The future of Ubuntu Linux.... Will it make Micro$oft go bankrupt?

[Ashley Benton]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 12 May 2009 16:02:23 Franz Waldmüller wrote:
> > Ashley Benton schrieb:
> > > Thanks I will try as yesterday my son try a Ubuntu presentation saved
> in
> > > ppt and when watched on Windows the pictures had disappeared and only
> > > the text remained,
> >
> > If you inset pictures in impress with drag and drop they are only linked
> > into the presentation. Insert-Object-picture is better. Check the
> > preferences, too.
> > When sending presentations use the pdf-export.
> > I'll try it your way and see how that works. I am
> >
> > > sure that what is happening is due more to not knowing how to than to
> > > open office and any advices are welcome as I'd like to have my sons use
> > > Ubuntu more often but don't want them to have trouble at school for it
> > > neither.
> >
> > Try to convince your school to use open standards.
>
> Ah!  I think that you have it, Franz.  Linked pictures can only be accessed
> on
> the computer on which the presentation was made - it would not run any
> better
> on a Linux machine running OpenOffice.org.  We hit that block - the first
> presentation my granddaughter made wouldn't run on my computer, so we had
> solved that one before ever she tried to run it on Powerpoint.
>


It is possible that he only dragged the pictures I wasn't watching what he
was doing so I can't be sure, but since the text remained there seem to be a
good possibility. I will ask him when he'll be back from school. I'll write
your advices and will make a post if there is still a problem.

Thanks

Meg

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