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[Darkeru]

I've asked my I.T. Department (or rather had my co-teacher ask, since it seems they don't speak English and I don't speak Korean). They don't have a copy of Office or specifically of Powerpoint in English.

My question is, if I managed to track down a copy of Office for the same version, but in English language, would the code they're using for the Korean version currently work? Has anyone tried this?

[Underwaterbob]

Haven't tried it. I used OpenOffice's Impress. If you know Powerpoint at all, you can learn to use Impress in a matter of minutes. You can then save your files as PPTs and display them in Powerpoint. It does all the basics just fine, but I do have some troubles with embedded sounds and videos.

[Darkeru]

[shutterbugguy]

I teach in an International School, and have students with Windows computers and a variety of software: Korean or English Windows XP, Vista, 7, and MS Office in Korean or English, versions 97, 2000, 2003, 2007, and one 2010. The files are fully compatible, but sometimes there are some text wrap issues (I believe these are more simply related to just font issues). For example, some Powerpoint files made on their computers have silly text wrapping (line breaks not hyphenated properly and looking quite odd). But I've seen this happen in the US also when someone uses an odd font, so I think it is font-related, not language of the software's interface. Workable, yes. Perfect, no.

But as an "English only" school, I am not qualified to use student computers or help them with their applications. That is one thing Macs have going for them is the ability to change the OS interface language with a few clicks (not just the language that the keyboard is typing). I have heard that Windows 7 Ultimate K edition can do this (change the OS language interface on the fly), but don't have the Ultimate K edition.

[pkang0202]

I don't like OpenOffice.

I've used it before, and I hate how the formatting for the presentations don't always show up correctly on Powerpoint. The last thing I need is to have to go through every slide and fix things like Font sizes, placement of text, etc...

[wormholes101]

^ agreed

[nobbyken]

Anyone tried Windows Live docs online or even Google docs?
They are pretty good. Do the bulk of the work with Openoffice, but check it and format where necessary with an online application.