How to quickly convert your LS09 presentation to ODF from PPT
The deadline for submitting the Lotusphere 2009 presentations is tomorrow. IBM added a new twist this year by requiring that all presentations be created in Symphony. While I appreciate the intent behind the request -- to get everyone using and showing Symphony -- it may not be a practical solution for everyone. I'm all for learning Symphony, but if I have to choose between working on my presentation deck for Lotusphere or learning Symphony so that I can convert my PowerPoint slides to it, guess which I'll choose?
I pinged Stephan Wissel over this and, after some ribbing about why I've not yet converted to Symphony (I know, shameful, but I plan to, soon), he told me about a plug-in from Sun Microsystems that will ODF-enable Microsoft Office:
- The ODF Plug-in seamlessly integrates with the Load and Save As dialog and the Save (Ctrl+S) shortcut of Microsoft Office Word.
- A new toolbar in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office PowerPoint simplifies the import and export of ODF documents.
- Make the ISO standardized OpenDocument file format the standard in your company, and switch the standard file format in Microsoft Office Word to ODF.
Here's a link to the Sun ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Office
Discussion/Comments (2):
Besides the Plug-in from Sun there is another alternative (sponsored by MS) available here: { Link } I haven't tested that one yet. What's interesting: there's a command line utility, so you can move your documents into ODF more quickly.
:-) stw
Eric Mack (www.ica.com): 12/5/2008 2:05:52 AM
Thanks, Stephan, for both tips. Now that the Symphony product has matured, I do plan to switch to Symphony as part of my 2009 productivity toolkit. Meanwhile, it's great to have these resources. I think the command-line tool will come in particularly handy to migrate past documents. Thanks for your comment!
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