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Subject: Re: power point
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On Friday 20 February 2004 05:12 pm, Alex de Kruijff wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:38:28AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > is there a way to convert ms powerpoint presentation into jpegs?
> > > or to view it under Freebsd?
> >
> > Install Openoffice.  It has a presenter that can open Powerpoint
> > files to show them or incorporate them in to presentations.
> >
> > You might have to tinker around to get things like you are used
> > to, but it should work.
>
> It takes about 8 to 12 hours to compile it.

Incorrect - install the binery package of OOo and your going in under 30 
minutes.

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Best regards,
Chris