Posted by Roy Schestowitz on 06/29/05 07:17

Toby Inkster wrote:

> Harry Bellafonte wrote:
>
>> I want to open a simple powerpoint sheet in the browser window. What is
>> the best way to do that?
>
> Check out OpenOffice.org -- since version 1.1 it allows you to export a
> Powerpoint file as a Flash (SWF) movie. The betas of version 2.0
> apparently have even better support for Flash and allow fancy transitions
> between slides.

SWF is not an open format. I am very surprised OpenOffice.org have gone as
far as implementing that. They could opt for other, cleaner formats. Having
said that, the source of the SWF is in OpenOffice.org format, which is
open. So I guess it's okayish...

Roy

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