Moving to the Linux® Business Desktop

Chapter 29. Presentation Graphics: For Those Who Need No Introduction!

Once upon a time, even a simple business presentation could be quite a costly affair. The person putting together a presentation first used a word processor—maybe even pen and ink—then transferred all of this to a business graphics presentation tool. Alternatively, a special design service might be hired to take that next step, but eventually, the whole thing was sent to yet another service that would create 35mm slides from the finished paper presentation.

On the day of the big meeting, the old carousel slide projector came out, and the slides were painstakingly loaded onto the circular slide holder. Then the lights dimmed, and the show began. If luck was with you, the slides ...