Viewing powerpoint files

Can anyone view ppt and excel files? I know we are supposed to be able to but I can't open PPT or Excel attachments from my email despite the 2.0 software update.
Perhaps there is an app that needs to be downloaded?
I understand that FileMagnet can perform that function for Mac users. Is there an equivalent for Windows?
Thanks for any assistance.

Also, you can download these free MS Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to view (but not create or edit) these files.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-word-for-ipad/id586447913?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-excel-for-ipad/id586683407?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-powerpoint-for-ipad/id586449534?mt=8
Microsoft Office for iPad:Early Reviews of Word, PowerPoint & Excel Apps
http://ipadacademy.com/2014/03/microsoft-office-for-ipad-early-reviews-of-the-wo rd-powerpoint-excel-apps
 Cheers, Tom

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Hi,
I just need to view a .ppt file on my Macbook (os x 10.5.2), and I tried to use the Powerpoint Viewer 98 for Mac from microsoft, but it is a classic application that is not supported on leopard. I also tried openoffice.org, but it converts the file poorly and leaves a lot of things out. Is there any other way to simply view a powerpoint on a mac without buying office or iwork?
Thanks

Looks like you have done your research and know what to look for. You are right, I couldn't find anything that would run under Leopard and view Powerpoint files unaltered.
If possible then have the sender of the file convert to it to a .pdf (Powerpoint 2007 can do this under windows).
Axel F.

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I cannot view powerpoint files from the mail application on my iPad Air (OS and apps up-to-date). When I tap to view I'm presented by a gray screen with the name of the file and the message "Office Open XML presentation" and then the size of the file in Kb. If I then try to open with another app, eg: Keynote or Powerpoint iPad edition then I get a message that the file is corrupted - that msg doesn't make sense. I used to be able to view PPT or PPTX no problem, it has started to happen since this last Christmas (not sure exactly when).
thanks for any help

Also, you can download these free MS Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to view (but not create or edit) these files.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-word-for-ipad/id586447913?mt=8
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-powerpoint-for-ipad/id586449534?mt=8
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How do I view Powerpoint files without Office and Keynote?

Someone sent me a Powerpoint file today. I was able to view it
using Keynote, but now my 30-day trial has started and I have no intention
of buying iWork.
I have Word2004, not Office2004, which will display Powerpoint files.
Microsoft used to have a free Powerpoint viewer pre-OS X. Is there anything in Tiger what will do this? If not, what would you recommend the next time I get a Powerpoint file?

Hi gwgoldb;
Sent it back and ask for them to send it in a different format.
If they insist on sending it to you in Powerpoint that is what the delete key is for. You might let them know that you intend to delete any future emailwith Powerpoint attachments.
Allan
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Viewing Large PowerPoint File

We are moving from Palm Treos to iPhones and I have a user concerned about viewing PowerPoints. How does a user view a PowerPoint (or any large file) in an iPhone which is too large to email? Average 50MB.
In the Treos we upload the file and open it from its drive.

If you can put those Powerpoint files to a Web page accessible for iPhone user, you can just view Powerpoint file from a web link.
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How to OPEN MS PowerPoint files from my Droid RAZA phone

Hi There,
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ylwny01

Have you checked the Google Play Store to see if there is an application capable of viewing PowerPoint files?
This result took all of two seconds.
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How can I convert a PowerPoint file so it can be displayed on the IPad?

I have powerpoint presentations that I would like to display on my ipad but do not know how to convert them. Any suggestions?

Load any of the several apps that can view PowerPoint files - options include Keynote for iOS, Documents 2 Go, Quickoffice and Office2 HD. You can then view and if necessary edit the presentations without any need for conversion.
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Users are experiencing the following error when they open a Powerpoint file as read only. Using MS Office 2007 with Hyperion 11.1.2.1 Doesn't happen in edit mode. Error reappears every time user pages down to next slide. Quite annoying!
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Source: My oracle support
=============================================================================================================================
Applies to:
Hyperion Planning - Version: 11.1.2.1.000 and later [Release: 11.1 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
In Smart View Version 11.1.2.1.000, when attempting to open a PowerPoint document that is already open by other user the following error occurs:
ERROR : Shape.Tags: Invalid Request. Presentation cannot be modified.
Cause
This issue has been verified as Unpublished Bug 12418027: SMART VIEW ERROR : SHAPE.TAGS : INVALID REQUEST. PRESENTATION CANNOT BE MODIFIED
The cause of the problem is that when a presentation is edited by another user, an exception will be thrown while trying to query the tags in the presentation from a different process.
Solution
This issue has been fixed in the Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office, Release 11.1.2.0.000 Patch Set 1 (PS1): 11.1.2.1.102 Release.
This patch is available via My Oracle Support:
1. Log into the My Oracle Support portal.
2. Choose the Patches & Updates tab.
3. Enter the Patch Name or Number from the drop-down box.
4. Perform a search for Patch:12968304 for your corresponding OS platform.
5. The patch file includes both installers and the readme.
Additional Information:
Please refer to the patch readme for system requirements, dependencies, and installation instructions.

Can't open powerpoint files in keynote since Mountain Lion upgrade

Not having much luck and not sure which forum to post in as this could be a Mountain Lion issue, an iWork issue, but is also an iWork and/or IOS6 issue!
Until last week I had Lion on iMac and IOS5 on iPad. I was able to log on to my work network server (school network, I am a teacher) and open powerpoint, word or excel files in keynote, pages or numbers on my iPad. I then upgraded to IOS6 and now none of the files will open up on my iPad. I get the open in screen when I choose a file to open, then nothing happens.
In the meantime, I upgraded my iMac from Lion to Mountain Lion. Since I was having problems accessing my work files and viewing them on my iPad, I decided to buy Keynote on my iMac in the hope that I could get on with some work on iMac rather than iPad. I logged on to my school server and tried to open a powerpoint file and for some reason it downloads it as a pptx.exe and if I try to open it I get an error message saying "You can't open the application xxx.pptx.exe because Microsoft Windows applications are not supported on OSX". It shouldn't be a .exe file it should just be a powerpoint file! When I open Keynote and look for available files on my iMac, the file I just downloaded is greyed out.
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Now having forked out for Keynote on my iMac, I have the same problem.
I am able to open attachments in emails and I am able to log on to the school VLE and access and open files. So it is just something to do with opening from the normal file system that I can't do.
I posted in the iPad and iWork forum and had no replies. However, Apple iWork team have contacted me after reading my post re the iPad issue of opening files from my network. I've provided info to them and am waiting for a response, but in the meantime I have now discovered there is also an issue on my iMac. Hopefully they will read this too or someone else will perhaps know what is going on.
It is a worry that I can't do any work using my Apple products seeing as I have bought them! I have had to go back to bringing my windows laptop home everyday which I hope is a short term solution. I have loved the fact that I could access everything on my school network from my iPad in the past and not have to drag a laptop around. I am also worried that this means pupils can't access the files too if they are using Macs, iphones, ipads etc and have upgraded to Mountain Lion or IOS6.
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Thanks for the response but I think you've misunderstood the problem. I can not open any type of PowerPoint file off my server in keynote. This includes .ppt and .pptx files. (Also includes .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx in pages and numbers).
Even if what you said worked it would take forever to go through every file and save them all as ppt 2007. Plus of course, I don't know what files I will need when. There are hundreds of resources I need to access when I'm at home. I need the flexibility to view the files when i need to and on the go. Normally I can download them off my school network on to my iPad in keynote and edit them then I email them back to myself ready to use the next day or to save back to my network. Currently I can not download any Microsoft office file. So I am now forced to have to lug my laptop home everyday, rendering my iPad and iMac useless. I can't pre-empt what I'll need and save it as .ppt as that is completely inflexible and that won't open anyways as this is not an issue with the version of PowerPoint file. This is an issue with how all Microsoft files are downloading from my school network to my iPad and iMac. I want Apple to allow this to work like it used to before the upgrades in operating systems. I wish I hadn't upgraded as it worked perfectly. :(

Converting a Keynote document to Powerpoint file doesn't work

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To create a PowerPoint slideshow:
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Hy Kyn, thank you for answering.
Every slide on my presentation has animated objekts. And every slide is linked (by hyperlink) to every slide on the presentation. So I want to give the user the chance to interrupt and to go to next slide. Therefore is an arrow to klick on, which has a hyperlink to next side (or do go to start, or to go back) - during the slide-animation is working.
That works fine in keynote, but it doesn't work after the export in QT. In QT it is not possible to interrupt the sequence of the animation. When the sequence is (performed) finalized, the klick on the arrow works, and I can go to next slide.
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KB2878233 corrupts PowerPoint file type associations (bis).

Dear,
I posted the question below a week ago in the Office forums on answers.microsoft.com, but did not receive any reaction. Allow me to repeat:
Installing the KB2878233 security update corrupts the file type associations for PowerPoint files in the following environment: Windows XP SP3 ("fully" updated) / PowerPoint
Viewer v. 14.0.7015.1000.
PPT files get associated with MOC.EXE for opening them. Uninstalling the update does not restore the original associations. The problem can be alleviated by repairing the PPT Viewer installation manually.
Question: can this High Priority security update please be re-released through Windows Update without the corruption effects?
TIA.
Kind Regards,
Jan J.
Brussels, Belgium

Hi,
We can try to change the file associate in Registry key:
For all users on this computer, please change associate program of the .doc or file type you would like to under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes.
For current user account, please change associate program of the .doc or file type you would like to under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes. If there is no such extension, please create new keys for it.
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Is there a plug-in for mac QT that allows viewing swf. files? I am a teacher and I want to be able to embed swf. files into powerpoint, which means I need QT to be able to read swf. I can find full apps that will do it, but it has to be QT to work in powerpoint since it uses QT as its engine.

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Can you open powerpoint files using Gmail?

I read that even if you don't have any application to open a power point file that if you use Gmail that you can open a pp file-?
This seems to good to be true -

You're Welcome susiecat.pat!
As Google's help center did not specify, that the feature was not available for OS X, I was hoping that it would work for you.
But as neoroanatomist has verified, unfortunately that is not the case.
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I haven't taken the time to learn all of it's other functions, as the application appears quite complicated!
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Thanks for the response but I think you've misunderstood the problem. I can not open any type of PowerPoint file off my server in keynote. This includes .ppt and .pptx files. (Also includes .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx in pages and numbers).
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