Learn how you can set PowerPoint 2011 for Mac as the default version if you have more than one version of PowerPoint installed.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: Microsoft PowerPoint 2011
OS: Mac OS X
Before we begin, let us make it clear that this tutorial is primarily for those people who have more than one version of PowerPoint installed on their Mac. Additionally, they are not happy about the version that launches when they open a PowerPoint file. Or they may find that PowerPoint files open in another program even if they have PowerPoint installed. If any of these situations sound familiar to you, then this tutorial is for you.
So first let us understand that yes, you really can have more than one version of PowerPoint, and indeed Microsoft Office
installed on your systems, as can be clearly seen from this screenshot of the Finder window that you see in
Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Multiple versions of Microsoft Office
Follow these steps to set PowerPoint 2011 for Mac as your default version:
See Also:
Set PowerPoint 2016 for Windows as the Default Version
Set PowerPoint 2016 for Mac as the Default Version
Set PowerPoint 2013 for Windows as the Default Version
Set PowerPoint 2010 for Windows as the Default Version
Set PowerPoint 2007 for Windows as the Default Version
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