PowerPoint presentation viewing question...

Dinarius

Does a computer need to have PowerPoint installed in order to view a PowerPoint presentation on it?

I'm putting together a PP presentation on a Windows 10 machine, and the computer that I will be given to show it on will probably be an Mac.

Also, any cross-platform compatibility issues?

Thanks.

D.

mordeith

I'm pretty sure you can export a PPT presentation as a standalone package. However whether that would be Mac OS compatible is another matter.

Dinarius

mordeith wrote: »

I'm pretty sure you can export a PPT presentation as a standalone package. However whether that would be Mac OS compatible is another matter.

Thanks.

I'm not sure what you mean by "standalone"...

Does this refer in some way to the format I save it in?

Thanks again.

D.

mordeith

Dinarius wrote: »

Thanks.

I'm not sure what you mean by "standalone"...

Does this refer in some way to the format I save it in?

Thanks again.

D.

It''s in the Publish options. You can export to a cd or folder. It's a complete package that allows the presentation to be run on PCs that don't have PowerPoint. It may not be Mac compatible. The other option is to save the presentation as a PDF. Of course you will only have static images as the slides then, there won't be any transitions, but the content will be there at least.

Dinarius

Thanks.

No need for transitions. I only want slides (containing photographs) and links to videos on the web.

So, .pdf sounds like the way to go.

Cheers!

D.

Dinarius

Thanks.

No need for transitions. I only want slides (containing photographs) and links to videos on the web.

So, .pdf sounds like the way to go.

Cheers!

D.