pptPlex

pptPlex is a plugin for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 that offers several alternatives when it comes to putting together a slides presentation.

After a brief installation procedure, pptPlex creates a ribbon bar in PowerPoint, right next to "View". You can get an overview on all the slides contained by a presentation, as well as navigate them with the pan tool, starting from the first or current slide.

You can better organize your slides by dividing them into sections that you can apply labels to, as well as easily move these areas to any position in the deck.

PptPlex allows you to select one of the 13 available templates for the canvas background. Your PowerPoint presentation will look like a tour via a canvas that you can zoom into, rather than the common linear sequence of slides.

You may add live content from an Office or Word document, Excel spreadsheet, Visio diagram or another PowerPoint presentation. Several configuration settings are available through this plugin. For example, you can choose the slide transition type (none, spatial, bounce), apply settings to all slides or individually, as well as pick the slide arrangement mode (simple, spiral, zig-zag, special) and what parts to show (title, number).

The small app includes user documentation, has a good response time and uses a very low amount of CPU and system memory, so it doesn't affect PowerPoint's overall performance. It has a good response time and didn't cause us any issues during our tests, such as freezing, crashing or popping up errors. PptPlex should please all users who are looking for interactive means to present PowerPoint projects.