[iBook] alternative to powerpoint?

[Ondra Soukup]

J Patrick Draine napsal(a):

> 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
>
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What about openoffice ?