| Openoffice is open source -- so it's free. it contains impress - which will let you create, view, open, and edit powerpoint files. it also contains writer - which will (among other things) let you create, view, open, and edit word and wordperfect files. and if that wasn't enough, you also get calc - an advanced spreadsheet program -- and you guessed it -- this will allow you to open and edit and create excel files. openoffice is very user friendly and versatile. if you can use powerpoint, you'll have no problem using impress, and you might even find features within impress that blow powerpoint away -- for example, i absolutely love the ability to save my presentation as a pdf file with speaker's notes |
