Can you use PowerPoint on an iPhone?

an iPhone Using PowerPoint on the iPhone

So you’ve bought your iPhone and played with all the little functions, gasped at the brilliant iTunes interface and browsed your favourite sites on the Internet, and you’re starting to realise that this iPhone is a really great piece of technology. But what else can it do for you? Well, as the iPhone is in fact really a mini computer, it can be used as an excellent little portable presentation machine.

So how do you get your PowerPoint presentation onto the iPhone?

You can’t actually run your PPT files directly but you can convert your PPTs to an appropriate format such as MP4, a common video format for various mobile devices including the iPhone.

There are converters available around the web, such as PPTMovie

When you convert the PPT to a movie suitable for the iPhone you’ll need to resize it for the screen which is 480×320px, you’ll also need to choose a compression setting to get optimum file size as storage on an iPhone is limited. Remember though, that higher compression will not only reduce file size but also quality, so choose with care.

You’ll also have other options to choose from, such as how to control the movie, as well as various audio settings.

Another option is IVTStudio software. This software “enables users to publish and share video podcasts which alternate video clips with full-screen PowerPoint slides.”

Displaying your iPhone presentation

So your presentation is on your iPhone, which is great for close viewing, for one-to-one presentations and for practising while commuting, but as well as viewing it on the iPhone itself you can hook it up to a TV, monitor or projector. You just connect the appropriate Audio/Video connectors into the iPhone base dock. Exactly which cables you’ll need will depend on your playback equipment, but there are already many available.

14 July 2007

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Comments on: Can you use PowerPoint on an iPhone?

There are a serial of ppt converter just like ppt-to-wmv, ppt-to-avi, ppt-to-mp4. if you want to play your presentation on ipod, try to find them on google,yahoo.

Posted by Judith.R — 10 March 2008 @ 4:33 am

“You canâ€™t actually run your PPT files directly”

How? We need to run NATIVE PowerPoint and Keynote files to use the iPhone as the ultimate wired and wireless presentation remote. Is that possible?

Thanks.

Posted by PreX — 14 June 2008 @ 4:33 pm

Is it possible to convert PPTs for use on iPhone and for presenting or projecting on a projector. This is a key feature i need and used to have with my windows mobile device that could not only look at PPTs but then with a cable connect to a projector and project the higher quality version onto a projector.

Thank you

Posted by Bharat — 9 July 2008 @ 6:34 am

To get your PowerPoint to iPhone.
Convert the PowerPoint to a proper format first,

Posted by Alex — 23 July 2008 @ 6:54 am

probably the most convenient way of using ppt on iphone is actually converting it to pdf first – for example import ppt to google dosc and save as pdf, or print with pdf printer

Posted by keynell — 4 October 2008 @ 11:44 am

Keynell

This is a great idea.

Thnaks

Posted by admin — 6 October 2008 @ 5:44 pm

We need full blown presentations with transitions animations, etc. And we need to control them back and forward like a native presentation, not a movie stream or a collection of static slides. Something like this, but for the iPhone or iPod touch (because even the MacBook Air is too heavy and large for us):

impatica. com /showmate

Is that possible? We need thousands for our University. Thanks.

Posted by PreX — 30 October 2008 @ 7:06 pm

I recommend FileSync from Jeff-Net. You can view PDFs, PPTs, XLSs, and DOCs. Works great and it has email support, too, to mail files from your iPhone to other users.

Posted by Aaron — 6 January 2009 @ 5:38 pm

How do i Show my Powerpoint in phone through a tv?

Posted by Andre — 1 March 2009 @ 4:41 pm

So, is it possible to use an iphone and project my slides (ppt) in a projector?
Thanks, Celso

Posted by Celso — 23 March 2009 @ 3:27 am

You might want to consider Makayama’s iPresenter (http://www.makayama.com/ipresenter.html) – remote control with a slide view included, so you don’t have to turn around to see the screen!

Posted by David — 20 April 2009 @ 6:06 pm

MightyMeeting (http://www.mightymeeting.com) is an online service where you can upload or email a presentation. It gets stored in your private library and can be viewed on an iphone. You can also run mobile web conferences, phone-to-pc, pc-to-phone, pc-to-pc, and phone-to-phone. The service is now in beta. Check it out.

Posted by mightymeeting — 29 May 2009 @ 2:04 am

Try E-Mailing ur PowerPoint to your own e-mail adress and open it on your phone’s mail app.
(It’s not great)

Posted by Rick.. — 16 December 2009 @ 7:56 pm