> > Hi All > > I'm looking for an alternative to the PowerPoint Pack & Go feature. It's > a > feature that I find really useful as I can send a self-contained file to > customers without them having to install anything on their computer. I > know > that it's possible to create a pdf file, but this doesn't work in the same > way. > > I googled the keywords, but didn't come up with anything useful. Is there > a > workaround for this, or are there plans to introduce such a feature? > > Incidentally, I brought this subject up at the OO stand at Cebit last week > and > got the type of answer that kills a product stone dead for new customers > (which thankfully I'm not) "Why would you want to do that?" The offered > solution was send a copy of OO to the customer with the email (presumably > because he thought that a multi-national will be ready to install a piece > of > software just to view a file from me). The arrogance that you have the > best > solution and therefore everyone must be willing to use it has killed a lot > of > products in the past - most recently HD-DVD. > > Thanks in advance for any advice.
The only other option I can think about is exporting the presentation to .swf ... Flash players are fairly common (and you can even do it using a web browser) on most PC's. There is no standard 'pack and go' functionality as such. /paul -- For those that love Pandora, but don't live in the USA : http://globalpandora.com/
