Presentation generator
Creates slides (a.k.a. foils, overheads, etc.)
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is good
Open technology from the W3C
Portable, platform and vendor independent
Graphics format for the Web
Capable of cool animation effects
Everyone creates a SVG slide generator
It's the "Hello World" of SVG!
Unique features in JackSVG
Styles
Skins for presentations
Create your own look and feel
Use the full power of SVG
Structuring
Automatically generate section introduction and summary slides
Encourages order in the content
Layout
Line breaking takes into account font metrics
More accurate and pleasing layout
Scales content to fit onto slide
Platform and vendor neutral
Leverage off existing XML tools (e.g. editors)
Allows repurposing of information
e.g. generate HTML and XSL-FO output
Easy deployment
No "lost files" problems when copying presentations
Quicker and smoother slide changes
Works with all conforming SVG viewers
Compliant SVG viewers do not have to support scripting
Works with more browsers and plug-ins
When development started, the Adobe SVG plugin worked with the Opera browser except for JavaScript animations. That was the real reason why we avoided JavaScript!
Does not preclude use of JavaScript in stylesheets
You can use it in stylesheets if you want to
Some JavaScript is used to implement keyboard navigation
Slides with lots of content will be scaled to fit
No scrolling during presentation
Ensures that input is medium and stylesheet independent
Can support different sized fonts
Looks better
Most other SVG slide tools break lines by counting characters, which is not accurate since different characters have different widths.
Configure for personal and corporate needs
Custom slide and presentation look
Custom buttons and controls
Custom animations
Powerful feature
Use arbitrary SVG code (graphics and animations)
Inputs
XML presentation source
Stylesheet
Output
SVG slides file
Downloadable package
Platform and OS independent
Runs on Perl
You don't need to know Perl!
Just install and run
Web version
Easy to use
No download or installation required
Subset of features
Open SVG file in a browser capable of showing SVG
In Microsoft Internet Explorer, it is best to open a new browser window because otherwise it might accidently go back to the previous page during the presentation and you'll loose your place.
Make browser full screen
In IE, press F11
Hide any menu bars
In IE, right-click on menubar and select "auto-hide"
Start with the introduction slide
Show it before you switch on the projector (available in some stylesheets only)
Finish with the fade-to-black slide
Leave it showing as you switch off the projector (available in some stylesheets only)
Keyboard navigation
Advance to next slide with animations
Right arrow, down arrow, or space
Jump to next slide without animations
Page-down key
Jump to previous slide
Left arrow, up arrow, page-up key, backspace or delete
On-screen buttons
Visible buttons
Make them invisible during a live presentation (option available in some stylesheets only)
Invisible button regions
Type "?" to see where these are (available in some stylesheets only)
http://titanium.dstc.edu.au/xml/jacksvg/