TexPoint A LaTeX Add-in for Powerpoint version 3.0

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TexPointA LaTeX Add-in for Powerpointversion 3.0

• George Necula and Andreas Glatz
• texpoint_at_necula.org

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What is TexPoint

• TexPoint is a Powerpoint add-in that allows easy
  use of Latex symbols and formulas in Powerpoint
  presentation
• See http//texpoint.necula.org for details on how
  to use and install TexPoint.
• You can view this presentation even without
  having TexPoint installed
• However, some font tables will be wrong if you do
  not have the AMS fonts installed

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Usage

• Usage TexPoint can be used in inline or display
  mode
• Inline usage
• You write \alpha_0 \otimes \beta_\approx1
  \rightarrow\alpha \Gamma
• Press ALT-X-X and it turns into a0 Ä b1 a G
• Or you write \sumn_i1 i2 x \and \forall
  y. y \geq 5 \implies \exists x. x \leq y
• Press ALT-X-X and it turns into åni1 i2 x Ù
  y. y ³ 5 Þ x. x y
• Display usage
• You press ALT-X-D and you are prompted to edit
  standard Latex source for a display
• Once you have a display you can double click on
  it, or you can right-click on it. Try it on the
  display below

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More About Inline Mode

• You can do a lot of formatting without leaving
  the keyboard
• E.g. \fontArial\bfa\underlinebc
• Turns into abc
• You can define per-presentation initialization
  macros with arguments
• E.g. \newcommandand0\wedge
• E.g. \newcommandtype31 \vdash 2 3
• E.g. \newcommandunion0\fontchrSymbol201
• You have access to almost all symbol macros that
  AMS Latex defines
• The macro arguments preserve their font style
• E.g. \typeGbolda font expands to G bold
  a font

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More About Display Mode

• You can do anything that Latex can do
• Displays can be colored (using color Latex
  commands)
• ... or can be made to blend on the slide
• Displays can be processed as usual bitmaps (size,
  position, brightness, contrast) and in addition
  their Latex source can be changed.
• They can be copied and pasted even in other
  presentations since their Latex source is
  embedded in them.