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**wonwinglo** · 09-04-2006

Can anyone tell me there is a system called Microsoft Powerpoint please ? I have just received such a file from Canada but a bit loathe to open it as I have never heard of it ? what does it do and how do you use it ? Thank you.

**Bunkerbarge** · 09-04-2006

Powerpoint is a presentation package. Very popular in such fields as training and business presentations.

It is part of the microsoft office Suite or can be bought stand alone. It is quite a common file format in business nowadays but you will need something to open it with.

If you send it to someone with Powerpoint they can open it for you and convert it to either a Word Doc or a picture file format.

**John** · 09-04-2006

But like any file if you are unsure who the sender is then just don't open it

**wonwinglo** · 09-04-2006

Thank you Richard and John,I dont think that I will bother with it as I dont have this programme anyway,but I appreciate the information.

**Bluewavestudios** · 10-04-2006

Barry,

These are quite common these days, as Bunkerbarge quite correctly says above, more commonly used by businesses for presentations and training these days...you know for those overhead projector slide presentations usually done from a computer....your file should have an extension of .ppt to confirm it is a powerpoint document.

It is an excellent package to use, OpenOffice will also open these files as it is Microsoft compatible...OpenOffice is completely free though but is a big download at 104mb from www.openoffice.org.

There are some excellent joke powerpoints doing the rounds at the moment, I have quite a few.

Nothing to worry about.

Regards...........Mark

**wonwinglo** · 10-04-2006

Thanks for the re-assurance Mark,also the description of Powerpoint.