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Ruddell - 23 Jul 2005 03:20 GMT

What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)? I've tried
unsuccessfully with icWord and just about blew up my machine installing
it. Don't know exactly what happened, but it sure didn't like it...

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Bill - 23 Jul 2005 03:52 GMT

> What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)? I've tried
> unsuccessfully with icWord and just about blew up my machine installing
> it. Don't know exactly what happened, but it sure didn't like it...

icWord Installed fine for me on OS X 10.4. Maybe there is some
incompatibility with OS X 10.2? I don't know.

You can also get a copy of PowerPoint for Mac OS X, and use that. of
course that costs $$$.

Bill

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Garner Miller - 23 Jul 2005 03:53 GMT

> What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)?

Best bet's probably Powerpoint, but it's not cheap.

You might also try this, based on the OpenOffice.org project:
http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php

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bj - 25 Apr 2006 20:16 GMT

> > What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)?
>
> Best bet's probably Powerpoint, but it's not cheap.
>
> You might also try this, based on the OpenOffice.org project:
> http://www.planamesa.com/neojava/en/index.php

Speaking of overpriced, take MS office and power point for instance.
iWork is much easier to use and the graphics are much better.

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Bob Harris - 23 Jul 2005 03:53 GMT

You could try NeoOffice/J
http://www.neooffice.org/

Of course you could buy Microsoft Office.

Bob Harris

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David C. Stone - 23 Jul 2005 15:44 GMT

> > What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)? I've tried
> > unsuccessfully with icWord and just about blew up my machine installing
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> Bob Harris

Apple's Keynote should read the powerpoint file.
And it's a much better piece of software, to boot!

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bj - 25 Apr 2006 20:15 GMT

> > > What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)? I've tried
> > > unsuccessfully with icWord and just about blew up my machine installing
> > > it. Don't know exactly what happened, but it sure didn't like it...
> >
> > You could try NeoOffice/J
> > http://www.neooffice.org/

Great program but hasn't been updated to Universal binary - won't run on
intel Macs.

> > Of course you could buy Microsoft Office.
> >
> > Bob Harris
>
> Apple's Keynote should read the powerpoint file.
> And it's a much better piece of software, to boot!

The iWork package is good, but overpriced, as usual, from Apple. For
$99 you can get the package which licenses 5 computers in the same
household. At $20 a machine, the price is right. I guess you're paying
for ease of use - it is easy to use - and for all those great preset,
cinema-quality graphics tools.

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Fred McKenzie - 23 Jul 2005 15:34 GMT

> What is the best way to view PPT files using OS-X (2.8)?

Dennis-

Have you checked the Microsoft web site,
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/? They have a PowerPoint 98 viewer
available for Macintosh.

Fred

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TaliesinSoft - 23 Jul 2005 17:30 GMT

Keynote, which is part of the $80 iWork package, can open, display, modify,
and save PowerPoint files.

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