PowerPoint (-ish) Help

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » November 5th, 2007, 5:16 pm

I posted on LJ asking for some help yesterday, but nobody replied. I have a presentation due tomorrow for my Canadian Lit class. I need to use a Powerpoint presentation, or some equivalent.

I don't know anything about anything about that kind of stuff. I thought that my Mac has PowerPoint, but apparently I have to buy it, and needless to say, I can't afford it.

Does anyone know some kind of thing that I can do to create a series of stills that I can... I don't even know how to ask this well.

I need to show my class pictures while I talk. How can I do that?

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » November 5th, 2007, 5:18 pm

OpenOffice has a free powerpoint-type of application.

http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/index.html

They seem to have a mac version available.

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » November 5th, 2007, 5:19 pm

Google Docs does presentations now. I think you can export them as html.

http://docs.google.com

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » November 5th, 2007, 6:31 pm

Has Pgraph considered a roving improv computer technical support service?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » November 5th, 2007, 7:15 pm

Thanks much, halfgraph... I'm going to immediately investigate those and see what happens.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » November 5th, 2007, 7:33 pm

You might also already have Keynote (Apple's Powerpoint alternative) installed on your machine - it's super-slick, and pretty easy to learn, too.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » November 5th, 2007, 7:37 pm

Matt wrote:You might also already have Keynote (Apple's Powerpoint alternative) installed on your machine - it's super-slick, and pretty easy to learn, too.

HOLY SHIT! I do have Keynote! I've never even heard of it, but it's been in my system all along! Thanks Matt!!

Matt · Post by **Matt** » November 5th, 2007, 7:42 pm

In that case, check out Pages (aka Word) and Numbers (aka Excel) for your future office-productivity needs