Hi :) I have been looking around quickly trying to see what other people are doing or have done. Found this forum thread from people who have little or no idea about Office Suites http://www.soundonsound.com/forum/showflat.php?Number=1018700
Also this from Eric (is he the famous one) http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Then this link looks like a commercial product but gives advice which might be useful http://www.alivemedia.net/flash-slideshow-maker.htm " * Output Flash (.SWF) File and HTML page Create two files: a Flash (SWF) file and a HTML page file. This allows you to share the slideshow via uploading the two files to your website simply.. * Output Flash (.SWF) File Create a standalone Flash (SWF) file only. But the corresponding HTML code will be generated for embedding the flash slideshow into your own webpage. You will be able to copy and paste the code into any webpage. " I seem to have trouble playing some swf files but that is probably more to do with their source rather than anything to do with the format. Some people are really anxious to protect their copyright at the expense of being widely available. So maybe there is some way of locking swfs or maybe i just got corrupted ones. Neither would surprise me. Regards from Tom :) On 18 November 2013 14:44, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > Does it have to be in an editable format? > > If NOT then maybe use Impress to save into some more reliable format > that doesn't change around from one version of MS Office to the next. > Some people have even suggested using .Pdf format but i think that > kinda scuppers the reason for having it as a slide-show. Perhaps as a > YouTube format? Perhaps as a Flash Player format? Other people have > suggested using straight movie formats such as the ageing .avi or > newer .mkv. For a Flash Player try > File - Export > and scroll down until you see "Macromedia Flash". With that sort of > idea you might be able to embed the presentation within a web-page and > choose the size of the display. Then save the web-pages onto the DVD. > Let the web-browsers do the work! > > > If it DOES have to be editable then pps is probably the best format > but even so it relies on MS Office being consistent from one machine > to the next and we know that it isn't. Perhaps find out which > versions of MS Office the pps does work well on and then write that in > the blurb on the DVDs cover. Such covers often demand that people > upgrade to the latest versions of Windows and MS Office in order to be > able to play the DVD and they make no apology for not working on all > versions. > > OTH! Can you squeeze LibreOffice installers onto the DVD? One for > Mac and one for Windows would do the trick. No need to worry about > any for Gnu&Linux! > > Note that when PDFs first started being used they would often be > accompanied by a button linking to the Adobe downloads site and hardly > anyone made a fuss about that. They just installed it or grumbled to > the their IT Department about not being able to open such a basic > format. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > On 18 November 2013 07:46, Dave Liesse <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is a follow-up to a question I asked in August. I'm still struggling >> with trying to create something that can be used in other systems. Here's >> what I've done: >> >> 1. Created a slide show in Impress. Slides auto-advance after 5 seconds, >> and transitions are used to play appropriate music files. Previous tests by >> myself and others on this list have shown that the links to the audio files >> follow relative rather than absolute paths. >> >> 2. Saved as .pps file. Copied presentation and audio file directory -- >> pathing kept intact -- to thumb drive. >> >> 3. Open .pps file on another computer that doesn't have LibreOffice >> installed. Slide show runs, music does not play. Confirmed music files are >> present. >> >> 4. Rename original audio file directory on my hard drive for testing. Run >> slide show from thumb drive on my own computer. Opens in Impress, of >> course, and does not auto-run. Music plays properly. >> >> This slide show is for distribution to others via DVD, and I'm really >> getting frustrated with it. I'd hate to think that the hours I've spent on >> it have been wasted and that I have to start over with another application. >> But I can't assume anything about the software anyone else has, and just >> about everyone has the ability to view a .pps file regardless of their OS (I >> can be pretty sure, but not 100% positive, that everyone on my distribution >> list is using either Windows or Mac machines). Can anyone see anything I've >> overlooked? >> >> Dave >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
