[plug] OO.o - slide from hell

[Denis Brown]

Dear PLUG list members,

A user (from a related but different UWA site) has prepared a PowerPoint 
slide presentation in Office-XP.   Most slides in this Cecil B. DeMille, 
cast of thousands, glorious living Technicolor extravaganza cooperate 
nicely with OO.o (and with Office 97 for that matter) but two 
fancy-transition slides in particular fail to display legibly.

The slides in question comprise multiple graphs and annotations, each of 
which is supposed to disappear, to be replaced with its successor upon a 
key-press from the operator, while common heading text remains on 
display.   The same effect could be achieved by having several slides, each 
with common heading text and each having its own graph.  The user would 
then select between the slides in the usual manner (timed or press spacebar).

Given the urgency of the situation the presenter will supply and use their 
own XP-equipped laptop but I am curious to know if others have faced this 
sort of challenge and if so, has it been dealt with successfully?   I would 
add that my standard roll-out to my clients includes nothing beyond Office 
97 and over the next few years I'll move them to OO.o and then Linux as the 
OS.   <rant>  I have no objection to Cecil B. DeMille productions per se 
but wonder at the need to employ such for what is after all a scientific 
presentation, not a game show. <end rant>

TIA,
Denis


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