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Questions tagged [microsoft-powerpoint]

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How can I view and edit PowerPoint presentations that don't render correctly?

I have Microsoft PowerPoint projects that I can view correctly on Android, OS X and Windows, but on Linux with LibreOffice Impress, they are not rendered correctly. Instead, the letters and objects are outside the screen. I need PowerPoint for my…
Pavlos Theodorou
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Convert .pptx or .ppt files to mp4 on Ubuntu

I have few slides sent by my professor. In those slides, each slide is embeded with an audio file. I want to view them as a video file. In Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows, there is an option in export as to convert it to .mp4 format. What it…
Abhay Patil
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How to view annotated powerpoint presentations in Ubuntu?

I have some .pptx presentation files, which were annotated with a stylus in an online class. These annotations do not show up in LibreOffice Impress 7.0.3.1 in Xubuntu 20.04 (I am using the LibreOffice Fresh PPA). Is there any way to see these…
Archisman Panigrahi
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Missing fonts cause LibreOffice Impress to mess up the layout of the slides

I have reported a LibreOffice Impress bug here. In that bug, the text of a slide went beyond the page margin Although it looked fine in Microsoft PowerPoint Now I cannot reproduce the bug anymore. LibreOffice Impress, the same version used to…
robertspierre
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Why does the formatting of PPTX files change when opened in LibreOffice?

I am novice in ubuntu so my question may look very simple but as I am teacher I have to do lot of presentations. Unfortunately my all lectures which were in .pptx file format when opened in LibreOffice of Ubuntu the texts goes hayward up and down…
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Powerpoint compatibility in ubuntu and windows

I have made power point presentation using ubuntu. Now, I want to open same file in windows XP or windows 7. How can I do it? Does simply copying the file in windows and opening with Microsoft power point solves problem?
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Import from Powerpoint to Impress: font size always too large

For work, I have to deal with Powerpoint docuements from diverse sources. I open them in LibreOffice Impress, and I always have the following problem: fonts are much larger than in the original Powerpoint document, resulting in bad formating, texts…
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Insert Videos in presentation

I do presentations for educational courses (university, college, schools). With many slides, lots of videos and pictures.I had been using WPS presentation software (kingsoft) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS; since it allowed me to insert videos. As of now…
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Is there any program for ubuntu which handles pptx file properly?

When I open up a pptx file with LibreOffice/OpenOffice some of the contents,text,style,colors get messed up. I searched in the web but couldn't find any proper solution for this. Can anyone help me in this issue?
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MS Powerpoint 2016 installed using wine on Ubuntu 20.04 cannot start

I have installed MS Office 2016 32 bit version on my Ubuntu 20.04 using wine. All the services work wonderfully, except powerpoint. It says on starting that it cannot be opened due lack of resources. I have installation through playonlinux but same…
Ayush Akarsh
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PowerPoint fullscreen crashes with PlayonLinux

I have installed playonlinux 4.0.14 on my Ubuntu. I successfully installed Powerpoint 2010 that launches after setting riched20.dll to native in the Winecfg. However when i am putting a presentation in full screen the whole system crashed and a…
curious
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Making powerpoints for youtube?

When I was running windows 10, I was planning on using its powerpoint program to make youtube videos. And yes, it would be sufficient for my needs, and honestly better than a camera. The windows program could record your voice and even output the…
user1751981
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How to make sound persist when Power Point file is used in different media

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I want to import audio from some location into a PowerPoint file (which I edit with LibreOffice 6.4.2) and then copy it to a CD and present the PowerPoint file. However, when I copy the file to the CD and use it on a…
Gary
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PDF containing non-embedded Symbol TrueType font doesn't show math symbols

I have a PDF (generated from PowerPoint) that contains math characters which are not shown when viewing it with the default PDF viewer or Okular (greek letters, square root symbol, ... all appear as blank space). Checking the document properties…
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I want to use MS Power Point and Excel In Ubuntu

For my office work, I want to use MS Power Point and MS Excel. I want to know if Microsoft Office is compatible with Ubuntu? If yes, how can I install it? If it is not compatible then what is the alternate to MS Office? Thanks.
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