[ale] Linux "course" at GT?

[sara yurman]

You're right, StarImpress is the least impressive part of SO for a lot
of reasons.  We've had good success importing PowerPoint beginning with
5.1.  I've seen an export filter for PowerPoint in 5.1, but haven't yet
tried it.  Before then it was a distinct problem.

We dealt with the fonts by buying a deluxe edition, which includes a
good number of Type 1 fonts.  They do just fine.

Hope that helps,

Sara

> Which brings me to my "killer app" issue:  there is no Linux/UNIX based
> piece of software that comes close to PowerPoint.  I have tried the
> presentation managers in Star Office and Applixware, and PowerPoint simply
> offers way more features, many more styles, and (most importantly) the fonts
> are rendered a lot more cleanly than an out-of-the-box Linux installation
> running Star or Applix.  And none of them do a decent job importing
> PowerPoint presentations (conversely, MS PowerPoint had no trouble dealing
> with a presentation I initially made using Star).

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Sara W. Yurman
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