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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:26:59 -0400
From: Dan Welch <WELCHDW@wofford.edu>
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Subject: RE: Presentation software for FreeBSD
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> presentation software for FreeBSD, something that does the type of
> stuff microsoft's powerpoint does.  Does any one know if such a
> program exists for unix, specifically FreeBSD?  Freely available or
> shareware is preferred. 

I know of nothing so integrated as powerpoint, but I have been able 
to match much of its results by centering my prep work in xfig and
using xli for slide-show presentation of the results and a 
graphical browser (I write html) to provide flexible presentation 
paths.  

Key support tools for me are ghostview, TeX, groff, netpbm, psutils, 
xdvi, xpaint, ImageMagick (sic), and mpeg_play.  You may also find 
the shareware xv useful.  These are all available via the packages 
and ports sections of FreeBSD.  The results can be quite 
satisfactorily professional.