<s>
MagicPoint	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
open-source	B-Application
presentation	B-Application
programs	I-Application
,	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
slides	O
for	O
conferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
presentation	B-Application
programs	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
,	O
where	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
slides	O
,	O
MagicPoint	B-Application
slides	O
are	O
created	O
by	O
writing	O
text	O
files	O
using	O
a	O
simple	O
markup	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
file	O
is	O
then	O
displayed	O
with	O
MagicPoint	B-Application
's	O
X11-based	O
viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MagicPoint	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
autumn	O
of	O
1997	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
camp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
tp	O
,	O
standing	O
for	O
TinyPoint	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
December	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
MagicPoint	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presentations	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
or	O
PostScript	B-Language
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
of	O
MagicPoint	B-Application
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
draw	O
on	O
slides	O
during	O
a	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
pressing	O
x	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
the	O
slide	O
can	O
temporarily	O
be	O
scribbled	O
on	O
with	O
red	O
"	O
ink	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shift	O
x	B-Operating_System
allows	O
you	O
to	O
cycle	O
through	O
other	O
pen	O
colours	O
.	O
</s>
