[PLUG] web/flash slide show tools

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2009, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for an alternative to OpenOffice.org for slide shows,
>> and thinking about web-like alternatives that I can run through
>> with firefox.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
> Keith,
>
>   I use the LaTeX beamer class. The results are typeset, graphics are easy
> to insert, and the result is a .pdf file.
>
> Rich

I use LaTeX beamer as well, and I create the presentations in LyX. But
I have not gone into the heavy detailed presentation creation work
flows with animation, etc. ... I just type stuff and import EPS or PDF
graphics made by other tools. The beamer / LyX interface chokes on
some simple things, and I refuse to dig deeper into the complexities
of LaTeX to just make slide shows. I find it frustrating and am
looking for something as easy to use as PowerPoint. :)

Don't get me wrong -- beamer is a masterwork by a computer science
genius (Till Tantau), who also created the "pgf-tikz" graphics
package. But for someone without extensive learning time on their
hands, I recommend simpler tools.
-- 
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
http://www.linkedin.com/in/edborasky

I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed.