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PowerPoint 2007 Viewer

Sat, 16 May 2009 15:33:13 +0000

If you need to view a Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 document (.pptx) you can download the free view directly from Microsoft here.

(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en)

Computer Basics – Resource List – Tools

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:54:10 +0000

This is a starter post for computer basics. As family, friends, and fellow Deacon aspirants present computer hardware and software queries, they’ll be added to the “Computer Basics” category, and as resources are found to be helpful, they’ll be added to this post.

Antivirus - http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

GoodSearch – The search engine that gives back
http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=843986

OpenOffice – the free and open productivity suite (an alternative to Microsoft Office)
http://www.openoffice.org

Firefox - a web browser that works (as opposed to Internet Explorer 4, 5, and 6)
http://www.mozilla.com

Safari – Another browser alternative
http://www.apple.com/safari/

Large list of open source alternatives to Windows-based applications: http://whdb.com/2008/the-top-50-proprietary-programs-that-drive-you-crazy-and-their-open-source-alternatives/

Computer Basics – Resource List – Help

Fri, 16 May 2008 20:53:50 +0000

Windows:
Vista: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/
Windows: http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/windows/

Microsoft Word and OpenOffice Write – Word Processors
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/default.aspx
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/category_index/wordprocessing.html
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org/Writer

OpenOffice - a free alternative to Microsoft Office:
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/index.html