Johannes, Have a look at this stuff http://scenari-platform.org/projects/scenari/en/pres/co/ And tell us if you find it suitable for your need.
--N 2009/7/31 John Beardmore <John at t4sltd.co.uk> > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090731/26790380/attachment.htm>
