Open Office will open and save the *.ppt, *.pps and *.pot Powerpoint formats.
The official Open Office version for the Mac is very new and still a bit skanky. You should check out NeoOffice instead. It's a port of OO from a different group and works pretty well. I've been using it as my main word processor and spreadsheet for years. I don't give talks, so I don't have any opinion about the presentation part of the thing. Both OO and NO are free. You don't have anything to lose by looking. Make sure to get at least version 3.0 of NO because it's got a lot more chocolaty goodness than the older ones. -dan On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:09 PM, David Harker <[email protected]> wrote: > I will research, and get back to you. Thanks for the reply. > > > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Greg Schoettmer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> David, >> Thanks. One clarification. I am not trying to create PowerPoint files >> in Open Office. I am interested in creating PowerPoint files in PowerPoint. >> What I am not sure of is if these PowerPoint files can then be opened/ read >> by Open Office. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> On 11/11/09 8:02 PM, "David Harker" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> she should be able to to the required work with OpenOffice, and it should >> work with Windows.... with that being said, i don't know about creating >> PowerPoint files with that program... that you would have to research. >> Sorry for a lack of information reguarding that aspect of OpenOffice. I do >> recommend OO (OpenOffice) to students i know, as it is free (Open Source) >> and will save files created with it to most Windows-compatible programs. >> >> On 11/11/09, *Greg Schoettmer* <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> My daughter came home today with a homework assignment (due Friday) >> to >> put together a PowerPoint presentation about Indians. Fine. The teacher >> is >> also recommending that we download and use Open Office. >> I'm not familiar with Open office and really don't want to stay up >> for >> the next two nights trying to learn it so that I can help her. My >> question >> is, if she does the work in PowerPoint on a Mac, which I am familiar >> with, >> can she take the data file to school and open it in Open Office on a PC? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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