My wife's Idea! Can it be done...?

My wife has watched me doing these threads while I endeavor to get my lovely
little 1993 Blue Geo Metro running again.

She thinks it would be a good idea to put this together on a CD as a repair
"picture show", as it were.

Any opinions on this..?

My problem is how the Hell would I do it?

I could probably do screenshots of the useful posts on all of them (Lord God!).

But I am not very conversant in such things.

My daughter knows "PowerPoint". I know some programs do "Slideshows", but
I really don't know how to make it flow or - actually how to do it!

Sounds like a good idea, but Christ!

Then there is the problem of legality. Do all these threads now belong to
Automotive Forums, legally?

DoctorBill

Yes, Powerpoint would be one way to do this. You just make up the slides and then run it as a slideshow to make it flow. Another way to do it if you have Photoshop is to create a PDF presentation which then runs under Adobe Acrobat. If the quality of the pictures (display of true colors) is important then this would be a good option as PS and Acrobat do provide proper color management. Of course for best effect it should be viewed on a color calibrated monitor - most people do not have color calibration equipment.

There are also more specialized software packages used for creating training material but I suspect they will be expensive as they are normally sold to companies. I have been mailed details of such packages in the past but never looked into what they do or pricing etc.

Well, there's 2 ways I would do it. One is with Microsoft Publisher, and the other is Microsoft Word. There are free PDF converters like cutePDF that run as a printer driver. Word is much easier to work with than publisher, but is less flexible. Publisher is the way to go. It is pretty annoying to use at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty nice. I don't know how well OpenOffice works with things like this, but it's free. I would be glad to host the file if you decide to make it :iceslolan . I've got a fiber backed webserver at my disposal :cool:

I have OpenOffice on my computer and as far Powerpoint goes - it is definitely not 100% compatible. For example if you create slides with a background in OpenOffice you cannot see them in PPT. However, I have to say that I was impressed with the GUI and the functionality of this given that it is free. It is certainly a good alternative to having to pay for Powerpoint.