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pinkcameloy

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Registered: 2008-01-19

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Which presentation software?

IF i don t want to install openoffice,which program should I install that is also a bit not so heavy for presentations and such stuff?

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: Which presentation software?

LaTeX with the beamer class (has a steep learning curve if you don't know LaTeX yet though).

finferflu

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2007-06-21

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Re: Which presentation software?

LaTeX with the beamer class (has a steep learning curve if you don't know LaTeX yet though).

I agree.

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pinkcameloy

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Re: Which presentation software?

Is it really a presentation software?

and by the way, I can not find it in the repositories...can somebody guide me in this?

finferflu

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Re: Which presentation software?

It's a typesetting program, it's a bit like what HTML is to a browser. So you typeset the contents, then convert the .tex file into pdf or dvi. You can then use a pdf viewer to give the presentation, or print them on a transparency. I'm not really into presentation stuff...
A good starting point is arooaroo's guide, which I have just found.

As for installation we have both tetex and TexLive prepackaged for Arch, as LaTeX comes in distributions, a bit like Linux. I personally use TexLive as it's more up to date, you can find an installation tutorial in the wiki.

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do

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Rumor

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From: Albany, NY

Registered: 2006-07-07

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Re: Which presentation software?

A few alternatives exist. One of the better is KeyJNote which will read a PDF file that you create and display it as a presentation with some neat transitions effects. KeyJNote is in the AUR and more info can be found here: http://keyjnote.sourceforge.net/

Another is MagicPoint which is in Extra (I think) which is similar. You create the slides in some other program and it will display them. Info here: http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/ and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagicPoint

Another on is KPresenter. I know nothing about it, though: http://koffice.kde.org/kpresenter/

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neodreams

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Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 87

Re: Which presentation software?

You can use HTML too for presentations: http://www.w3.org/2005/03/slideshow.html#(1)

stingray

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From: Lima, Peru SA

Registered: 2006-03-24

Posts: 188

Re: Which presentation software?

Try Opera Show, I've used it a couple of times...
http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/operashow/

pinkcameloy

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Registered: 2008-01-19

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Re: Which presentation software?

I have tried to install magicpoint but I can t make it work...has this ever happened to anyone before?what is the problem?

[root@noble kostas]# pacman -S magicpoint
warning: magicpoint-1.11b-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: magicpoint-1.11b-3 

Total Download Size:    0.00 MB
Total Installed Size:   0.35 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading magicpoint                          [#####################] 100%
[root@noble kostas]# exit
exit
[kostas@noble ~]$ magicpoint
bash: magicpoint: command not found
[kostas@noble ~]$ which magicpoint
which: no magicpoint in (/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/opt/mozilla/bin:/opt/qt/bin)

does anybody get any conclusion from what he sees above?

Last edited by pinkcameloy (2008-02-07 17:50:29)

Gilneas

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 320

Re: Which presentation software?

Or figlet for the console
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/search/?q=figlet

The nicest font for it imo is ogre, which you'll have to download a separate .flf file for from their site (contributed font list)

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

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Re: Which presentation software?

I believe the GNOME office people were working on a presentation app awhile back, but it was abandoned. Seems like OOo is the only choice for something PowerPoint like on linux. I don't do presentations, but I'd probably use latex and beamer if I did.

Rumor

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From: Albany, NY

Registered: 2006-07-07

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Re: Which presentation software?

[kostas@noble ~]$ magicpoint
bash: magicpoint: command not found

The command you are looking for is mgp (options) mgp-filename

You might find this page helpful too: http://lionel.kr.hs-niederrhein.de/~dal … p/mgp.html

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Zer0

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From: Windsor, ON, Canada

Registered: 2006-08-25

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Re: Which presentation software?

Try Opera Show, I've used it a couple of times...
http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/operashow/

I agree.. back when I was an Opera user I found Opera Show to be quite interesting.  Looks easy also.

codemac

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Re: Which presentation software?

(latex + beamer) +1 from codemac

Ok, probably not the best choice... google docs has a presentation doo dah now too if you want that web 2.0 feel for your presentation.

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praxis

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Registered: 2008-01-30

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Re: Which presentation software?

im pretty sure koffice has one too.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

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Re: Which presentation software?

I use latex and prosper.

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: Which presentation software?

I use latex and prosper.

You might be amazed by beamer then, I used to use prosper but it's quite a pain when you've got used to the beamer class.

timetrap

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Re: Which presentation software?

I just came across keyjnote, which looks amazing . . .

Runs with python(yay!) and xpdf(yay!).

You create a PDF and open it with keyjnote, which then uses opengl and a few other tricks to make the PDF into a presentation.

http://keyjnote.sourceforge.net/

Edit: Did I mention;

yaourt -S keyjnote

Last edited by timetrap (2008-06-12 15:25:06)

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