Power Point files

I didn't have a package for Power Point viewing so used Synaptic Package Manager to download something to fill the void.

I don't half know what I'm doing with Lubuntu yet, I must admit, but I usually don't have a problem with this.

In this case, the download proceeded normally until I hit the EULA agreement screen. You have to click the OK button to proceed. My problem is that this came through with the OK as script and not as a button so it keeps hanging up.

Does anybody know how to get around this or is there another way to get this done?

 

I'd stop trying to use some viewer, and I would use LibreOffice. That should be an available package for you. It sounds like you're trying to install some Windows software on Linux, and that is very seldom the right solution.

 

In truth, I didn't know what I was getting from Packet Manager.

Will look into LibreOffice, thanks.

 

In the future, you should avoid installing things randomly. Down that path lies madness, broken installations, and system compromise.

 

Libre Office is a fork of Open Office that happened after Oracle bought Sun. I would say it is the best tool you have for MS Office compatibility. You could also upload the ppt to google docs and view it via your browser.

 

You could use wine and MS office if you dont like libre/open solutions. Honestly I love both libre and open, although the craptastic macro excel spreadsheet some engineers made works kinda funky. But I cannot blame libre/open rather the engineers who seem to think they know more about computers then anyone else in the office.

 

I've never had a problem going back and fourth between Excel and OpenOffice. I do have some Macros between the two (mortgage calculators and such) and they both work fine between the two. The only issue I have ever had was losing formatting information. That isn't a big deal anyway as I'm just interested in the data.

OpenOffice is a great alternative to MS Office. I thought about WINE'ing MS Office when I started using Linux, but I had no need to. OO.Org seems to do everything I need it to (except for manipulate the newest xml formats in Windows ...). The interface is also a bit more simple and I like that.

 

The best way is still to use a VM-type solution. Just put the file in the share folder, and you can share between folders easily. At least that's what I do.

 

OpenOffice is dead since most of the key people developing the program decided that it was time to get away from Oracle. They made LibreOffice.

 

Normally I dont have an issue either, but the special circumstance I have is more due to poor spreadsheet development then OO.

I didnt know what happened, I do know 3.2 OO has been good to me so far. I do think Ill switch soon though.