How to unlock ppt for Mac?

Asked By Davis Millers 10 points N/A Posted on - 10/18/2012

How to unlock ppt for Mac? I just switch to mac operating system and still on the process of familiarizing the main features of the said operating system. I would like to unlock the PowerPoint application in my Mac operating system, I don’t know why is it locked and cannot be used or open. Please help me to resolve this.

Thanks.

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Answered By Adish Pescadero 0 points N/A #180851

How to unlock ppt for Mac?

Hi Davis,

 

Mac computers cannot open PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) files by default. Although there is a program in Mac called Keynote in the iWork suite. But they cannot display .ppt files exactly. You will need to download PowerPoint Apps from the internet. The two most suited apps are given below.

 

Option 1:

 

Download the Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac. This application can open and save .ppt and .pptx files without any changes. This app is sold by the Office bundle but is also sold separately. 

 

You can download Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac from this URL: https://products.office.com/en-us/powerpoint

 

Option 2:

 

You can use a free office suite called NeoOffice. NeoOffice is a part of Open Office and is specially designed for Mac. Use NeoOffice Impress to view and edit .ppt files and save them.

 

Download the NeoOffice suite from this URL: http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/download.php#download

 

Good Luck.

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Answered By Goram Ian 60 points N/A #180852

How to unlock ppt for Mac?

Hi Davis Millers,

I have made a brief research about your concern an it is seemed that there's a lot of posts of different users of Mac OS who is also seek for the right solution with your concern. I think It would be the best way if you join their discussion in this matter. I have attached the link of the forum that I am taking about.

Forum: Unlocking PPT on Mac

Hope that it would help you a lot.

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Answered By Rain Bonnie 0 points N/A #180854

How to unlock ppt for Mac?

Please carefully follow these instructions:
 

1. For Mac, open and save the files in .ppt and .pptx file format using Microsoft PowerPoint. Mac is having PowerPoint as part of the Office suite for Mac is one of its productivity applications, but it is separately sold. The PowerPoint for Mac is proven to be completely compatible with the PowerPoint application found in Windows. You can open the file without any problems or formatting any changes except if the file contains various fonts that are not recognized by the Mac computer.
2. In Apple’s presentation program, open .pptx and .ppt files in Keynote. Keynote is very similar to the features found on PowerPoint which is part of the iWork application suite. This application can open PowerPoint files with minimal changes in formatting. Presentations can also be saved or exported to .ppt format.
3. Open .pptx and .ppt files on your Mac using a NeoOffice Impress. The impress is included with NeoOffice which is an open source application suite that is used as the presentation software. Impress can also open and edit .pptx and .ppt files similar to PowerPoint but it does not support elements in video which are included in the file.

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Answered By hafsa misbah 0 points N/A #180853

How to unlock ppt for Mac?

Although, people are getting problems in mac related to their ppt applications in resizing and scrolling them, however, I have done some research and following are the two websites on which I think that you might get some help.

http://website.informer.com/terms/Unlock_Ppt_Mac
http://softwaretopic.informer.com/unlock-powerpoint-presentation-mac/

Thank you.

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Answered By Wright Susan 0 points N/A #180855

How to unlock ppt for Mac?

Hi,

MAC computers are not being able to open the ppt files. You need to download the software to open that presentation files. Neooffice is one of them. You can try it from the link which is given below:

 

http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/download.php#download

 

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Answered By rakee15 0 points N/A #180856

How to unlock ppt for Mac?

This depends on which Mac OS version you are using, but in the version I have, I can select a file, choose Get Info from the File menu, and under the General section, look for the check box marked Locked. Uncheck that and you should be good to go. 

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