Use LaTeX in Powerpoint
Tool 1: BlackHC’s PowerPoint Tools
Currently contains two PowerPoint 2007 addins: PowerPointLaTeX – an addin that allows you to embed LaTeX formulas into your presentations more easily and in a more user-friendly way than comparable software (TexPoint for example). LanguagePainter – a tiny tool to help you create presentations in languages different from your keyboard layout and helps you avoid some of the quirks of PowerPoint’s language settings.
Download the new build at: http://code.google.com/p/powerpointtools/downloads/list
Tool 2: TeXPPT
TeXPPT is a lightweight add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 that let you directly type LaTeX formulas in your presentations.
It requires MiKTeX and Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.
Formula are real PowerPoint object (vector graphics) not just images: you can magnify equations without spoiling them, use colors, drop shadows and even animate them… This also means that TeXPPT does not have to be installed in order to view a PowerPoint presentation containing equations created with TeXPPT.
Feel free to redistribute and share.
Download here (new! beta v1.99 9/23/09)
You will need to install the .NET Framework 3.5, the Microsoft Primary Interop Assemblies, and the VSTO Runtime 3.0 for Office 2007 if they don’t get installed automatically. You should also apply the latest patches for Office 2007.
Since the update to MiKTeX 2.8, Computer Modern fonts were changed and are presently incompatible with the way Microsoft handles Postscript (feel free to complain to them…). You should uninstall MiKTeX and reinstall a fresh copy of MiKTeX 2.7.
