power point files
 

Is there any good way to view .pps files on an N800? If so, how?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Re: power point files
 

Please write to your local Nokia representative and ask them to license (and port) Picsel Viewer ( www.picsel.com) to the NIT platform!

PS: No, there's no way to view or edit pps files on the N800 at the moment.

Re: power point files
 

I'd rather see OpenOffice get ported.

Re: power point files
 

I've been converting my powerpoints to PDF for tablet use.

Re: power point files
 

a) OpenOffice is far too resource-heavy for the N800
b) OpenOffice requires Java.

Re: power point files
 

i think most of openoffice does not need java. i've run openoffice on linux powerpc without java, i think all you miss out on are some of the wizzards, and the database. however the system requirements for openoffice means that it would never run well on an N800.

powerpoint is a planed format for evince. http://live.gnome.org/Evince/SupportedDocumentFormats

until then, try using openoffice to convert to pdf

Re: power point files
 

GoogleDocuments is launching a presentation service. Not direct on the NIT, but a possibility. It looks like it's live now. I haven't tried it on the tablet, though.

Re: power point files
 

Did you know there is a port in development of openoffice.org for linux on ARM platform? http://porting.openoffice.org

Who knows? I successfully use openoffice.org 2.something on a 128 M plus 128 M swap machine with puppy linux and it's fairly usable (though it's a quicker processor).

Re: power point files
 

I been doing some looking around and googledocs did work, but patheticly so. I have to keep putting browserok=true and it was tough to look at. I wouldn't suggest it, but it's better than everthing else. I'm going to look into coverting to pdf. Does anyone know the best way to do this?

Re: power point files
 

I too just tried it. Awesome! I set up a couple of simple slides and published them, though I'm not sure it was necessary, then viewed the presentation outside on a bench. The d-pad cycled through the slides easily and there was no lag time to speak of.

Of course, in the 'real' world I have no real need for powerpoint, but dang, this is awesome! When I bought my N800, it was to escape from the world of Micromagnonsoft. Of course Googledocs was still in early beta but it seemed like it might work, and now look, I don't need wurd or exawful or powerwasherpoint! Goodby Microsot:p Google may indeed take over the world, and at this rate, I'm kinda looking forward to it!;)