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Sindi wrote:
>
> > PowerPoint 4 was less capable than the MagicPoint
> > in BL3 for doing the type of presentations I do.
> 
> What features do you find useful?  

When I am making a submission, I prefer to reveal my 
main points progressively as I make them.  Line by line 
or paragraph by paragraph.  MagicPoint is perfect for 
this.  It allows you to put pauses anywhere in a page
and waits till you click the mouse (or press a key)
to reveal the subsequent material. 

I couldn't find a similar feature in PowerPoint 4.
Apparently it only displays a page at a time.

Note:  I am not an expert on PowerPoint 4.  I spent
less than 30 minutes with it.  Experienced users may
know of a way to put pauses in PowerPoint 4, but I
couldn't find it.  Later versions of PowerPoint no
doubt have added this feature, but it really surprised
me that it seemed to be missing from version 4.

> There are online convertors from HTML to Powerpoint.  
> Magicpoint can be converted to HTML.

MagicPoint to HTML?  Are you sure you mean MagicPoint?
PowerPoint converters are pretty common, but I've never
seen a MagicPoint converter.  If there really is a
MagicPoint to HTML converter, I would definitely use it.
At the moment I've got no way to make printed copies of 
my MagicPoint presentations.  If I could convert to HTML, 
I'd be able to print them.

Cheers,
Steven