Can't open PDF files on new macbook

[kingbinji]

hey guys, i literally got my macbook a few hours ago and i've been trying to get some studying done on it but i can't seem to open pdf files. i read somewhere that preview should do the trick but i keep getting this message

"The document “IMMUNO 2008 CHAPTER 6 PART III.ppt” could not be opened. The file is not in the right format."

i even downloaded adobe reader and i still get the same message. the same exact files work on my old laptop that runs xp. i have no idea what to do at this point. please help!

 

[Blue Velvet]

That's no PDF. That's a PowerPoint file.

Options include: Buying Office, downloading Neo Office, converting it here...

 

[kingbinji]

wow, i feel really dumb....haha...i have no idea why i was under the impression that these ppts that ive been viewing all semester long were pdfs. thanks!

 

[rtpub]

That's no PDF. That's a PowerPoint file.

Options include: Buying Office, downloading Neo Office, converting it here...

May also try OpenOffice as well

 

[Fuzzbear]

wow, i feel really dumb....haha...i have no idea why i was under the impression that these ppts that ive been viewing all semester long were pdfs. thanks!

haha thanks for the laugh!

 

[annk]

wow, i feel really dumb....haha...i have no idea why i was under the impression that these ppts that ive been viewing all semester long were pdfs. thanks!

Don't feel dumb. Sometimes people do save ppt slides in pdf, so you may have gotten some of those along the way. I do that sometimes, to send people slides they otherwise wouldn't be able to open, or to make sure that I can use my slides in a presentation, when I can't have it tested out ahead of time on the machine I have to use.

That would've confused you a bit as to the format.

 

[drichards]

You could view/edit your PPT in google docs if you don't have iWork installed. Does the new macbook not come with a trial of iWork?