# Powerpoint without Powerpoint

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940 "2004-10-13T02:14:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940/1 "2004-10-13T02:14:54Z")

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There was a distribution kit to run Foxpro without the client having Foxpro.  
Somebody told the boss there is something to run Powerpoint without Powerpoint.  
Help.

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940/2 "2004-10-13T02:18:57Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> There was a distribution kit to run Foxpro without the client having Foxpro.  
> Somebody told the boss there is something to run Powerpoint without Powerpoint.  
> Help.

Well, you can use…the name escapes me right now, but it’s a program in the Documents to Go suite for Palm handhelds.

There is also OpenOffice that has it’s own version (it’s an open source meaning free program) of PowerPoint that is supposed to be quite good. I never installed it, but I am 99% sure it can run PowerPoint files.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940/3 "2004-10-13T02:25:16Z")

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This would be something we’d distribute, and I won’t (I hope) go with the CDs to install applications. 🙂

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**Author:** ![zippyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/839c29/32.png) [@zippyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zippyh)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940/4 "2004-10-13T02:50:10Z")

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You mean Powerpoint Viewer?  
It’s free from Microsoft and allows you to view and print presentations.  
Google on “powerpoint viewer”.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-without-powerpoint/268940/5 "2004-10-13T03:09:27Z")

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> [@zippyh](#):
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> You mean Powerpoint Viewer?

Outstanding!  
Thank you.