On Dec 15, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Rupert Hoyte wrote: > I have just had the local Mac shop install Flip4Mac, and hoped that > would solve all these problems. What should I do for the above, > please. And , when I find Text Edit quite adequate for all I > need, do I really have to buy "IWork" so as to be able to open > "pps". ? thank you. I use the free NeoOffice to open .pps (PowerPoint) files. Here's the web site for download. <http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php>