RE: [idn] Powerpoint

["Russ Rolfe" <rrolfe@exchange.microsoft.com>]

> Does Powerpoint allow presentations to be saved in an open format, 

Yes, you can save a powerpoint presentation in HTML format.

Russ Rolfe (rrolfe@microsoft.com)
Windows Division
Are you World-Ready? http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev



-----Original Message-----
From: Adam M. Costello [mailto:amc@cs.berkeley.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:34 PM
To: idn working group
Subject: [idn] Powerpoint


It seems strange to me that the presentations of an IETF working group
charged with developing an open standard are available only in a
proprietary format (Powerpoint).

Am I the only one on this list who doesn't have Powerpoint?

Does Powerpoint allow presentations to be saved in an open format, like
PDF?  (Or PostScript, though I have yet to see correct PostScript come
out of any Microsoft application.  I heard that there's a printer driver
option that allows you to "optimize for portability", but apparently
very few people know about it.)

AMC