PowerPoint viewer for Mac OS X?

I assume that you do not have Microsoft Office over
there, Lorna....

Try this java-application....

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

Haven't tried it myself....but it's free and it is
very recent and it is crossplatform.

Looks promising! Let me know how it goes!

James hi 🙂
Let's say that it works! 🙂 OK, then I download it and install it and get it opened up. Then, how do I see the PP presentation? What series of clicks? (Remember that I only just learned howt to "open things up" in Text Edit! (Those .js files.)

Is it that I click onto PP reader, and then, when it is opened up, I go up to the File section at top left and click "OPEN" and then click onto the PP presentation? Or is it the opposite?

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
Lorna in Southern California

I assume that you do not have Microsoft Office over
there, Lorna....

Try this java-application....

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

Haven't tried it myself....but it's free and it is
very recent and it is crossplatform.

Looks promising! Let me know how it goes!

.......... LORNA SAYS .............................................

Edit out. I discovered which one to download. I misread the second line; it is not an option. Lorna in Southern California

I assume that you do not have Microsoft Office

over

there, Lorna....

.......... Lorna says .............................................
By the way, James, you assume correctly in that I do not have Microsoft Office. I have Appleworks. Lorna in Southern California

Is it that I click onto PP reader, and then, when

it

is opened up, I go up to the File section at top

left

and click "OPEN" and then click onto the PP
presentation? Or is it the opposite?

Lorna, I'm assuming that this path will lead you to
success.

OK. Which one do I download????
-Lorna

Edit: I re-read the second line in that section and I know now which one to download. -Lorna

James, I downloaded the TonicPoint viewer and followed the steps that I guessed to be the right ones. They were. It worked. I can see the newsletter that was sent to me.

thanks! 🙂

-Lorna

Excellent news! I'll have to give this viewer a try,
too.

EXcellent news for me, thanks to you. I don't know how well the PP viewer works so I cannot compare, but it seems very easy to me. I suggest that you download it so that you can view whatever PP presentations that are sent to you.

Lorna in Southern California

Keynote also works fine - it's part of the iWork 06
package - if it's not already in your Applications
it's on the iLife installer disk.

You get a free 30-day tria, but even after that you
can still open Powerpoint files, it just won't let
you save or print them.

; )

.......... Lorna says .............................................

Say............ I never did notice that iWork application!! Thanks for the Heads Up, Peelie. 🙂

Lorna in Southern California

There's also this.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=downlo
ad&location=/mac/download/office98/powerpoint98viewer.
xml&secid=20&ssid=7&flgnosysreq=False

Not sure if it's able to open the lastest docs, but
might still be good in a pinch if the other viewer
doesn't work for a particular presentation.

Kyn, Hi! 🙂
Look at this cut and paste from that site: •
System Requirements for Using PowerPoint 98 Viewer:
To use PowerPoint 98 or Office 98, you need:
• Any PowerPC processor-based, Mac OS-compatible system.
• Apple System 7.5.5 to 9.x.

I am suspecting that since it was printed in 2004, and it says that it is good for "any PPC, MacOS-compatible system", it MIGHT NOT cover Tiger. And since Tonic Point works fine, I am going to stick with it. However, the downside to Tonic Point is also that I cannot print out the document that is shown. 8-(

-Lorna