PlanPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is widely used for a variety of presentations, from academic to business ones. This situation has meant an increase in popularity for all plugins that increase productivity, the power of the Office suite, or simply allow users more freedom when designing their presentations.

PlanPoint is one such plugin that allows users to customize their slideshows by adding timer effects, which can hide slides during user-defined intervals. The addon integrates seamlessly with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 or later and new users will find its dedicated ribbon highly intuitive and easy to grasp.

The addon can be employed both with old presentations or new projects and putting it to work requires only a simple tick on the “PlanPoint enabled” checkbox. There are multiple scheduling choices for users, including options to display slides only during selected days and even during certain hours.

What's more, adding time constraints can be performed by picking dates from a built-in calendar. Two auxiliary options control the slideshow's behavior when time constraints are eliminated. For example, one can adjust the show to jump immediately to a scheduled slide, once the time limits are eliminated. Another option is to show the slide at an exact hour or skip it altogether.

One of the great features of this add-in is that it allows one to schedule individual slides from within the same show. This is a great method of creating highly customized presentations, which are tailor-made for the specific tastes and needs of users.

To sum up, PlanPoint is a simple, but effective PowerPoint add-in that can be useful to anyone interested in inserting time constraints to their presentations.