so, yeah, rachel mcadams is pretty

[schmerica]

Yesterday I watched Wedding Crashers, for the first time since it was in theaters, and seeing it now there were two main differences that struck me.

First, the ability to fast forward through every scene with Will Ferrell is a godsend.

Second, when I had originally seen the movie, I hadn't seen Alias yet, so Rachel McAdams's evil boyfriend didn't really make an impression on me. But this time, I spent every scene with Bradley Cooper covering my mouth and saying, "Omigod Will Tippin what have you done?"

Sydney would so not approve. Nor would Jack. (Although, wow, that really makes a fun mental game, doesn't it? Every crappy movie or romantic comedy in existence is suddenly more entertaining imagining Jack's response to everyone involved.)

Finally, here is a question that does not have anything to do with the rest of this entry: my humanities professor posts her lecture notes from class online, which is wonderful. But unlike every other professor I've known who does this, she doesn't convert the files to pdf first, but instead leaves them as ppt. Now, I do not have Powerpoint on my computer. Is there any way I can read these files, or convert them to something else I can read?

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[lorem_ipsum]

Microsoft has made a Power Point Viewer program, like the Adobe Acrobat Viewer, but I don't know if it's free.

There are websites where you can upload a file and have it converted to PDF for free. Lemme see if I can find the link...

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Awesome -- someone posted with the link at the same time as you. Thanks!

[corinna-5.livejournal.com]

Powerpoint Viewer!

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010449811033.aspx

Also, the next time I watch a crappy movie, I will imagine Jack glowering his disapproval in the background. I think it will help.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! This only confirms my sense of lj friends list as the source of all knowledge.

Also, the next time I watch a crappy movie, I will imagine Jack glowering his disapproval in the background. I think it will help.

I can't see how it wouldn't, seriously.

[corinna-5.livejournal.com]

Google is the source of all knowledge: I am only its messenger.

When you are done with the class, and have received your grade, you might want to suggest to your professor that PDFing her slides is easy enough (there are freeware converters) and more secure all around.

I can't see how it wouldn't, seriously.

Jack makes almost everything better. It's true!

[in-stead.livejournal.com]

You can, if you like, download Powerpoint Viewer (here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&displaylang=en)), which allows you to view powerpoint presentations but not make them.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay! Thank you very much!

[mondschein1.livejournal.com]

I see a bunch of people hve already given you Poweroint Viewer -- but if you want to get a program that makes the slides, too, for whatever reason, you can download Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org/). It's shareware, and it is shiny and makes me happy. I don't own MS Office at all, because I'm using Oppen Office. :)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks!

[eledhwenlin]

You could install OpenOffice. It's just the same as Windows Office, but it's free (it was formerly a Linux-application, so it was created open-source).
So you could view the ppt. OpenOffice can also convert files into pdf.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I wonder if a day will ever come when I am not utterly baffled by the fact that Bradley Cooper has a TV-and-film-and-theatre (Broadway! with Julia Roberts and ... that other guy whose name I forget!) career.