Many of us use visuals (a.k.a. 'slides') with our presentations. Most PDF display tools used to work well; e.g., xpdf and mupdf. Current versions not so well. I've found two tools that are specific for presentations: pdfpc and impressive.
pdfpc is designed for two monitors: one for the presenter and one for the audience. On a single monitor using the '-s' startup option sets the display in 'audience' mode. When my LCD projector is connected to a laptop no startup option presents only the 'audience' mode, nor puts that mode on the projector and the presenter mode on the laptop. Has anyone used pdfpc and found differently? If so, I'd like to learn what option(s) you used. Impressive certainly is. It will display many graphic formats in addition to PDFs. It has a single display mode; presenter and audience see the same thing. It also has various fades which, by default, it cycles through as the slides are changed. I've downloaded the doc to learn how to control this. If you want to add 'pretty' to presentations the fades are a nice way to do this. I don't think they're appropriate for all situations. Yes, other tools are available, but for my purposes and my portables and lcd projector impressive will be my new presentation tool. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug