> I am starting to use the seminar package and have some questions..
> I want to build
> presentations that look very similar to Powerpoint presentations.. I saw
> several nice demonstration (PDF) files of output using seminar.
I used to be a solid seminar user, but I have switched to C V
Radhakrishnan's "pdfscreen" now (on CTAN). Have a look at the sample files with
that, and you'll be bowled over. Also look up the "ppower4" and
"texpower" post-processors, which let you do Powerpoint-like
incremental pages.
> b) The thumbnail feature is really nice. Will this work with any Acrobat
> reader (or do I need
> special features/plugins with teh acroread)?
no, it works with any Acrobat
> How do I do thumbnails?
with Distiller or with the "thumbpdf" script
Sebastian