> non-themed, independent slides (adhering to a given formatting rule set) >> b) store and manage these slides in a light box-like (think digikam) >> manner >> c) makes it easy to combine the slides into a presentation (pdf) >> d) allows me to overlay the non-themed slides in a given presentation >> with a custom slide design (also adhering to the constrains referred >> to in a)). >> >> Does anybody have any idea on how to tackle this? Th best I can come >> up with is a workflow involving slides as png (transparency), managed >> with digikam and combined/themed/format converted through scripting >> via imagemagic. > Scribus's job is to create PDFs, of course. It is possible, for example, > to have bookmarks and links in the PDF, which allow for "side trips" if > we might call them that, then back to the original train of the > presentation. Thus, the presentation wouldn't have to have a strictly > linear organization. > > Does this help with what you have in mind?
Maybe it was more a matter of having a library of slides, presumably sorted somehow, that can easily be previewed and selected to generate bespoke selections to present ? Scribus might not be the best vehicle for this, but... With Scribus, maybe a bunch of documents containing unthemed material stored as slides sorted into and within volumes (SLA files), pages of which can be dragged and dropped or cut and pasted into a new document which has a presentation specific theme on the master page ? Once you've got all that, allowing configurable routing in the resulting PDF might be icing on the cake ? Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
