Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 12/06/2011 11:40 PM, Pavneet Arora wrote: Thanks Wolfgang and Marco for the quick responses. Marco, `impressive' looks just the thing that will easily allow me to add transitions while still using simpleslides to get me going until I can do my own DIY slides. Regards. Glad you found a

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 09:29, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Glad you found a solution. Maybe just a word explaining why I find it a waste of time to do work on such transitions in simpleslides: even if we Page transitions have always been part of context pdf support (not that I ever use them as I dislike

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Pavneet Arora
Dear Thomas, Nauseating is an apt description ;). In general, I too avoid them, but with this upcoming audience, unadorned may be mistaken (incorrectly) for plain. I do think, however, that `dissolve' is subtle enough to offer a reasonable compromise. BTW, is there a way of doing

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Pavneet Arora
BTW, I am using evince under Ubuntu and haven't noticed too many inconsistencies, but then I don't normally use transitions, but do use incremental slides a lot, which I understand are also only pertinent with PDFs: from p. 4 of the prosper manual in the section for Overlays, ``All those macros

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 12:44, Pavneet Arora wrote: Dear Thomas, Nauseating is an apt description ;). In general, I too avoid them, but with this upcoming audience, unadorned may be mistaken (incorrectly) for plain. I do think, however, that `dissolve' is subtle enough to offer a reasonable compromise.

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Pavneet Arora
Thanks Hans. Will do. Steps sounds perfect for this and my other applications. Regards. -- Sent from my Nokia N900. Please excuse my brevity. - Original message - On 7-12-2011 12:44, Pavneet Arora wrote: Dear Thomas, Nauseating is an apt description ;). In general, I too

[NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-06 Thread Pavneet Arora
Hello, I am trying to put aside doing my presentations using prosper, and migrating to using ConTeXt+simpleslides. I ask this knowing full well that many would consider these features as simply adding visual noise to presentations, and normally I too eschew them, but as I am reading Jean-Luc

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 06.12.2011 um 14:30 schrieb Pavneet Arora: Hello, I am trying to put aside doing my presentations using prosper, and migrating to using ConTeXt+simpleslides. I ask this knowing full well that many would consider these features as simply adding visual noise to presentations, and

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-06 Thread Marco
On 2011-12-06 Pavneet Arora pavneet_ar...@waroc.com wrote: I am looking for the equivalent of transition effects in the prosper class---the simple Wipe transition would suffice; Nothing ConTeXt related, but maybe suitable for you: impressive¹, a python script that turns any PDF into a slide

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-06 Thread Pavneet Arora
Thanks Wolfgang and Marco for the quick responses. Marco, `impressive' looks just the thing that will easily allow me to add transitions while still using simpleslides to get me going until I can do my own DIY slides. Regards. -- - - Pavneet Arora Waroc Fine Audio + Custom Home Cinema