Re: [Sheflug] Presentation software [was: Open Office]

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Depends on what you mean "works like".  If you want WYSIWYG via GUI
> input, none I know of.

Can do animations and sound I think are the key features. In glorious
technicolor too.

>   o LaTeX (sliTeX) -> xdvi or -> dvips -> gv.  OK, make that four.

It does most of it well, but for sophisticated (OK, poncy :) presentations
that involve animations it doesn't cut it (e.g. using a laptop straight
into a projection unit).

>   o Magicpoint.  The workhorse.  Nice features include swallowing
>   o Ultrapoint.  When the input (XML) matters more than the output

I'll take a look.

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