PowerPoint

Joshua Blake is back with an update to his Kinect PowerPoint Control project... Kinect PowerPoint Control v1.2Updated for Kinect SDK v1.7... This project shows how to use the Kinect SDK to do basic gesture recognition to control PowerPoint. ... UsageCompile and run the application Point the Kinect…

This is a sample from the K4W community.  Josh Blake, K4W MVP, built an application that allows you to advance PowerPoint slides using Kinect gestures. This video provides a quick walkthrough of the important parts of the source code.  Check out part one which shows how the application…

This is a sample from the K4W community.  Josh Blake, K4W MVP, built an application that allows you to advance PowerPoint slides using Kinect gestures. This video provides a quick demonstration of the features of the application.  Check out part two which walks through the important parts…

Today's Kinect Project is one of the favorite kinds, controlling PowerPoint with gestures, via the Kinect. This one is different in that it's based on a PowerPoint add-in, so has a better connection (no pun intended) to the presentation (i.e. no need for SendKey tricks) Creating a PowerPoint add-in…

Ask any business guru, and they probably won’t tell you that the secret to being a superstar in your organisation isn’t about how hard you work, the results you produce, or your ability to network. It’s all about the fonts you use in your documents. Sure, anyone can write 50,000 words on the…

There’s a new Microsoft Office add-in that lets you search for and download online images into Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint (either 2007 or 2010 versions). The images come from Veer, a site that offers an online collection of professional photography and illustrations for purchase. The…

Over at iStartedSomething, Long Zheng exported one of the Office 2010 Powerpoint presentations to a video so you can see the type of advanced animation possible using the DirectX engine in PowerPoint 2010. The presentation gives you 5 rules to follow to make great presentations. If you…

Remember when we told you about the Twitter Tools for PowerPoint created by SAP? This handy toolset which originally included a Twitter ticker bar, a feedback slide, and a voting slide has now been updated to include more tools and features. In the latest release, posted on SAP’s Web 2.0 blog,…

LG and AT&T have just announced the launch of a new Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone with one standout feature: a built-in projector for displaying PowerPoint slideshows on the go. OK, OK, that’s not all the projector can be used for – the DLP pico projector can display other media too, like…

There’s a new tool called Workshare Compare for PowerPoint, which will appeal to power users of PowerPoint who create large, complex, and complicated presentations using the Microsoft Office slideshow software. The purpose of the software is to track and manage edits made in slides from…