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The original is much longer but also interesting to read: http://www.robertgaskins.com/powerpoint-history/sweating-bullets/gaskins-sweating-bullets-webpdf-isbn

The original is much longer but also interesting to read: http://www.robertgaskins.com/powerpoint-history/sweating-bullets/gaskins-sweating-bullets-webpdf-isbn-9780985142414.pdf http://www.robertgaskins.com/powerpoint-history/sweating-bul... One of the most powerful features of Presenter-became-PowerPoint was to change the font. Ironically, these days there are still problems when trying to share slides between computers if you used a custom font (or even a default font for another language e.g. Chinese). I get around that problem by exporting my slides to JPG, then creating a new slideshow with the photos. The file size is larger, but the layout is guaranteed to work. I used the same trick to put a slideshow on my old digital camera, and connected it using composite video to give a presentation in school (about 2006). I didn't want to carry a heavy laptop just to show slides. I wish a simple WiFi-VGA gadget could be built to let smartphones show presentations too. There are some HDMI dongles (Chromecast) but not all projector stations have HDMI available.

WalterGR 9y ago
The original is much longer... As that PDF weighs in at 513 pages and 33mb, you are not wrong.
blt 9y ago
Please at least use png, jpg is terrible for compressing images of text.
mschuster91 9y ago
> I wish a simple WiFi-VGA gadget could be built to let smartphones show presentations too. get yourself an Airtame and a HDMI-VGA converter. Expensive but worth the money...
- peterburkimsher 9y ago
  It's not pocket-sized though. My old iPod Video can plug in with just a wire - there's a composite video signal coming out of the headphone jack. Imagine sitting around in a living room, hanging out with friends. Someone grabs a guitar and starts singing. I want to show the lyrics. If I have a laptop, I just pop open the lid and we read them from there. If I don't have a laptop, I won't have my bag. So I won't have my HDMI-VGA adaptors either. I wish I could just plug my phone into the TV, search for the lyrics online, and start singing. My Bluetooth headset (Sony MW600) is very small and easy to use for audio, and it takes only a few seconds to set up. Why can't the same be done for video?
WorldMaker 9y ago
> Ironically, these days there are still problems when trying to share slides between computers if you used a custom font I've not had any problems with the Embed Font options in Office (including PowerPoint) other than it is weirdly hard to find. (File > Options > Save > the last section that is only document-specific section, named "Fidelity" in PowerPoint; or in the Save As dialog box there is a tiny Tools drop down and you can select Save Options there and look for that same section.) Embedding fonts certainly bloats the saved file considerable so often something to do as a last step. (Although possibly not as bloated as full fidelity JPGs of every slide.) The only remaining consideration is copyright as most font licenses forbid embedding, not that everyone reads or follows their font licenses. (Use something like Google Fonts to find embeddable fonts that you won't have copyright issues with.)

WalterGR 9y ago

The original is much longer... As that PDF weighs in at 513 pages and 33mb, you are not wrong.

blt 9y ago

Please at least use png, jpg is terrible for compressing images of text.

mschuster91 9y ago

> I wish a simple WiFi-VGA gadget could be built to let smartphones show presentations too. get yourself an Airtame and a HDMI-VGA converter. Expensive but worth the money...

peterburkimsher 9y ago
It's not pocket-sized though. My old iPod Video can plug in with just a wire - there's a composite video signal coming out of the headphone jack. Imagine sitting around in a living room, hanging out with friends. Someone grabs a guitar and starts singing. I want to show the lyrics. If I have a laptop, I just pop open the lid and we read them from there. If I don't have a laptop, I won't have my bag. So I won't have my HDMI-VGA adaptors either. I wish I could just plug my phone into the TV, search for the lyrics online, and start singing. My Bluetooth headset (Sony MW600) is very small and easy to use for audio, and it takes only a few seconds to set up. Why can't the same be done for video?

WorldMaker 9y ago

> Ironically, these days there are still problems when trying to share slides between computers if you used a custom font I've not had any problems with the Embed Font options in Office (including PowerPoint) other than it is weirdly hard to find. (File > Options > Save > the last section that is only document-specific section, named "Fidelity" in PowerPoint; or in the Save As dialog box there is a tiny Tools drop down and you can select Save Options there and look for that same section.) Embedding fonts certainly bloats the saved file considerable so often something to do as a last step. (Although possibly not as bloated as full fidelity JPGs of every slide.) The only remaining consideration is copyright as most font licenses forbid embedding, not that everyone reads or follows their font licenses. (Use something like Google Fonts to find embeddable fonts that you won't have copyright issues with.)