Presentation SW recommendations

[Paul G. Allen]

Lan Barnes wrote:

> I have to put together a slide show with photos, diagrams, and words.
> What do people use on FC4?
> 

For two years at the university, I used Open Office. Got an A on every presentation every 
week. Many presentations were collaborative with other students who used Power Point and 
sharing files/slides between us was no more of a problem than sharing files/slides between 
versions of Power Point (Note: M$ Power point is *NOT* 100% compatible with itself on 
different computers, let alone different versions. So anyone that says there are 
compatibility issues between Open Office and M$ Office and therefore you shouldn't use 
Open Office has not used M$ Office much.)

For diagrams, I used a myriad of applications from Kivio to Dia to Xfig. Pictures I'd use 
The GIMP. Spreadsheets and text, Open Office. Photos (from camera) gphoto or whatever app 
your camera works with.

PGA

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Paul G. Allen
Owner, Sr. Engineer, BSIT/SE
Random Logic Consulting Services
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