Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 04, 2007 09:52 PM
but you find OpenOffice.org Impress too complicated
I had to laugh out loud when I read this article. According to the article, Impress might be too complicated for you but, your life will be simplified by using this command line tool to script a PDF with Python!
So, all you have to do is learn a bit of Python, create the mother of all PDFs, manually code your presentation in the previously learned Python and you're halfway there.
The next step is to make sure that the PC that's connected to the projector runs Linux (either Gentoo or Ubuntu, nothing else will do) and has Python installed so that you can run your magnum opus and render the presentation. Simple eh? LOL!
Aren't you glad that you no longer have to deal with the complexities of a graphical drag and drop presentation package that is fully compatible with the the most widely used presentation package on the planet? The one that can be presented almost anywhere using Impress, PowerPoint or the PowerPoint viewer. The one that also exports presentations in PDF format.
But, wait! If learning Python to script your PDF by hand is too much for you (you pathetic noob!), the author deftly points out that there is a KeyJnote GUI. This ludicrous excuse for a frontend allows you to select a few check boxes to implement the transitions of your slideshow.
To quote John McEnroe; <a href="http://simplythebest.net/sounds/other_formats/Sun_Audio/AU_files/miscellaneous_AU_files/mcenroe_on_the_line.au" title="simplythebest.net">You cannot be serious!"</a simplythebest.net>
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 04, 2007 09:52 PMI had to laugh out loud when I read this article. According to the article, Impress might be too complicated for you but, your life will be simplified by using this command line tool to script a PDF with Python!
So, all you have to do is learn a bit of Python, create the mother of all PDFs, manually code your presentation in the previously learned Python and you're halfway there.
The next step is to make sure that the PC that's connected to the projector runs Linux (either Gentoo or Ubuntu, nothing else will do) and has Python installed so that you can run your magnum opus and render the presentation. Simple eh? LOL!
Aren't you glad that you no longer have to deal with the complexities of a graphical drag and drop presentation package that is fully compatible with the the most widely used presentation package on the planet? The one that can be presented almost anywhere using Impress, PowerPoint or the PowerPoint viewer. The one that also exports presentations in PDF format.
But, wait! If learning Python to script your PDF by hand is too much for you (you pathetic noob!), the author deftly points out that there is a KeyJnote GUI. This ludicrous excuse for a frontend allows you to select a few check boxes to implement the transitions of your slideshow.
To quote John McEnroe; <a href="http://simplythebest.net/sounds/other_formats/Sun_Audio/AU_files/miscellaneous_AU_files/mcenroe_on_the_line.au" title="simplythebest.net">You cannot be serious!"</a simplythebest.net>
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