# Slide Shows

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-shows/497983>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 29, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-shows/497983 "2009-05-29T01:58:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rawensley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@rawensley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rawensley)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-shows/497983/1 "2009-05-29T01:58:41Z")

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I am doing a slide show presentation for one of my highschool classes and i was just wondering what a good slide show computer program would be for a pc?

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**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-shows/497983/2 "2009-05-29T03:32:13Z")

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Microsoft Powerpoint. If you don’t have MS Office, try [OpenOffice](http://www.openoffice.org) and its “Impress” program, downloadable for free. I would definitely recommend MS Office if you can swing it. OpenOffice tends not to be as user-friendly as its converts would tell you.

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**Author:** ![TaterRecon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@TaterRecon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaterRecon)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slide-shows/497983/3 "2009-05-29T03:45:08Z")

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I second the OpenOffice Impress.

Make sure you save the slideshow in a format that you can use at school. For example, if the school computers have MS PowerPoint make sure you save your show in that format.

Edit: You can get a 60-day trial of the latest MS Office from here: [http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx](http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/default.aspx)