Moving your Powerpoint presentation to an iPad is not an easy feat, since Microsoft never released a Powerpoint viewer for the iPad. But Slideshark has - and it's surprisingly useful.
Upload your presentation to your iPad
Uploading your presentation is very straight-forward:
- Create an account on Slideshark.
- Upload your presentation.
- If you have not done so yet, download the free iPad app from the AppStore.
- Log into the iPad app and download the presentation from the Slideshark's website.
That's it - you are ready to present.
Presenting from your iPad
On your iPad, use AirPlay or Apple's HDMI adapter to connect to your screen and present directly from your iPad. Even better, Slideshark supports a special presentation mode where your audience sees your presentation, but you see the slides, your notes, the prior and next slides. There's also a timer that allows you to keep track of the elapsed presentation time.
All of this works straight out of the box - we did not have to fiddle with fonts, colors, images or animations. Everything was preserved.
What's not supported
There are a number of Powerpoint features that are not supported:
- We could not play back any embedded videos.
- slide transitions did not work, either.
- According to Slideshark, advanced animations might not work fully either. Neither will hyperlinks or any 3rd-party components.
Verdict
Slideshark has instantly become our favorite Powerpoint presentation tool on the iPad. If we need video, we use Keynote. We don't miss the lack of transition support - less is often more when it comes to presenting. And everything else Slideshark handled well.
Highly recommended!
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