Powerpoint Slidwhow in Linux

Our HR Dept. updates a Powerpoint on a daily basis and the Powerpoint plays on our Windows box via a batch script that auto starts and plays the Powerpoint in a loop.

We are swapping this machine out with ubuntu 10.10 box and are looking for a way to script this out. Does anyone have any idea how to do this?

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tiersten

The last time I tried it, WINE was capable of running the free Powerpoint Viewer that Microsoft have.

veritas_libertas

tiersten wrote: »

The last time I tried it, WINE was capable of running the free Powerpoint Viewer that Microsoft have.

+1, excellent idea. Much better than trying to get OpenOffice to display a MS document accurately.

qwertyiop

veritas_libertas wrote: »

+1, excellent idea. Much better than trying to get OpenOffice to display a MS document accurately.

I wish it were that easy, my departments hates using wine

tiersten

qwertyiop wrote: »

I wish it were that easy, my departments hates using wine

You've got 3 choices really

1. WINE. IMO this is probably the best bet if you don't want a Windows VM and want 100% compatibility
2. OpenOffice or a third party viewer. Expect compatibility issues because somebody used a new feature.
3. VM to run Windows

The only viewer which will show 100% of all PPTs would be Powerpoint or the Powerpoint Viewer. Microsoft are awful about documenting these file formats so you're not going to get 100% coverage in anything else.

aordal

You can try crossover, which kind of runs on Wine but you can omit that part when you're selling it to your HR dept.

CrossOver: Windows emulator for Mac and Linux computers - CodeWeavers