Newsgroups: comp.text.tex

> I'm just posting to promote the pdftex program in Linux since I feel that it
> is a superior tool!  I just discovered recently that the program was widely
> available and didn't realize it was included in my Linux distribution.  I
> compiled my old TeX files easily and I love the way they looked and I love
> the fact that it is more widely distributable in this format.  It's internet
> browser friendly and the file size is very small!  I may be late in
> discovering this, but cheers to those who developed this and made it widely
> available.

You 're absolutely right!

But have a look at ppower4 and create powerpoint-like effects with PDFLaTeX. This is the ultimate tool.

C http://www-sp.iti.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/software/ppower4/ and download the english demo. This is the best tool, I've seen so far for creating slides and presentations.