[log in to unmask]">Keynote does a very good job of opening PPT files. Not perfect, I have seen rare instances of issues. It also exports pretty good PPT files. It can not make all it's effect work the same as in PPT, as keynote is a bit more sophisticated, but the basic stuff and some animations will convert. You will need to limit your font choices to ensure compatibility if you are moving the PPT to a PC for display. Video compatibility across platforms can be an issue. Keynote only works on a mac, and the older version can not open newer versions, if you have some machines on older OS and some on newer OS you could run into that issue.
I actually use Keynote to extract the image content of PPT files when I need to use the art in other situations.
Britt
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