Reading powerpoint presentations in Linux

[bob]

One possible route might be to ask for the PowerPoint to be exported
as PDF  for you. Whether Microsoft's PDF export utility makes
particularly accessible is another matter, but there are  PDF to text
tools around for Linux. It's not exactly a perfect solution, but it
may get you going.

Regards,
Bob.

On 9/21/07, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I know this may be a bit much to hope for, but is there anyway to read powerpoint presentations in Linux? I of course am using speakup, but I also have got gnome and orca installed should it require using something like openoffice (should orca work with that part). I have asked the person who has said that they can give me this information in powerpoint format, whether they could convert it to another format, but I said I would make enquiries whether it would be possible for me to read powerpoint format.
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