Light easy to use Presentation software
I am looking for an easy to use light presentation software.
The main features I need are :
- Light (on dependencies and resource consumption)
- Easy to use
- Align & Distribute information on slide
- Use pictures
- Offline editor
The extra features I would like are:
- On click animations
- .ppt Import/export
- Use templates/themes for easily unified presentation
Sliderocket looks like a presentation tool matching my needs. Unfortunately it is an online presentation editor and I am looking for an offline one.
I don't mind the software being proprietary and for-pay
Solution 1:
I've asked the same question on the Unix & Linux stack exchange hoping I would get answers from a different community and so far the answers are quite different.
Here is a summary of the answers on the other stack :
- S5 template : edit html/css/js templates for a cross-browser based output (Keith)
- Lyx and Beamer:
LyX is a semi-wysiwyg document editor that uses LaTeX as its document format. LyX produces PDF output which you then present in the PDF viewer of your choice (..). (Giles)
- org-mode : generate presentations from text files using org markup with . Check out this link for a complete review. ( Riccardo Murri)
Solution 2:
JessyInk is an interesting solution, which works ontop of Inkscape and Firefox. It lacks PowerPoint import, templates and animation (unless Master Slide and Slide Transitions fulfil your needs).
Picture and Align&Distribute are fine via Inkscape features.
It's lightweight in the sense that it only uses software that you already have.
You can learn how to use JessyInk fairly quickly during preparing your first presentation. However, the GUI is not dead-simple 'easy'. You have to read the documentation, will take 15 minutes.
Solution 3:
you can play any PDF presentation via impressive (its in the repos): http://impressive.sourceforge.net/
There is a lot of software capable of exporting to pdf. Including (but not limited to)
- (Open|Libre)office
- Inkscape
- scibus
- Latex (use the beamer package as suggested above)
- Ease (see above)
For my presentations I use prezi (http://prezi.com/jipjiqvj6dsc/about-perspective/). It is an online tool like sliderocket (so its not exactly what you have searched for), but i find the zooming-approach very appealing. Iirc you can also download a standalone player for your presentations.