PowerPoint to Go
PowerPoint is a communications platform at its core. We communicate ideas powerfully using PowerPoint in the board room, on the desktop, in the classroom, in the elevator, and on the go.
Wait. Did he say "In the elevator?" Sure, let me just pull out my Mac Book real quick and fire up PowerPoint for you here on the elevator. Oh wait, this is your floor? Elevator pitch is over? But I hadn't gotten to my killer slide yet to close the deal!
Back up. Let's try that elevator pitch again, this time using my iPhone. Now we're talking! Not only do you see that I'm a person of refined taste for using my iPhone, but I just showed you my killer deal-closing slide with just a few flicks of my finger. Bang, bang! You're sold, and we haven't even hit your floor yet. How about sashimi later? Great doing business with you, iPod!
Getting presentations from PowerPoint 2008 for Mac to your iPod or iPhone* is easy. PowerPoint exports your presentation as a series of pictures directly to iPhoto**, or saves those same slide images as pictures to your Pictures folder. From there, sync pictures to your iPod or iPhone through iTunes as usual, then use the built-in Photos or slide show program on your iPod or iPhone to show your presentation. No sweat!
Presentations look great on the big wide screens of iPhone and iPod Touch, but they look even better on a big screen TV or projected. Plug your iPod into a television or projector using the Apple Component AV or Composite AV cable and leave your laptop in the case.
Once your presentation is saved as pictures on your iPod or iPhone, there's really no limit to where you can communicate. At the karaoke bar, on a train, on the beach, or in a ski lodge. These are just a few ideas. Where do you want to go today?
* Works with any iPhone or iPod model that supports pictures, like the iPod Touch, iPod Classic or current generation iPod Nano.
** Requires iPhoto ‘06 or later.
Comments
Anonymous
November 27, 2007
That's pretty neat, but is there a reason you don't generate a movie instead of a collection of pictures? I hesitate to say it, but Keynote does this.Anonymous
November 27, 2007
Haven't previous versions of PowerPoint done this? We've been able to export slides as images forever, I think.Anonymous
November 27, 2007
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November 27, 2007
Really helpful! But, i don't want images , i want my ppt to video to make powerpoint on the go . I use PPT to iPod/iPhone which is developed by Wondershare Software: http://www.ppt-to-dvd.comAnonymous
November 27, 2007
"hello? Is that IT support? I am stuck in this Microsoft(r) Lift(r) and my phone based edition of powerpoint is saying to me 'QuickTime(TM) and a Photo - JPEG decompressor are needed to see this picture. ' - Is this normal?"Anonymous
November 28, 2007
Ain't 60six right on target? And now with MS's new file format, things can get even more interesting.Anonymous
November 28, 2007
PowerPoint 2004 has the ability to export as a QuickTime movie. This means that you could, in theory, import the QuickTime movie into iTunes, and then sync with your iPhone/iPod. I don't have an iPod or an iPhone (that must be a shock to everyone reading this) to test this but at least seem possible. Will PowerPoint 2008 allow me to export as a QuickTime movie? If not, doesn't iPhoto '08 (I know that iPhoto '06 does but I don't have iPhoto '08) allow you to make QuickTime movies of the images that are in an iPhoto library. Just another way to make your images into an actual movie. FYI, the QuickTime movies that are exported from PowerPoint 2004 do not have transitions.Anonymous
November 28, 2007
来年1月下旬に発売予定の「Office 2008 for Mac」の"Power...Anonymous
November 29, 2007
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November 29, 2007
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November 29, 2007
Oh, Blairn it's a MacBook not a 'Mac Book'. Thanks!Anonymous
November 30, 2007
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December 01, 2007
Just wondering if Office 2008 is still super charged for Leopard? I hope so.Anonymous
December 03, 2007
iWish that keynote and powerpoint were more compatible. And really, that power point was a better program too. Clearly, you have the developing power over there, maybe when no one else is around, the MDU can switch keynote with power point and no one will be the wiser, except you, me and anyone reading the apple/microsoft blog, http://ThunkDifferent.comAnonymous
December 03, 2007
That's pretty cool, but now if only I could get my MS Exchange email on my iPhone, that would be revolutionary. How about that, Microsoft? Apple's opening up iPhone, soon -- here's a big vote in favor of developing real apps there! Thanks!Anonymous
December 03, 2007
Will Office 2008 support multiple footnote/endnote streams, like other Wordprocessing programs?Anonymous
December 03, 2007
Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that buried somewhere in the "spaghetti code" that is Mac Office 2008, that a certain, err... gregarious CEO has embedded a command for "Order 66".... ahhh it all makes perfect sense to me now... <queue music to Star Wars main title>Anonymous
December 03, 2007
As Ross mention Keynote does all of the above, in fact Keynote really go beyond PPT. Full interactive QT no loss of transitions and interactivity. If your on a Mac no reason to use PPTAnonymous
December 04, 2007
Steve: (... If you're on Mac no reason to use PPT;) And if Apple would get is act together on a few Pages features, Mac users would nave no reason to put up with Word.Anonymous
December 05, 2007
You guys must be extremely busy finishing up Office 2008, there hasn't been any significantly new information or tutorials for December so far. Wish everyone in the MacBU all the best and hope you have a successful release.Anonymous
December 05, 2007
Compatibility.... Can you PLEASE make Mac Office 2008 and the Windows Office 2007 version work together. One of....no, THE reason I'd be buying Office 2008 is for compatibility.Anonymous
December 07, 2007
You guys are really bending over backwards for these updates. Slow down. I would like to know the answer to the previous question regarding Office 2008 being super charged for Leopard. I know that it will be turbo charged on Tiger,but super charged is soooo much better.Anonymous
December 07, 2007
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December 09, 2007
Have you run out of new features to tell us about?Anonymous
December 11, 2007
Hey, Connectivity, if you knew what you were talking about, you'd be on Apple's case, not the folks at MS, about iPhone compatibility. Currently, the only way the iPhone can talk to Exchange is via IMAP. That's not Microsoft's fault, it's Apple's because they left out a ton of cross-platform capability. Now, if you want to complain, complain about Mac PPT's inability to see CMYK images that the Windows version can see fine. That's one feature I'd sure like to see in 2008.Anonymous
December 11, 2007
Two weeks ago, I thought this post was cute. Fluff, but sort of fun fluff. Whilst waiting for some real information. Two weeks on, it's the last thing we've heard so far. Nothing of substance whatsoever. And certainly nothing that addresses any of the questions that people are actually asking on here. Besides, from what I've seen of far too many PowerPoint presentations... people have enough problems making them legible on a full projection screen. Never mind a handheld gadget. So this is nothing more that a toy. Where the real news?Anonymous
December 18, 2007
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January 03, 2008
Will PowerPoint for Mac 2008 be able to open password protected PowerPoint files from Windows? It's the biggest compatibility issue we Mac users face in my office with PowerPoint.Anonymous
January 19, 2008
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January 28, 2008
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February 05, 2008
Will PowerPoint 2008 for Mac import iTunes into slides?Anonymous
February 05, 2008
You can insert a song from your iTunes library into your slides: File > Insert Sound and Music > From File Note that you would have to send the file along with your presentation if you are playing on another computer, and if the iTunes file is one you purchased, the other computer would need to be authorized to play the file.