Free powerpoint alternative

durkinjt 2012-09-07 16:53:39 UTC #1

My daughter needs powerpoint for college, not on her lap top, any free alternatives?

UTR 2012-09-07 17:37:23 UTC #2

Try Open Office or Google docs. Also, many colleges offer student editions of MS Office for cheap.

olyteddy 2012-09-07 18:13:17 UTC #3

There’s also a free PP viewer available. Useful unless god forbid they expect her to create PP shows. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13

cholla 2012-09-07 20:46:06 UTC #4

All good suggestions.
Keep an eye on giveawayoftheday They get a little bit of everything.
It may not be soon enough to help you this time but you may get a better software eventually .

durkinjt 2012-09-08 06:28:35 UTC #5

[QUOTE=cholla;2653759]All good suggestions.
Keep an eye on giveawayoftheday They get a little bit of everything.
It may not be soon enough to help you this time but you may get a better software eventually .[/QUOTE]
Thanks Cholla & all for the generous replies, very helpful,
Jim

weedougie 2012-09-09 02:18:07 UTC #6

Libra office has a power point clone that works very well, and is compatible with all MS power point presentations.
And best of all it’s free.

RexHunt 2012-09-17 07:20:28 UTC #7

Did you try one durkinjt? I’m curious which one you picked and why. Google also has Presentation in Google Docs…

durkinjt 2012-09-17 07:24:49 UTC #8

[QUOTE=RexHunt;2654999]Did you try one durkinjt? I’m curious which one you picked and why. Google also has Presentation in Google Docs…[/QUOTE]
got Open Office and substitute Powerpoint both worked great>

ChristineBCW 2012-09-17 08:41:25 UTC #9

Open Office was ‘taken over’ by Oracle’s Apache group, by the way.

It’s unclear how firmly they slammed the door on the open-source developers but a good many almost immediately delivered Libre Office, and Oracle never chased after them with patent pitchforks or Applesque lawsuits. Then, a couple of months ago, those departed developers delivered an updated Libre Office, too.

I used Open Office for several years, and have the newest LibreOffice installed on recent computers and don’t see any differences, so I believe either will be a good alternative in the future. I might stay out of Oracle’s path and avoid OpenOffice, but that’s the only reason - not for any useability factor.

The Google Docs offer good compatibility too if you’re in an Always Connected world. They do have file-size limits, however, and those aren’t always clear until I try to save something too large. “Gee - thanks.”