Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:23:15 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress'' Message-ID: <20090422072312.GA92118@thought.org>
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This is for anybody familiar with the "powerpoint" fmt docs/display, and the openoffice.org equivalent, Impress. I have several dozen of files in several directories; each file (php or html--or can be xlated to xml) had one or two jpeg graphics. What I would like to experiment with is to see if having my Jottings philosophical stuff in slideshow presentation. My personal philosophy grew out of a disagreement with the bureaucrats in my home state (Ohio) who asserted that my physical disabilities made it impossible for me to become a productive member of society. Similar bureaucrats in California just a few years later took a different slant, and over the years and with plenty of sweating over my engineering and comp-sci classwork---and obviously, when I started earning my salt---, I noted down a bunch of short pieces that evolved into my "Jottings" thoughts. I've tried my best to de-nerd and de-geek this stuff, so that it encourages anyone and everyone who feels beat-up on by just-plain-life. Since this stuff has gone global, I've had lots of positive feedback. At the same time, back-of-envelope math has convinced me that it wouldn't pay to publish this in ink+paper. So in addition to my jottings.thought.org website, have a push-button slideshow might encourage more people to give this a read ... or a listen. If I can find a volunteer to read the stuff. I've tried to get firefox3 to show the demo here, but I'm evidently too too far out of date. If there is a way of having OOo-3.01 use the writing portion and turn the files into Impress mode, that would be ideal. O/wise, it might turn into a sharp learning curve. In any case, there are two questions for this list. The first, obviously, is subjective and is: would having my stuff in slideshow fmt gain me a wider readership? The second is: anybody out there willing to clue me in on this stuff? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.41a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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