how do I install PowerPointLatex?? I have saved and unzipped the files/folders, but now I am unsure how to install them so that microsoft office recognizes them.

Thanks!

1. I installed it on my laptop (by just clicking on the setup.exe file), and it works fine with the LaTeX web service. But how do I get it to work with my locally installed MikTeX? I've tried pointing the LaTeX service to MikTeX, and then setting this to either C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex or C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin, but neither works.

2. I tried to install it on my machine at work (for which I do have admin privileges) and got this error message:

Name: From: file:///C:/DOCUME~1/gfox/LOCALS~1/Temp/7zO5DE8.tmp/PowerPointLaTeX.vsto

Downloading file:///C:/DOCUME~1/gfox/LOCALS~1/Temp/7zO5DE8.tmp/PowerPointLaTeX.vsto did not succeed.

Exception Text System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException?: Downloading file:///C:/DOCUME~1/gfox/LOCALS~1/Temp/7zO5DE8.tmp/PowerPointLaTeX.vsto did not succeed. ---> System.Net.WebException?: Could not find file 'C:\Documents and Settings\gfox\Local Settings\Temp\7zO5DE8.tmp\PowerPointLaTeX.vsto'. ---> System.Net.WebException?: Could not find file 'C:\Documents and Settings\gfox\Local Settings\Temp\7zO5DE8.tmp\PowerPointLaTeX.vsto'. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException?: Could not find file 'C:\Documents and Settings\gfox\Local Settings\Temp\7zO5DE8.tmp\PowerPointLaTeX.vsto'. File name: 'C:\Documents and Settings\gfox\Local Settings\Temp\7zO5DE8.tmp\PowerPointLaTeX.vsto'

at System.IO.Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream?.Init(String path, FileMode? mode, FileAccess? access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare? share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions? options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream?..ctor(String path, FileMode? mode, FileAccess? access, FileShare? share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions? options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.Net.FileWebStream?..ctor(FileWebRequest? request, String path, FileMode? mode, FileAccess? access, FileShare? sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async) at System.Net.FileWebResponse?..ctor(FileWebRequest? request, Uri uri, FileAccess? access, Boolean asyncHint) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.FileWebResponse?..ctor(FileWebRequest? request, Uri uri, FileAccess? access, Boolean asyncHint) at System.Net.FileWebRequest?.GetResponseCallback?(Object state) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.FileWebRequest?.EndGetResponse?(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.FileWebRequest?.GetResponse?() at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader?.DownloadSingleFile?(DownloadQueueItem? next) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.VisualStudio?.Tools.Applications.Deployment.ClickOnceAddInDeploymentManager?.GetManifests?(TimeSpan? timeout) at Microsoft.VisualStudio?.Tools.Applications.Deployment.ClickOnceAddInDeploymentManager?.InstallAddIn?()

Any advice?

Hello,

this is a great tool. I used Texpoint for a long time. But now its not free anymore. Just installed your PPTLatex and its great. Even better than Texpoint and FREE! Many thanks! One question lasts: Do you think there is a chance to get it working with Word? I generally use Tex for publications but from time to time Word is goos as well. So i would really like to edit euqations in Latex-style within word. Any idea if this is possible?

Thanks again for the great tool,

Haench

Does anyone know if this works with powerpoint 2010? (I'll get a copy soon, but don't have one yet to test.)

Hello,

Great tool...really!...Thanks so much for your work!!

I have always used TeXPoint, but on my new system-- Win7 Pro x64 (with Office 2007)--I am using your software.

Tim.

@nicole.goebel: After unzipping all the files, run setup.exe. That should be all.

@gafox1: The MiKTeX path should be C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8 (just the base path to your MiKTeX installation). I'm not sure about your second problem. Maybe you can download the zip into a different directory and not open it straight away from your browser?

@sebastian.schwarzendahl: Thank you. I haven't considered porting it to Word yet, but it shouldn't be difficult. However, at the moment I don't have the resources to work on it. Especially since it is difficult to test for bugs without working with the tool itself, I'm not sure I'd want to release anything without writing something on my own with it (with purpose so that I have to use it for real).

@T.L.Alderson: Thank you :-)

Awesome plugin! Works a charm!

Thanks!

Hi, thanks for this great tool. works very well- also with powerpoint 2010.

It would be great if one can import packages in the preamble. I need colored equations and also simple alignment for multi-line equations. Is this possible?

Thanks, alex

Got it working with PP2010! Thanks so much!

I installed PPTlatex, but when I type formulas, a blank box appears without a formula. How do you solve this problem?

My comment is the same as that from alex placed on Nov 18, 2010

I cannot put an use color package in the preamble. I need say white formulas on a black backgroung, How can I get them?

PowerPointLaTex? is a great tool! Thanks for developping it, Juan

Just wanted to thank you for your work. It works very well. You are saving me hours of clicking.

Thank a lot!

@sven Click on the LaTex? ribbon in ppt, click preferences. If you have MikTex? installed then select MikTex? Services in General. Then go in MikTex? service tab and make sure the path is the correct path to where MikTex? is installed on your computer. If you do not have MikTex? then you can just LaTex? webservice in the general tab.

Hope this helps.

Hi blackhc,

First of all, thank you for making this add-in. It really helped me.

But when I try to add some \usepackage{XYZ} to the Miktex servise-> preamble, my formula is just literally "XYZ"+what I typed in the box. So my question is how to use preamble?

Thanks

Sean S.

hallo

great job! a minor issue: why all formula are inline? i.e even when I try the formula editor, it generates perfectly the output but always in inline mode. I mean, why \begin{equation} \end{equation} doesnt work? I specifically do prefer to have \sum_i with i being below the sum-sign and not slightly after it (which is the inline feature).

Cheers Reza