[iBook] alternative to powerpoint?

[Larry Kollar]

J Patrick Draine wrote:

> My father-in-law is staying with us for the holidays, and is verging 
> on taking the plunge, and getting an iBook ...
> After asserting that he won't need to buy any software beyond the 
> bundle that comes with the iBook, I am having some minor 
> reconsideration on one point. Should he buy Office X so that if he 
> downloads a Powerpoint file he won't be flipping out when he can't 
> open it? Or is there some alternate software that can open up such a 
> file?

I think Apple's Keynote ($99) will open PowerPoint files. If he can 
deal with a less than MacOS-standard interface, OpenOffice is free.

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