OpenOffice.org 2.4 released [LWN.net]

OpenOffice.org 2.4 released

Posted Mar 27, 2008 17:50 UTC (Thu) by jordip (subscriber, #47356)
Parent article: OpenOffice.org 2.4 released


No comments on improvements of presenter, the only tool I use of the whole suit. 
If someone knows a replacement for presenter that does not involve learning LaTeX, please
share it.

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Presentations - Using HTML w/JavaScript

Posted Mar 27, 2008 18:26 UTC (Thu) by Per_Bothner (subscriber, #7375) [Link]

I use a hacked-up version of S5, with some custom improvements. The idea is you write the a single HTML file, using <div> elements to divide it into slides. Then some magic JavaScript and CSS adds navigation, auto-resizing, and various other goodies.

Here is an example. Use space, PgDn or Right arrow to move to the next slide. Move the mouse to the lower right for a pop-up navigation list. Use your browser's "Page Source" to see the HTML source.

The advantage is that you don't need any special tools - it will run on any JavaScript-enabled browser. If your laptop is stolen or can't connect to the projector, borrow a laptop, and plug in a USB stick with your presentation. Or have them browse to your web-site. And when you're done, publishing on the Web is trivial, and much nicer than a large PDF file.

The downside is you have to either be fluent in HTML, or use an HTML editor that can create the needed <div> elements and boiler-plate. Plus there is no built-in support for fancy transitions - you have to code it all yourself.

The changes I made include nice stable URLs for individual slides, plus some other (IMO) improvements. They are available here.

Presentations - Using HTML w/JavaScript

Posted Mar 27, 2008 20:17 UTC (Thu) by vmole (subscriber, #111) [Link]

Even cooler, there's an ReST to S5 converter, so you can write restructured text and generate an S5 slideshow from it. See this page. The converter is now part of Python docutils.

OpenOffice.org 2.4 released

Posted Mar 29, 2008 11:16 UTC (Sat) by csawtell (subscriber, #986) [Link]

Scribus or Kpresenter

OpenOffice.org 2.4 released

Posted Apr 2, 2008 23:00 UTC (Wed) by higuita (guest, #32245) [Link]

I recomend the MagicPoint, you plain write your presentation in any text 
editor with very simple and intuitive tags for formating and "play" the 
presentation in a viewer or html