Hello Mr Scott (or may I call you Mike?), and thank you kindly for your response!
Are you saying that Impress itself doesn't give good presentations, or are you just warning against saving it to SWF? Also, you said "I wonder if LO is any better." What's LO? Cheers! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Mike Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/11/11 18:47, [email protected] wrote: > .... >> >> Is there any reason you can't install OpenOffice.org on the laptop to >> run the presentation? > > Best idea. > >> >> The SWF export option is under File > Export... and select "Macromedia >> Flash (SWF)" for "Save as type". I've never done this myself, so no idea >> how well it actually works. > > Having tried it, I'd say not to bother. > > I've just rechecked what happened last time I tried - a simple presentation > with a background image, a couple of text blocks fading in and out on each > slide, and a timed advance to the next slide. swf export is just plain > *rubbish* - the text renders wrongly, the within-slide dissolves don't work > (all the text appears all the time), my between-slide fades are replaced > with a fast change, and timed advances don't work (have to keep clicking > away....). > > Quite the worst part of OOo, IMO. But I've had a *lot* of hassle in Impress > one way or another: both fades and text rendering just seem problematic. > > I wonder if LO is any better. > > FWIW BTW you can just drop a swf onto firefox, at least under ubuntu, to > play it. > > > -- > Mike Scott > Harlow, Essex, England > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > For additional commands send email to [email protected] > with Subject: help > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
