[iBook] alternative to powerpoint?

[Don Hinkle]

Yes, apple's keynote does import Powerpoint files and does a better job 
than PP does. And it's much less expensive than buying the whole Office 
package.

---------------------------
-donald henry hinkle
"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." (Muriel Rukeyser)

On Dec 26, 2004, at 4:31 PM, 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 marveling at our 
> family passing our iBook around the living room as we do many email 
> and web activities wirelessly).
> So he's asking me exactly how much it will cost him, etc. 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?
> Thanks,
> Patrick Draine