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Visual Studio Time Saver – Presenting code in PowerPoint

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Quick tips to make you more efficient in Visual Studio. Today’s tip: there is a great free add-in that makes it easier to show code in PowerPoint.

Have you ever had to display code in a PowerPoint presentation? PowerPoint is not designed for displaying snippets of code. I taught programming courses for years. Last year when I met a team of students at the Imagine Cup world finals who had built an add-in for Power Point for displaying code, I found myself starting to drool. Well their add-in has been published as a free app for Office. If you ever have to display code in Power Point you will want to check out Code Presenter Pro published by iGeek studio

If you don’t have an internet connection, or don’t have the app loaded on the laptop when you deliver your presentation, the code will appear as a screenshot slightly faded out. You may want to have a hidden slide with your code just in case you have any connectivity issues when you present.

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    May 31, 2015
    Looks cool, but does not work with PowerPoint for Mac :-(

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2015
    Hi David,   It should work with PowerPoint online. You may want to send a comment to the team asking them to support PowerPoint for Mac in a future release store.office.com/code-presenter-pro-WA104379263.aspx  is the URL for their store app so you can submit a review or comment.

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2015
    Hi David,    We're the app's developers. We don't know if PowerPoint for mac supports Web App...    If it supports Web App and you can access Office store from PowerPoint client, the app will be available for you. Thank you:-).    If you have any question, please contact us at email tianzhi183@outlook.com.

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2015
    Hey iGeek team! Appreciate you jumping into the conversation! App developers who listen and respond to their users are the best app developers!

  • Anonymous
    November 02, 2015
    I'm going to try this out over the next couple of months preparing for Trinug and TriPass presentations.

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2016
    Checkout these 5 simple tips for presenting code I've composed - http://www.slideshare.net/LookAtMySlides/codeware