PowerPoint viewer

[Bruce R]

A few weeks ago someone posted a really cool PowerPoint presentation, and
when some people complained that they couldn't view it, it was suggested
where they might go to d/l a free viewer. Does anyone still have the link?
My brother in law (probably the only person who doesn't have some version of
Microsoft office in my family) needs something like this to view a .pps
file. Many thanks in advance.

--

Bruce R

"While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I
stepped on a rake." - Henry Youngman

[Tom[_3_]]

Try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=428D5727-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

T2


"Bruce R" > wrote in message
...
>A few weeks ago someone posted a really cool PowerPoint presentation, and
>when some people complained that they couldn't view it, it was suggested
>where they might go to d/l a free viewer. Does anyone still have the link?
>My brother in law (probably the only person who doesn't have some version
>of Microsoft office in my family) needs something like this to view a .pps
>file. Many thanks in advance.
>
> --
>
> Bruce R
>
> "While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I
> stepped on a rake." - Henry Youngman
>

[Tom Callahan]

You can go right to Microsoft and download the viewer for free.
There is also a site to download the view for use on MACS.

See

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=428D5727-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en

or just do a Google search for it.

Good luck.


"Bruce R" > wrote in message
...
>A few weeks ago someone posted a really cool PowerPoint presentation, and
>when some people complained that they couldn't view it, it was suggested
>where they might go to d/l a free viewer. Does anyone still have the link?
>My brother in law (probably the only person who doesn't have some version
>of Microsoft office in my family) needs something like this to view a .pps
>file. Many thanks in advance.
>
> --
>
> Bruce R
>
> "While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I
> stepped on a rake." - Henry Youngman
>

[Starshiy Nemo]

>>
>
>
Best of all
Open Office

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Starshiy Nemo wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>>
> Best of all
> Open Office
>

Yes, indeed, Open Office. Not only is it totally free but it might as
well be a clone of MS Office 2003. I've used it for several years on my
Linux machines at my business. I've also installed it on our Windows
machines. It worked flawlessly with Windows XP, etc etc.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Cheers,

Dave

[Ken Murphy]

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:22:55 +0100, Starshiy Nemo
> wrote:

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>Best of all
>Open Office
Right on!

Ken

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[Old Brew]

I can offer the same approval as others as i've used and advised many
(with NO complaints) on using the "Open Office" BUT thats for the PC
(Gates) machine users. Yesterday though i was "experimenting" on my
own Mac (OSX) and i was unable to report back clean loading. I tried
two systems my G5 & G4 and in both cases the system reported back that
it was unable to load as it could not find OS11 component. But as i
have Word and Pages, i left it to return back to at a latter date. Now
if any one else has come across this plese let me know.
On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:59:34 -0600, CWO4 Dave Mann
> wrote:

>Starshiy Nemo wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Best of all
>> Open Office
>>
>
>Yes, indeed, Open Office. Not only is it totally free but it might as
>well be a clone of MS Office 2003. I've used it for several years on my
>Linux machines at my business. I've also installed it on our Windows
>machines. It worked flawlessly with Windows XP, etc etc.
>
>http://www.openoffice.org/
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave
>
>
>

[Bruce R]

"Bruce R" > wrote in message
...
>A few weeks ago someone posted a really cool PowerPoint presentation, and
>when some people complained that they couldn't view it, it was suggested
>where they might go to d/l a free viewer. Does anyone still have the link?



Many thanks to all, I've forwarded the link to him and he should be able to
do the rest himself.


Bruce R

[john smith]

Old Brew wrote:

>I can offer the same approval as others as i've used and advised many
>(with NO complaints) on using the "Open Office" BUT thats for the PC
>(Gates) machine users. Yesterday though i was "experimenting" on my
>own Mac (OSX) and i was unable to report back clean loading. I tried
>two systems my G5 & G4 and in both cases the system reported back that
>it was unable to load as it could not find OS11 component. But as i
>have Word and Pages, i left it to return back to at a latter date. Now
>if any one else has come across this plese let me know.
>
Keynote will open Powerpoint files on a Mac.

[John Price]

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:43:21 -0500, john smith wrote:

> Old Brew wrote:
>
>>I can offer the same approval as others as i've used and advised many
>>(with NO complaints) on using the "Open Office" BUT thats for the PC
>>(Gates) machine users. Yesterday though i was "experimenting" on my
>>own Mac (OSX) and i was unable to report back clean loading. I tried
>>two systems my G5 & G4 and in both cases the system reported back that
>>it was unable to load as it could not find OS11 component. But as i
>>have Word and Pages, i left it to return back to at a latter date. Now
>>if any one else has come across this plese let me know.
>>
> Keynote will open Powerpoint files on a Mac.


Not sure what all you tried, but OO's web site gives specific directions
to load the x11 components BEFORE loading Open Office. Since they use x11
video drivers instead of the default OsX drivers.
John
I run straight Linux (SUSE 10) and Open Office and it works great not only
Word but all the other parts too. (excell presentations etc etc)

[John Price]

On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:05:45 +0000, John Price wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:43:21 -0500, john smith wrote:
>
>> Old Brew wrote:
<snip>
>
> Not sure what all you tried, but OO's web site gives specific directions
> to load the x11 components BEFORE loading Open Office. Since they use x11
> video drivers instead of the default OsX drivers.
> John
> I run straight Linux (SUSE 10) and Open Office and it works great not only
> Word but all the other parts too. (excell presentations etc etc)

Try this link it is a free port of open office specifically for Mac OS X
without using the x11 drivers.

John

http://download.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php