January 12, 2005
Creating Presentations Without PowerPoint (Part Two Of Two)
NOTE
This article assumes that you have at least a basic knowledge of HTML and XHTML, and are familiar with the basics of Cascading Style Sheets. If you don't already have it installed, you should also download and install the Opera web browser.
The good and the bad
OperaShow is a great way to create slides. Because the slides are authored in HTML, they can be used on any operating system that supports the Opera web browser. You can easily change the look and feel of the slides by using CSS. On top of that, you can further spice up your OperaShow slides using graphics or JavaScript effects.
On the other hand, you need Opera in order to use OperaShow—it won't work in any other browser. Unless you're comfortable working with the HTML, CSS, and other web authoring languages, you might find coding OperaShow presentations to be a bit daunting. Finally, an OperaShow presentation can't duplicate many of the fancy effects that some people have come to expect from PowerPoint.
Original article "Creating Presentations with OperaShow" by Scott Nesbitt first published here
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Scott Nesbitt is a freelance journalist and technical writer based in Toronto, Canada. He has been developing hard copy and electronic documents for the past eight years. While his main focus is on end-user documentation, he has also written manuals for developers and systems administrators. He has worked on documentation for the financial, telecommunications, manufacturing, and security software industries.
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