Re: [SLUG] Refresh my feeble mind

From: Bob Stia (rnr@sanctum.com)
Date: Thu Sep 24 2009 - 22:39:48 EDT


On Thursday 24 September 2009 19:34:33 Richard Smoot wrote:
> On Thursday 24 September 2009 16:09, Bob Stia wrote:
> > Hello Sluggers.
> >
> > I am trying to build a slide show of a bunch of .jpg photos from a recent
> > vacation. Problem is I would like to insert textual explanations between
> > some of the photos so that Gwenview will see them and present them.
> >
> > Darned if I can remember what I used to do this previously.
> >
> > Bob S
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Open Office Presentation can do the PowerPoint type thing.
> Also if you want to give a copy to someone that does only Windows,
> you can save it as a PowerPoint presentation. If they don't have
> PowerPoint, MS does have a free PowerPoint viewer.
> With text the native Open Office Presentation files are about a tenth
> the size of PowerPoint files.
>
> With presentation programs you can select the kinds of transitions you
> have. You can have audio or text with the images. You can have it complete
> the program on it's own or step thru it manually.
>
Thanks Richard. I hate the idea of doing that. Sounds like a very steep
learning curve. (for me, anyway)

Bob S
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