RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft - Review and Comment by Tues 6/6

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OK, color me confused -- I've never used Open Office before, but am
willing to give it a try...

I converted my .ppt file to be an .odp file, and then tried to pull in
the template Peter sent out. But, Peter's attached file was an .odg,
which as near as I can tell is a "Draw" file, not an "Impress Template"
-- I think I need an .otp file, but there doesn't seem to be an .odg ->
.otp conversion path available.

What am I doing wrong?

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Moran [mailto:peter.moran@autodesk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:59 PM
To: Peter Moran; dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org; Pericles
S. Nacionales
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft -
Review and Comment by Tues 6/6

Sorry, forgot to save. Please see proper file attached.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Moran
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:31 PM
To: 'dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org'; Pericles S. Nacionales
Subject: FW: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft - Review and
Comment by Tues 6/6

Perry, Tyler, mpg,

Thanks for comments on presentation template guys. I saved as .odg as
requested.

>Have you also checked if there is a Where 2.0 speaker template
available?

I looked to no avail. I think there's more value in creating a
longer-lasting OSGeo template anyhow.

I agree, the black is cool, but intended for ad and banners and high
impact communications. Also, printing with it burns up toner in a big
way, and things like inserting screenshots and creating diagrams gets
pretty funky. So I stuck with the white background.

mpg - I addressed your comments as best I could below.

I can't spare any more time on this right now. If someone
wants to pick
it up and polish it up, that's fine by me. Otherwise, let's
declare it
done and get it out to the presenters.

Peter

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I’m all for making sure that we support open file formats and that that should be the primary format that we provide. I think we should reconsider the ban on ppt and other proprietary formats. Our goal is to spread the message, most of the people that we want to convince will be running office. I have to admit that I had to go searching for and install OpenOffice to read the files as well - most of the business and government traffic is in word and ppt.

I’d suggest be make a range of formats available.

Just my two cents…

Mark, now I have OpenOffice running, Lucas

On Jun 7, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

OK, color me confused – I’ve never used Open Office before, but am
willing to give it a try…

I converted my .ppt file to be an .odp file, and then tried to pull in
the template Peter sent out. But, Peter’s attached file was an .odg,
which as near as I can tell is a “Draw” file, not an “Impress Template”
– I think I need an .otp file, but there doesn’t seem to be an .odg →
.otp conversion path available.

What am I doing wrong?

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Moran [mailto:peter.moran@autodesk.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:59 PM
To: Peter Moran; dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org; Pericles
S. Nacionales
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft -
Review and Comment by Tues 6/6

Sorry, forgot to save. Please see proper file attached.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Moran
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:31 PM
To: ‘dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org’; Pericles S. Nacionales
Subject: FW: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft - Review and
Comment by Tues 6/6

Perry, Tyler, mpg,

Thanks for comments on presentation template guys. I saved as .odg as
requested.

Have you also checked if there is a Where 2.0 speaker template

available?

I looked to no avail. I think there’s more value in creating a
longer-lasting OSGeo template anyhow.

I agree, the black is cool, but intended for ad and banners and high
impact communications. Also, printing with it burns up toner in a big
way, and things like inserting screenshots and creating diagrams gets
pretty funky. So I stuck with the white background.

mpg - I addressed your comments as best I could below.

I can’t spare any more time on this right now. If someone
wants to pick
it up and polish it up, that’s fine by me. Otherwise, let’s
declare it
done and get it out to the presenters.

Peter

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Michael, Peter, others,

Sorry for the confusion. I've edited the template and saved as OTP. I also made a slightly smoother OSGeo graphic which I've attached as well. If nothing else, you might want to replace the current OSGeo logo in Peter's template to make it look smoother and transparent.

Cheers!
-Perry

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

OK, color me confused -- I've never used Open Office before, but am
willing to give it a try...

I converted my .ppt file to be an .odp file, and then tried to pull in
the template Peter sent out. But, Peter's attached file was an .odg,
which as near as I can tell is a "Draw" file, not an "Impress Template"
-- I think I need an .otp file, but there doesn't seem to be an .odg ->
.otp conversion path available.

What am I doing wrong?

-mpg

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Moran [mailto:peter.moran@autodesk.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:59 PM
To: Peter Moran; dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org; Pericles S. Nacionales
Subject: RE: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft - Review and Comment by Tues 6/6

Sorry, forgot to save. Please see proper file attached.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Moran Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 4:31 PM
To: 'dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org'; Pericles S. Nacionales
Subject: FW: [VisCom] OSGeo Presentation Template - Draft - Review and
Comment by Tues 6/6

Perry, Tyler, mpg,

Thanks for comments on presentation template guys. I saved as .odg as
requested.

Have you also checked if there is a Where 2.0 speaker template

available?

I looked to no avail. I think there's more value in creating a
longer-lasting OSGeo template anyhow.

I agree, the black is cool, but intended for ad and banners and high
impact communications. Also, printing with it burns up toner in a big
way, and things like inserting screenshots and creating diagrams gets
pretty funky. So I stuck with the white background.

mpg - I addressed your comments as best I could below.

I can't spare any more time on this right now. If someone wants to pick
it up and polish it up, that's fine by me. Otherwise, let's declare it
done and get it out to the presenters.

Peter

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Mark Lucas wrote:

I'm all for making sure that we support open file formats and that that should be the primary format that we provide. I think we should reconsider the ban on ppt and other proprietary formats. Our goal is to spread the message, most of the people that we want to convince will be running office. I have to admit that I had to go searching for and install OpenOffice to read the files as well - most of the business and government traffic is in word and ppt.

I'd suggest be make a range of formats available.

Just my two cents...

Mark,

Certainly I'd like to encourage providing distribution presentations in
PDF format as an alternative. This should be easiliy exported from
Open Office and viewable by anyone.

I must admit that getting Open Office 2 installed has been a wee bit of
a barrier for me as well, though not as annoying a barrier as needing
Microsoft Office would be.

Best regards,
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