That’s not what you asked me, though, so let me just point you to the spot on the Microsoft site where you can download PowerPoint viewer apps: PowerPoint Viewer 2007. For example, in the Save As… dialog box of the Mac OS X version, you can find a variety of different formats, as explained by Microsoft in its help documentation: This means that if you want to dabble with something like Apple Keynote or even an open source app like Open Office you’ll be ready to go!įurther, most of the time when someone is going to distribute a presentation, they can often save it as a standalone file that doesn’t require the recipient to have MS PowerPoint running.
That’s a great question because there’s a little-known set of applications that Microsoft has made available to let you view presentations made in this popular application without actually having the app on your computer.īefore we go there, though, I should highlight that since PowerPoint is the de facto standard for presentation software, every other presentation app has to be able to read and understand PPT files too.
