Re: Presentation software

["Michael H. Warfield" <mhw wittsend com>]

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 09:38:25AM -0600, Thomas R. Shannon wrote:
> I'm looking for a graphics presentation progam similar to Power Point.
> It has to be able to work in a full-screen slide mode and be able too
> insert eps graphics files.  The ability to directly insert wmf files
> would certainly be a plus.

	Not totally sure which ones support eps and which ones don't
but here is a list:

	Applix Presents		payware
		I've used this for presentations.  Not bad.  Native Linux.
		I've run into flakey bugs with this one.  Last version
		used was 5.0m1.  5.0 is currently in a released version.

	Corel Presentations	payware
		Tried to use this.  Powerful slide editor.  Windows app
		running under Wine.  Wouldn't do two column tables so
		had to abandon the attempt.

	MagicPoint		freeware
		I currently use this package.  No slide editor.  Drivena
		by text files.  Printed fonts don't always match displayed
		fonts.  Native Unix/Linux.  Prints in postscript.
		Very powerful shell escapes for doing almost anything.

	StarOffice		freeware
		No experience.  Highly recommended by others.

> Any ideas?

	Any of the above four should do what you want.

> Thanks,
> Tom
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	Mike
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