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Hello all,
I have installed Linux Red hat 9 on my machine. It is dual boot with Win 2K. I want to see the ppt slides on my other drive after loging to linux. Also, are there any utility software to convert MS ppt slides to Linux compatible presentation? I want to convert MS ppt slides to a linux presentation slides.
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To check an alternative to MS Power Point, or something that can at least read the files, you can go here:
http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/
Is a list of apps and their Linux alternative/replacement, etc.You can also try Cross OVer Office. Is designed specifically to to act as "mediator" between MS Office's products and Linux. (I personally have not used it at all, but have read multiple favorable reports/articles about it)
Is appraently pricey but worth it.HTH
Regards...
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I believe OpenOffice should be able to do that.
However, I've never tried it to verify success or not.
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Open Office, already on RH systems, opens and converts ms ppt flawlessly.
As well you can create slide shows from scratch and save as ppt for those still holding on to the old ms office.
You can even create a web based, (html) slide show that any pc in the world can view so your not stuck with everyone having to have ms power point to view them.
No other program required.
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open office and star office have their power point equivalents that are compatible
just make sure you download latest 1.1 version
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Rick and drake are correct. OpenOffice and Star Office both have Presentation software that can read ppt files, for sure and tested open office does. I have in linux mandrake and no problems. Some of the advanced things might not work as intended or look *different* but it does work. (For instance graphs in excel, do not necessarily look <exactly> alike in the linux apps.
Good Luck
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I viewed today one of my .ppt presentations (simple, no animations) under OpenOffice. It looked much better than I had expected, but you have to be careful about one thing : the Windows font set is not the same as the Linux font set. OpenOffice does its best to match the font with something it has in store, and does succeed if you do not crowd your slides with tons of text (which you should not do anyway!). Otherwise, it will look even sloppier in OpenOffice than in PowerPoint. If you have to move a presentation back and from a lot of times between Windows and Linux, You will likely be in big trouble.
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