View PowerPoint presentations without Office
I was reminded of this “quick tip” topic while I was doing research for an upcoming Tech–for Everyone article, and the information I wanted to read was contained in a PowerPoint slideshow (aka “presentation”) archive, available online.. a “.ppt” file.
Normally, this is no problem: you click on the “view” hyperlink; are asked if you want to “Open” or “Save” the file (since all I wanted to do was read it, I chose “open”). Here is where I was reminded that the machine I was surfing on was new and did not have Office installed — “Windows cannot open this file:”
You may have seen a window like this in your computer career…
(My article on what to do to resolve this can be read here.)
Fortunately, a quick visit to the Microsoft Download Center is all that’s required to enable my machine to view PowerPoint Presentations (and cool slides of airshows).
Tip of the day/Today’s free link: If you are not using the Microsoft Office suite of programs, download and install the free PowerPoint Viewer 2007.
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just get a mac
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Ah! My first iPerson has left the first iInanity!
I’m in the Big Time now.
Macs don’t have an innate ability to open PowerPoint slideshows either.
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why does’ntthis computer have powerpoint on it??????
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why does’ntthis computer have powerpoint on it?
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Sir or Ms,
PowerPoint is a program in the Microsoft suite of productivity software called Office, which retails for about $150. Most new computers these days come with a 90 day trial of Office, but if you want it, you must purchase a license.
For those people who choose not to buy Office, Microsoft has made available the free PowerPoint viewer.. as this article describes.
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ohblk
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jaycee,
Huh?
I can’t even find that in the urban dictionary…
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