How do you view a Windows Powerpoint without buying the entire Mac Office software?

I have Pages and OS Lion. I don't want to buy more software to view powerpoints my teachers post online. When I open them up normally, it opens in Preview, which is fine cause I just want to read them, not edit them. But in Preview it distorts (enlarging the text) on only a few slides but I can't reformat them so I have all the words in view. What should I do.

There are several free work-alike packages to Microsoft office for the Mac:
Open Office
Neo Office
these are equivalent to Mac Office, and should open PC versions of files as well.

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