[Gllug] powerpoint files

[Christopher Hunter]

On Tuesday 11 May 2004 1:40 pm, NorthLondon John wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just run into .ppt files for the first time. (And hopefully the
> last.)
> I've tried opening them with open office 1.0.3 on mac os x, and they
> don't display absolutely correctly. I'm about to download OOo 1.1 for
> linux, & hopefully that'll work better.
>
> What I really need to do is convert these files into another format:
> something easily viewable, standard and non-proprietory - perhaps html.
> Is such a thing possible? What programs are available for this?
>
> Sorry if this is obvious, but I'm having a bad-google-day.

OOo1.1 works OK with any ppt files I've come across.  When you've successfully 
opened them, you can export them as .pdf, which should nicely solve your 
problem.

Chris

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