Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-31 Thread Helge Hafting
On 26. aug. 2011 16:30, 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 don't know how to do things in powerpoint. But this might work: 1. Make your presentation in beamer, as usual. 2. Make a pdf file of it. 3.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-31 Thread Helge Hafting
On 26. aug. 2011 16:30, 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 don't know how to do things in powerpoint. But this might work: 1. Make your presentation in beamer, as usual. 2. Make a pdf file of it. 3.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-31 Thread Helge Hafting
On 26. aug. 2011 16:30, 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 don't know how to do things in powerpoint. But this might work: 1. Make your presentation in beamer, as usual. 2. Make a pdf file of it. 3.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-30 Thread Trevor Jenkins
Nothing to do with LyX but I did enjoy this PowerPoint related item reported on the Guardian newspaper this weekend. Maybe someone there is a fan of Edward Tufte in that party; Tufte's essay on PowerPoint should be read by everyone who thinks that presentation software is a good thing.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-30 Thread Jim Oldfield
From: Mukhtar Ullah mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de Sent: Mon, 29 August, 2011 8:27:29 Subject: Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-30 Thread Trevor Jenkins
Nothing to do with LyX but I did enjoy this PowerPoint related item reported on the Guardian newspaper this weekend. Maybe someone there is a fan of Edward Tufte in that party; Tufte's essay on PowerPoint should be read by everyone who thinks that presentation software is a good thing.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-30 Thread Jim Oldfield
From: Mukhtar Ullah mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de Sent: Mon, 29 August, 2011 8:27:29 Subject: Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-30 Thread Trevor Jenkins
Nothing to do with LyX but I did enjoy this PowerPoint related item reported on the Guardian newspaper this weekend. Maybe someone there is a fan of Edward Tufte in that party; Tufte's essay on PowerPoint should be read by everyone who thinks that presentation software is a good thing.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-30 Thread Jim Oldfield
> From: Mukhtar Ullah <mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de> > Sent: Mon, 29 August, 2011 8:27:29 > Subject: Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint > > > If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have > > this problem; equations editing

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like text, instead of objects. Jim This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm. http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Julio Rojas
Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de wrote: If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf and so forth. Cheers. On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote: Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like text, instead of objects. Jim This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm. http://sites.google.com/site/tex4ppt/

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Julio Rojas
Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah mukhtar.ul...@informatik.uni-rostock.de wrote: If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this problem; equations editing

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf and so forth. Cheers. On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote: Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
> If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this > problem; equations editing is now built in, so equations are just like text, > instead of objects. > > Jim > > This can come to your rescue. I have tested it and works like a charm.

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Julio Rojas
Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah wrote: >> If you were lucky enough to be using PowerPoint 2010 you wouldn't have this >> problem; equations

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-29 Thread Mukhtar Ullah
Remember that you can't use with it graphic packages like graphicsx, pgf and so forth. Cheers. On 29/08/2011 09:32, Julio Rojas wrote: Looks nice! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Mukhtar Ullah

[OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Neal Becker
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

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com 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}

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com 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:

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Julio Rojas
What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. Sounds cumbersome, but beats the hell out of mathtype! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Rainer

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. There is something nicer than that: - Ekee [1], but it's broken on modern distros and unmaintained (though

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Tim Wescott
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

[OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Neal Becker
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

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com 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}

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Rainer M Krug r.m.k...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com 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:

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Julio Rojas
What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. Sounds cumbersome, but beats the hell out of mathtype! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Rainer

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com wrote: What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. There is something nicer than that: - Ekee [1], but it's broken on modern distros and unmaintained (though

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Tim Wescott
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

[OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Neal Becker
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

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, 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 >

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Rainer M Krug
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM, 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

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Julio Rojas
What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. Sounds cumbersome, but beats the hell out of mathtype! - Julio Rojas jcredbe...@gmail.com On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Rainer

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Julio Rojas wrote: > What I usually do is generate the PDF with the equations, open the PDF > with Inkscape and save them as GIFs or PNGs. > There is something nicer than that: - Ekee [1], but it's broken on modern distros and unmaintained

Re: [OT] I hate powerpoint

2011-08-26 Thread Tim Wescott
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} >