when I have a side-by-side comparison, I will definitely include OO Draw and OO impress (~Powerpoint), both of which seem like good baselines to compare.
Last time I checked, openoffice draw doesn't seem very good at letting me tweak stuff, but it may have changed in the latest edition. OO Impress -- which is the powerpoint clone -- seems like it is better designed for slides than for posters.
I think I only said "powerpoint" because somebody in Seattle went to the trouble of using Powerpoint to set up posters in the past, so a bunch of people in my lab have done it with powerpoint. But it seems better to look for a tool that's specifically designed for this task. I will compare those tools too, though, when I take a look at Scribus (and/or any other suggestions made here). thanks for the reminder!
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Date: 2008-12-23 02:43 am (UTC)Last time I checked, openoffice draw doesn't seem very good at letting me tweak stuff, but it may have changed in the latest edition. OO Impress -- which is the powerpoint clone -- seems like it is better designed for slides than for posters.
I think I only said "powerpoint" because somebody in Seattle went to the trouble of using Powerpoint to set up posters in the past, so a bunch of people in my lab have done it with powerpoint. But it seems better to look for a tool that's specifically designed for this task. I will compare those tools too, though, when I take a look at Scribus (and/or any other suggestions made here). thanks for the reminder!