# How to open PowerPoint Documents on my Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-powerpoint-documents-on-my-mac/388345 "2007-01-17T18:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-powerpoint-documents-on-my-mac/388345/1 "2007-01-17T18:00:08Z")
I have a mac mini. People sometimes send me powerpoint documents and I can’t open them. Usually my macs can translate documents from any format without my intervening in anyway. I don’t want to buy powerpoint as I have no use for it otherwise. What am I missing? Anyone else out there on a mac found a work around? Thank you in advance for your kind considerations! ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-powerpoint-documents-on-my-mac/388345/2 "2007-01-17T18:04:52Z")
You can go [here](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e25cb1e5-209c-4a58-b283-23e84b616477&DisplayLang=en) and download a free PowerPoint viewer for Macintosh from Microsoft. This will let you view PP files without having the program installed. ---
**Author:** ![phaemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@phaemon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phaemon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-powerpoint-documents-on-my-mac/388345/3 "2007-01-17T19:24:30Z")
[NeoOffice](http://www.neooffice.org/) is an OSX version of OpenOffice, and should be able to open and edit powerpoint files.