Powerpoint to pdf
 

Hi all, my lecturer insists on using powerpoint, which is good for a lecture but when the slides are released on the web she only offers ppt format. I would like to know if anyone knows of a linux tool that converts from ppt to pdf. I have found several windows versions but no *nix versions. And I only have linux, no micro$oft products on my box.

all help is appreciated

kwigibo

I use OpenOffice' print to file for just that purpose; it outputs postscript, which you could easily convert to pdf. (Choosing "black and white" in the print options is probably a good idea, especially if the slides are white-on-black.)

To directly answer you question, no. But another option could be to try out StarOffice, I believe it can make use of the .ppt files.

You may also wanna give one or more of those MSFT programs a try with wine.

Cool

In case someone is looking for a tool like this:

unoconv converts easily from ppt to pdf: (the -f pdf is not even needed as pdf is the standard output format)

'unoconv -f pdf document.ppt result.pdf'


Another pdf tip: if you want to combine many of them, use pdftk:

'pdftk one.pdf two.pdf three.pdf output combined.pdf'

Libreoffice can do this. I tested this on this ppt file. Libreoffice read it immediately. I then saved it as a pdf file. Here is the result.
jdk

well seeing as software has come a rather long way since 2002 when this was first posted

libreoffice or Openoffice
have NO problems opinning a windows powerpoint file
and saving it to one of MANY different formats


this has been a
NON ISSUE for ?? about 6+ years