I have problems saving powerpoint, they become zero bytes

Hi,
I have been having problems with powerpoint file, (also PDF files) I saved them at work on a USB stick using a Windows Computer, and some of the files become zero bytes after I tried to open them at home using Mac Air. I thought it was the problem of the USB stick but I just saved a powerpoint on OneDrive and the same problem existed again, the powerpoint became blank!! in zero byte.....Thankfully I can recover the file. But please can anyone help me to avoid this problem again??
Thanks.

jsoria1 wrote:
I was hopping that this were not the case and that QuickOffice Pro or Keynotes for the IPad were able to show Math equation that appear in a normal PowerPoint MOffice presentations (that is not much to ask, is it?).
If the apps which are supposed to be especially designed for MS Office stuff, like QuickOffice or Documents to Go or Office², fail to handle your PowerPoints, by all means go and complain to the people who make them.
To ask Apple for improvements in Keynote, you can go to this site (but in the end the compatibility of Apple's programs with MS stuff will always be only partial).
http://www.apple.com/feedback/keynote_ios.html

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