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by Alec Muffett

The Best Use of (ahem) Powerpoint …

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… I should also mention to best use of powerpoint I have seen in a while. Alec Muffet from Sun Microsystems went into slide overload to deliver a fun, clever, and humorous look at the issue of business blogging.

w00t!

Although technically it was a PDF, courtesy of Keynote, rather than Powerpoint.

I have the MP3 now. It’s a bit faster than I thought – 18.5 minutes or one slide every 2.76 seconds.

If I can, I’ll make an animation of it and post it.

I’m not quite sure how to do that, yet; possibly use Ghostscript to bust the PDF into individual PNG files, and then iMovie or Final Cut Express to sync to the changes?

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2 responses to “The Best Use of (ahem) Powerpoint …”

  1. Ben
    re: The Best Use of (ahem) Powerpoint …

    You could try using iText PDF library (http http://www.lowagie.com/iText/) to split the PDF – it’s probably more reliable than Ghostscript, which I’ve always found to be unreasonably fiddly.

    The iText library contains a split_pdf entry point for splitting PDFs (funnily enough). I use their concat_pdf functionality very extensively.

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  2. bridget
    re: The Best Use of (ahem) Powerpoint …

    A, you are a legend in your own powerpoint system. Was it an Alan Partridge type presentation?

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