Using OneDrive on Mac

I'm trying to open a document (PowerPoint) that someone has shared with me on OneDrive. I have OneDrive from years ago when I had Microsoft Office but I no longer have access to those applications. OneDrive wants me to open the file in Publisher which I don't have and can't seem to get. I don't want to buy a program just to open it, most of the answers online say you just open it as you would any other file but that isn't working, it keeps prompting Publisher and I don't seem to have any other apps that will work. I've tried downloading the file but I get the same result. Anyone know how to do this without buying a new app? Free apps are fine, but not free trials that cost you later as they can be very difficult to get rid of. On a MacBook Air.

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 5:20 PM

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Sep 24, 2022 1:15 AM in response to Bunnyff42

if it was me then I would try to see if Keynote could open it as in you start keynote and then try to open the app from within the app


if it could not then I would check if the powerpoint alternative in the free libreoffice could open it


don't just click on the file as then it will attempt to open the app associated with the file extention which it appear you no longer have installed

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