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Put the add-in file somewhere convenient, and then add it to PowerPoint by clicking File then Options, clicking Add-ins in the options list on the left, then choose PowerPoint Add-ins from the Manage drop-down, and click Go.

#Powerpoint add ons for mac download#

Download the latex PowerPoint add-in from here.

#Powerpoint add ons for mac windows#

( I’ve only tested this on the latest Office 365 on Windows 10.) To use LaTeX in PowerPoint you have to complete a few setup steps first. That’s right, this picture shows a real, editable, resizable, full-resolution equation in PowerPoint, created using LaTeX syntax! What’s the secret? Well… the secret is that Microsoft has actually included this functionality in PowerPoint for us, but they just totally butchered the front-end implementation, and failed to document it properly! So for my father’s day 2019 project, I created a little add-in to try to address that. If you’re one of those people looking to include LaTeX equations in PowerPoint, I’ve got some good news for you-have a look at this: Real equations in PowerPoint, using LaTeX syntax

Alignment commands don’t work, so alignment has to be done manually.

The equations don’t reflow with the text, so have to be manually placed.

The bitmap screenshot is low resolution, so doesn’t print well.

It’s hard to resize the text to match the equation picture, and visa versa.

The fonts are unlikely to match up correctly.

However this has it’s own problems, for instance: To avoid this problem, most scientists I’ve seen tend to copy screenshots from the LaTeX output of their papers, and paste them into PowerPoint. Although Microsoft Office equations have great keyboard support too, if you know where to look.

The GUI approach takes a lot longer to enter equations compared to LaTeX (once you’ve learned LaTeX’s syntax).

It’s a pain to have to re-enter all your equations again into a new tool.

Whilst PowerPoint has an equation editor of its own, it is not a great match for LaTeX-using scientists, because: There are many reasons for this, but one key one is that LaTeX provides great support for creating equations. However, for equation-heavy academic publishing, many scientists prefer LaTeX. So it’s not surprising that it’s a very popular tool-I see a lot of folks presenting PowerPoint presentations at machine learning talks that I attend. A LaTeX add-in for PowerPoint - my father's day project Written: by Jeremy Howardįor creating presentations there’s a lot of features in PowerPoint that are hard to beat.