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Drummer281
May 19, 2003, 03:50 PM
Hi,

I have a powerpoint presentation but it was made on a PC - is there a possibility to watch it on a mac on OS X or are they incompattible?
Thanks for answers,

Phil


zarathustra
May 19, 2003, 04:36 PM
If you have office v. X, OpenOffice and/or Keynote, you can open the PC powerpoint presentation.
Drummer281
May 19, 2003, 06:52 PM
what if I DON'T have offixe v. X ? ;)

Nah for real, can I download some demo somehere or something else I can view it with?


greetings

p.
janey
May 19, 2003, 06:54 PM
openoffice i think can open ppt files: http://www.openoffice.org

also appleworks might.
ryme4reson
May 19, 2003, 07:38 PM
versiontracker.com has a 30 day trial of Office V.x its a large download, but it will do what you need. Its at the bottom of the first page.

James
Mr. Anderson
May 19, 2003, 08:05 PM
And even if you had OfficeX the full edition (which I have) you might have problems if the person who put together the presentation used some animation techniques that are available on the PC version and not the Mac version.

This is very frustrating for me a work - and has caused some issues in the past.

D