On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 07:52 -0500, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Tuesday 23 August 2005 07:26 am, Robert Payne wrote: > > Thanks, > > I downloaded flash media player and exported my presentation into > > that format and yes, > > I could play it firefox. > > > > However, I also noted that in the older version of OO 1.4x (put it > > on an older machine !!!!) > > the option is there to save as a pps file. > > > > So, on OO2 I simply did a "save as" and manually inserted the pps > > extension and it worked !!!! > > > > Maybe if the development team monitor this they could but a ".pps" > > dialog box in the "file save as" > > format ? Looks like the software has this function inbuild, just no > > pointer to it ? > > > > I look forward to any comments on this, > > > > Thanks again for all the help, > > > > Cheers > > > > Rob Payne > > > But the point is that you requested the file be locked up so that > it could not be altered. It does not matter whether a file is saved as > *.pps or *.ppt. It can still be opened in either MS Office or OOo and > be altered. The only difference between *.pps and *.ppt files is that > one will begin playing automatically when opened with MS Office. It > takes a lot more work and probably much more money to alter a flash > presentation. >
As I read the thread, it occurred to me that exporting as pdf might be the solution. Worth a try as PDF is very hard to edit. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
