From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: export presentations: org to ppt or odp Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:44:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47061) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UK9ZN-0000Vg-Jy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:44:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UK9ZM-000800-5Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:44:21 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22a]:59985) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UK9ZL-0007zh-Uf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:44:20 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f42.google.com with SMTP id fe20so11703087lab.1 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:44:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Vinh Nguyen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Vinh Nguyen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This question is probably for Jambunathan K: is an org to ppt or odp > exporter in the works? Was wondering whether most of the work could > be borrowed form the org to odt exporter. > > If anyone is wondering, why export presentations to odp or ppt when > export to pdf (via beamer) and html (S5) are available? Those two > works well for me personally, but for work, we tend to collaborate > with others, and truth of the matter is that everyone else uses > powerpoint. The files need to be editable and re-usable by others in > a format they could work with. I'd definitely love this, primarily if it allowed one to use a pre-defined POTX template file for export. My division at work has a new VP who is quite particular about *everyone* using the new template. I'm going to keep using Beamer, but may be asked directly to conform. I'd hate to lose all of my Org usage just for the sake of having to get a PPT for the sake of creating mostly-one-time presentations at business updates. I've considered just trying to re-create the template as a Beamer template, but that can get pretty involved from my previous attempt to do so. Also, like Vinh, others ask me, "Say, can you send me that presentation? I've love to use some of the stuff from it." They intend to re-use pictures or copy/paste information. It's not uncommon for me to have to say, "Um. Yeah. The thing is that I use this kind of weird program. Basically, no, I can't give you anything usable." For most purposes, Beamer is just fine, but this would be awesome for those types of situations. Look forward to what others have to say! John > > If anyone else has a current work flow they use to convert org to ppt, > please do share. Any way to go from org to latex to ppt? Or org to > s5 to ppt? I did a quick google but wasn't able to find anything. > Thanks! > > -- Vinh >