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TexPoint - The LaTex Add-In for PowerPoint

created by George Necula (necula@cs.berkeley.edu) along with a number of Contributors
extended by Andreas Glatz

current Version: 2.6.1 (May 15, 2005)

What is TexPoint?

TexPoint is a Powerpoint add-in that enables the easy use of Latex symbols and formulas in Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. There are two main modes of operation: inline and display. In inline mode you can use Latex symbol-macro invocations such as "\alpha^2 \times \beta_0" on your Powepoint slides. In the display mode you can write any Latex source and Latex is run to produce a bitmap or vector graphic that is then inserted on the slide. The graphics object remembers its Latex source so you can modify it later.

If you are anxious to see what you get, take a look at TexPointdemo.ppt. Or take a look at a tutorial on TexPoint created by Bruce Tsai. However, you will not be able to operate on the included TexPoint displays until you install TexPoint.

Important notes:
  • Up to Version 2.0.3 Texpoint has been tested with PowerPoint 2000/XP/2003 on Windows 95/98/NT40/2000/XP and there are automatic setup bundles available.
    It was reported that it does not work with Office97 (or before).
    Version 1.5.4 was the first version ported to PowerPoint for Mac.
  • Starting with Version 2.5 Texpoint works with both Windows and Mac OS X Versions of PowerPoint. However it is tested only with PowerPoint XP on Windows XP and PowerPoint X/2004 on Mac OS X 10.3.
  • TexPoint does not yet work for Microsoft Word (or Excel).

The latest version can be downloaded from the Download page. Use the Installation page for setup instructions!


Acknowledgements

Thanks to Yummy for the great help with the fonts.
Thanks to many people for their encouraging emails and bug reports.
Some of the development tools used for this application were purchased with funds from University of California and Microsoft Research.

James O'Brien figured out how to use pstoedit to allow outline displays.

The following people contributed code patches:
  • Nicoli M Ames [nmames@MIT.EDU]
  • John Papandriopoulos [jpap@users.sourceforge.net]


last update 2005-05-15