Seems Bento is the one Apple pushes. I've never gotten a chance to play with it though. I've seen screenshots, and it looks really user friendly. You might could get a demo of it in an Apple Store.
On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:56 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Actually, I'm impressed! Keynote did beautifully! with the file. It took me > a bit to get the hang of how to navigate the application, but once I got the > hang of it, it was quite a breeze. Now, having said that, for one, the lady > was mistaking. there was no transitioning nor audio/video, so I have no idea > how Keynote would a handled that with VO. Speaking of Keynote, by the way, > as longas where on that subject, I thought Keynote was a database program, > not a presentation app. so, what then do you all recommend for a good > database app that isn't real powerful. I don't want an MS Accewss for the > Mac, if you will. I just need something real down dirty sweet and simple/non > powerful. Just something for incredibly basic functionality. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Heim" <pie...@familie-heim.net> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:56 PM > Subject: Re: Openning a file before my job interview on Monday > > > Hi Chris, > > you can try the PowerPoint Viewer if you have a Windows installation. It is > free and can be downloaded from the MS website. Keynote works also but has > the compatibility problem as Zack has already mentioned. I think there's the > same problem with Open Office/Libre Office. > > Greetings, Pierre > > Am 07.06.2011 um 03:52 schrieb Zachary Kline: > >> Hi Chris, >> I do believe Keynote will open .ppt files. Whether its support is good >> enough to handle all the advanced features your slideshow apparently has I >> don't know. This is yet another example of the assumption most businesses >> seem to still have that Microsoft software in one form or another is close >> at hand. >> Best, >> Zack. >> On Jun 6, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> Guys, I do not own Microsoft Office for Windows, and as you all know, it's >>> not accessible on the Mac. >>> >>> I have a job interview this Monday, however one of the requirements prior >>> to the interview is to review a power point presentation. I definitely >>> have the file on my drive, and admittedly, haven't tried openning it, but >>> it's just a standard .ppt file. I've been told however that it's not >>> exactly a simple little slide show, it has auto slide transitioning, >>> background audio naration, basically the whole 9 yards. They did say as a >>> very last resort, they could have someone go through the presentation with >>> me in person before or during my interview, but it's way more prefered that >>> I view it ahead of time. I do have the latest version of IWorks, but to >>> the best of my understanding nothing'll open a power point file that is >>> including in that bundle of apps. So, I have been told Preview will open >>> it within some reason. So, what's the best thing you all recommend, and >>> can you all give me a little hand, how to navigate through this? Yes the >>> file is copy written, but it's freely available for absolutely anyone, >>> whehter applying or not to freely at will download and view. So I'd be >>> happy off list thus fore, to send this file to anyone who would like it to >>> see if they can get it to work to then better assist me with navigating it. >>> But! generally speaking, what's the best way to go about doing this? >>> >>> Chris. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > --------------- > > VfB ein Leben lang! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Egun On, Lagunak! 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