Ken Rubin wrote: > > >If you don't want to spend a great amount of time making fancy slides > >Microsoft's Power Point is by far the best slide show creation tool > >available. > > > >Some may argue, but I'll stand behind this statement. I have been > >creating slide shows for over 30 years and Power Point made slide show > >production so easy a 5th grader can create slides as good as a corp. > >designer. > > Might be true. But I never will let Microsoft off the hook when they build > on some other program and then just rename it--in this case Aldus > Persuasion. At the Mac show in January the Microsoft Word rep actually > admitted that they simply took Lotus 1-2-3 and added a few things here and > there and packaged it is as Excel. He also said that doing so was almost > the same as creating the program from scratch. > > That's how PowerPoint was born. > > ***************************************** > Ken Rubin > Garden Wall Graphics > Struggling Epsonologist > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Please: Stay on topic. Trim quoted messages. > http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. Ken: I am in business to make a living for my family, my employees, and myself. I will use any tool that will help me accomplish this end. I don't get hung up on what Microsoft did to create their products. I don't really like Free Lance Graphics Programs, but I use them. There are certain things it will do that other programs don't. Loose the hang-ups and I'll meet you on the beach. Jim Davis www.visual-artists.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please: Stay on topic. Trim quoted messages. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.