I bought a laptop in2009 and I dont have no powerpoint?

Question

I bought a laptop model Gateway in 2009 I try to turn on the powerpoint does not work not even with codes I cant get in for no reason can you help me .I was told that there a software that is like microsoft that will work for me I am in college and need to use the computer for my lessons.

Answer 1

You have to buy it if you want it. It's not free. What came on your laptop was a free trial that has expired.



If you don't want to buy it you have a couple of alternatives:



1) use the free online version of Office 2010 that microsoft provides. All you need is a microsoft account to log in and use it. That's here:



https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1368241639&rver=6.2.6289.0&wp=MBI_SSL_SHARED&wreply=https:%2F%2Fskydrive.live.com%2F&lc=1033&id=250206&mkt=en-US&cbcxt=sky



2) install the free generic version of Office made by Libre Office. It has an entire office suite that will edit or create any Excel, Word, Powerpoint or Access file. That is here



http://www.libreoffice.org

Answer 2

I am not sure if you are asking for alternative software to PowerPoint or helping you opening your installed copy of PowerPoint. I am not sure how to help you with the second problem, but here is alternatives to using Microsoft's PowerPoint. (Are you sure you do not have a trial version of Office?)



You can download Libre Office. It is a free office suite similar to Microsoft Office. Libre Office should be able to read most of Microsoft Office files, but the formatting could be off. However it is still usable. The download file for the whole suite is big, by the way, so you will need a good internet connection and it might take a long time to download.

Libre Office home page: http://www.libreoffice.org/

Libre Office download page: http://www.libreoffice.org/download



You can also create a Google account and use Google Drive (or formally known as Google Docs). Drive is a very limited Office Suite, but it will accomplish basic tasks and the great thing is that all your documents are stored on the cloud so you can access them anywhere with an internet connection. You can even upload your current Microsoft files or Libre Office files and have it stored in Drive or converted to a Drive document and view it there.

www.drive.google.com



You can create a Microsoft/Skydrive account and use their web version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. It has some limited features to the full fledge desktop application, but it might help you. Skydrive is also a cloud storage, so your files can be accessed with an internet connection. You can also upload Microsoft files to store in your account or view them. I do not know how well it works with Libre Office files.

www.skydrive.live.com



All of these options are free. There may be other options on the web that you may like, but these are are what I use since I do not have Microsoft Office installed on my home computer.



If your problem is just viewing Powerpoints instead of editing them, Microsoft does provide Viewers that let you read the files, but not anything else. Here is a link to download PowerPoint Viewer 2007: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6



If you feel you really need to have Microsoft Office, since you are a college student you can buy a lot of software (including Office) at a discount. You can look online or ask your college's bookstore or computer store or classmates about buying software with student discounts.

Answer 3

You in many circumstances might desire to purchase it seperately. maximum new laptops and computers comprise a ninety day trial version, which stops engaged on the tip of that component. in case you opt to purchase it you could order it on a similar time through fact the computer as you will get some form of deal on it. you moreover might get distinctive variations of workplace i.e. pupil, small employer and expert. the main inexpensive is the pupil version at approximately £one hundred yet basically has word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. the expert version has each little thing, yet can value something as much as £450.

Answer 4

Your laptop probably came with a trial version of

Microsoft Office. You can download and install

Open Office. It's free. Though it don't have power

point. It does have Word.

http://filehippo.com/download_openoffice/

Answer 5

Try LibreOffice if you need a free alternative, it has a program called LibreOffice Impress which is similar to PowerPoint and can save presentations in .ppt (PowerPoint) format if you need them to be in that format for your college. :)