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Need Microsoft PowerPoint support. Technician's Assistant: When did you last update PowerPoint? Technician's Assistant: What have you tried so far with your PowerPoint? I have a specific question - when I export a slideshow with audio made in the software, the audio does not play. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 gives you more ways to create and share dynamic presentations with your audience than ever before.PowerPoint 2010 enables you to work simultaneously with other people or post your presentation online and access it from virtually anywhere using the Web.
If you need to work with files created in Microsoft Office, or create files compatible a Microsoft Office application, many free options are available.
- Offline solutions
- Online solutions
- Download Microsoft PowerPoint 2016. Create or view PowerPoint presentations with this up-to-date version of the popular software package.
- This is useful if you need to access meeting features like in-meeting chat or managing participants while sharing your PowerPoint presentation. Open the PowerPoint file you want to present. Click the Slide Show tab then Set Up Slide Show. Under Show type, select Browsed by an individual (window), then click OK.
Offline solutions
There's several free programs that can be installed on your computer to open Microsoft Office documents and other office or rich-text documents. Below is a selection of our favorites.
Microsoft Viewer applications
Microsoft has several 'Viewer' programs that can be downloaded and used to view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, without having Microsoft Office installed on the computer.
Links to download each viewer application from Microsoft's website are listed below.
OpenOffice
A free and open-source project from Sun that includes different solutions. It is available for all major platforms including Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and Linux. Below is a listing of programs this package includes.
- Base - Database
- Calc - Spreadsheet
- Draw - Drawing program used to create logos and flow charts.
- Impress - Presentation program
- Math - Allows a user to create scientific formulas and equations.
- Writer - Word processor and text editor.
LibreOffice
One of the most popular free office suites that supports Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher documents, and support for ODF (OpenDocument format).
Online solutions
There are also many free online solutions as well. Below is a listing of our favorites.
Google Docs
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Google Docs, available from Google, not only allows you to freely open and create files, but you can also collaborate and share files with anyone who has Internet access.
Google Docs is compatible with many file formats, including .doc, .docx, .rtf, .sxw, .pdf, .ppt, .pps, .csv, .xls, .xlsx, .ods, and .html.
ThinkFree
Another solution capable of opening and viewing many Microsoft Office and other rich-content file formats.
ThinkFree is compatible with many file formats, including .doc, .dot, .rtf, .ppt, .pot, .pps, .xls, .xlt, .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .pdf, and .hwp.
Additional information
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- See our Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word definitions for further information and related links.