Powerpoint readable on mac?

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Switched

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 17, 2006

• #1

I'm buying my first mac in the very near future. My question is, can powerpoint presentations be viewed on a mac without installing office?

I'm on a windows machine now which doesn't have powerpoint installed and it won't even let me view the presentation 😱 . This is only important as lecture notes for my university course are only available as powerpoint presentations..

 

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w_parietti22

macrumors 68020

• Jul 17, 2006

• #2

Switched said:

I'm buying my first mac in the very near future. My question is, can powerpoint presentations be viewed on a mac without installing office?

I'm on a windows machine now which doesn't have powerpoint installed and it won't even let me view the presentation 😱 . This is only important as lecture notes for my university course are only available as powerpoint presentations..

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If you dont want to get Office, you can get iWork, which will work. But if you dont pay any money there is some sort of free alteneritive to office, but I forget what its called 😱

 

d wade

macrumors 65816

• Jul 17, 2006

• #3

i just found out about iwork today. friend said it has a better 'word' and better 'powerpoint.' is iwork free? i already bought office:mac, just curious though.

 

it5five

macrumors 65816

• Jul 17, 2006

• #4

Most people find Microsoft Word better than Pages, but an overwhelming amount of people think Keynote is WAY WAY better than PowerPoint.

iWork isn't free, I think its $69. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

EDIT: this was in reference to what d wade asked.

 

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Switched

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 17, 2006

• #5

I should have been more clear.

I would just like to know if my new mac (when I get it) will be able to display the PP without me needing to install office?

I do not wish to create PP, just display it as my lecture notes are only available to download as PP.

 

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badmofo9000

macrumors regular

• Jul 17, 2006

• #6

http://tonicsystems.com/products/viewer/

Here is a link to a free product(i believe) that should do the trick. I just googled "power point reader osx". This was one of the first ones to show up.

 

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Switched

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jul 18, 2006

• #7

Sweet, that program looks alright 😉. Thanks for your responses everyone.

 

20rogersc

macrumors 65816

• Jul 18, 2006

• #8

OpenOffice/NeoOffice, free alternatives to Mac:Office, should be able to open and also edit them.

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funkychunkz

macrumors 6502a

• Jul 18, 2006

• #9

20rogersc said:

OpenOffice/NeoOffice, free alternatives to Mac:Office, should be able to open and also edit them.

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Unless I'm mistaken, you need to run open office under x11, which most people feel odd doing.

S.O.T.: I like powerpoint's features, and the palette but simple things like making text boxes is funky. Re-ajusting things is a pain too.

 

GimmeSlack12

macrumors 603

• Jul 18, 2006

• #10

funkychunkz said:

Unless I'm mistaken, you need to run open office under x11, which most people feel odd doing.

S.O.T.: I like powerpoint's features, and the palette but simple things like making text boxes is funky. Re-ajusting things is a pain too.

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Then get NeoOffice, which I have seen a lot of threads about lately. It's not that great of a program, but it is free so give it a shot.

 

iSaint

macrumors 603

• Jul 18, 2006

• #11

badmofo9000 said:

http://tonicsystems.com/products/viewer/

Here is a link to a free product(i believe) that should do the trick. I just googled "power point reader osx". This was one of the first ones to show up.

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There should also be a Powerpoint viewer for Mac on the Microsoft support site.

This is what I found.