I increasingly receive documents which need to be viewed in Powerpoint and also will need smart presentation for teaching assignments in the next few years.
Do I have to buy Powerpoint and where is the best/cheapest site?
Yes - OpenOffice'sPresentation component can deal with (open/view/save) MS Powerpoint format documents (or you can save them in OpenOffice's native XML formats instead if required).
Thanks Stobear. Is that "instead of" Microsoft Word?
I've downloaded OpenOffice and am trying to install. My Winzip application is on the old computer (not the Sony I'm using now and which has Broadband connection). How do I transfer Winzip across so I can unzip the OpenOffice files onto a memory stick and move it over?
That's a bit garbled! I meant - can I load Winzip onto a 512MB memory-stick and transfer it across for installation onto the new p.c. in order to unzip the OpenOffice programme I've just downloaded or is there another way (I seem to remember buying Winzip online). As you can tell I'm not sure what distinguishes hardware from software......... >D
Thanks jdw! I'll try that for winzip. I've downloaded and (I think........how can you tell?) installed OpenOffice and tried to open a recently downloaded Powerpoint document but without success.
Also "Java Installer Connection ERror! Installer cannot proceed with current Internet Connection proxy settings. Check Installation Notes for more settings".
Have you made sure that you have a Java runtime environment already installed before installing/using OpenOffice? See for some information on how to do this.