Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

It does some, though I don't know how much.  The -layout option (or 
parameter or whatever) helped me get nice-looking copies of several 
documents, including a monstrous Intel manual.  It was learning about 
this option that prompted my recent use of pdftotext, since earlier 
tries with it hadn't given me results I liked.  I have no idea how well 
it would work with something that started out as a PowerPoint document, 
though.

Al

On 03/15/2013 04:15 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> Does pdftotext preserve layout elements?  Things like tables and such?
>
> Alex M
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Albert Sten-Clanton [mailto:albert e sten_clanton verizon net]
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:53 PM
> To: 'Alex Midence'; 'Krishnakant Mane'; 'Daniel Dalton'
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: RE: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations
>
> I've done well lately using pdftotext.  As far as I know, it is free
> software.  Sometimes the documents I convert with pdftotext read better than
> the ones we create using Adobe on this Windows box.
>
> If your comment is aimed more narrowly, at life in GUI land, then I'm not
> qualified to assess it.  Or, let me know if I've misunderstood your meaning.
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Alex
> Midence
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:02 PM
> To: 'Krishnakant Mane'; 'Daniel Dalton'
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations
>
> Powerpoint is not pointless.  If you are the one creating the presentation,
> yes, you can use alternatives.  If, on the other hand, you have to access
> one created by someone else and that person chose powerpoint, you can't fall
> back on Beamer.  He doesn't want to create powerpoints, he wants to read
> them.  Beamer is useless to him for this.
>
> Also, PDF's are quite accessible---With proprietary tools.  Free software
> solutions have yet to make them accessible to us in Linux.  I understand ...
> it's being looked into and, eventually, in the fullness of time, someone may
> get it right.  Possibly.  Maybe.  I think.
>
> But, if he uses his Windows VM with Jaws, he can  access both the powerpoint
> and the pdf quite nicely and right now.
>
> Thanks.
> Alex M
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of
> Krishnakant Mane
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:41 AM
> To: Daniel Dalton
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Powerpoint presentations
>
> One more problem is the pdf accessibility.
> Else, LaTeX beamer is the best presentation tool I have ever seen.
> It really makes a certain proprietary tool "powerless and pointless ".
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
> On 03/15/2013 06:53 PM, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to be able to read powerpoint presentations.
> >
> > Usually, I just convert to html with unoconv and it works pretty well.
> > However, I've noticed this doesn't work for tables or text boxes.
> >
> > Libreoffice impress doesn't seem to work overly well with orca (or am
> > I missing something)?
> > The only methods I have currently are to export the presentation to
> > pdf and then convert the pdf back to text (kind of messy). Or just
> > read the powerpoint inside my windows vm with jaws (again not good).
> >
> > Does anyone have any better ideas how to access these presentations -
> > heavy on tables and text boxes.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Daniel
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