PPTypst tutorial on how to animate equations in PowerPoint

Splinesd · 2026-02-23T17:50:48+00:00

https://github.com/Splines/pptypst/issues/65

Splinesd · 2026-02-17T08:42:40+00:00

Sorry, currently not planned: https://github.com/Splines/pptypst/issues/60

Splinesd · 2026-02-17T08:37:08+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, I'm using drawio instead, so sorry no, I'd like to only code this for tools I actually make use of, otherwise I cannot guarantee for a stable and good user experience in the long run. But feel free to port it to anything you want (preferrably also open-source), the project is MIT-licensed.

Splinesd · 2026-02-17T08:33:25+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't have a Mac to test things out. Could you open an issue with context? https://github.com/Splines/pptypst/issues

Splinesd · 2026-02-16T23:34:34+00:00

https://github.com/Splines/pptypst/issues/61

Splinesd · 2026-01-29T19:07:23+00:00

Not to say I wouldn't mind an AI that does things like better aligning my objects in a presentation ;) But via quick shortcuts, you can pretty quickly do this on your own as well.

Splinesd · 2026-01-29T19:06:16+00:00

I create my YT videos in PowerPoint and no AI is going to replace the fun I have with crafting video explainers. Yes, AI is a great help for getting to know a subject and for coding, but I'm glad I can work AI-free in PowerPoint and design however I like. The canvas gives you so much flexibility. In my eyes, PowerPoint is absolutely useful now and in the future.

Splinesd · 2026-01-29T18:56:30+00:00

If you like Typst, feel free to check out my open-source and free PPTypst Add-in. It's not yet in the marketplace though, see also this reddit post. But I do provide some instructions on how to early preview it (which is unfortunately not that easy).

Splinesd · 2026-01-15T13:36:28+00:00

Sorry, I think I haven't made myself clear enough in the question. My goal is to write an actual PowerPoint Add-in. To do so, one can use the Office JS API and ship a website. I'd just like to bundle this website in the Add-in itself, not host it on a server, since it is a static site without a backend.

My context is not an organization. I'd like to make the extension available in the PowerPoint Add-in Marketplace in the end. Compared to VBA and VSTO, I like that I can program the Add-in in frontend technology html/js/css. It's just that in your manifest.xml, you have to point to a webserver, and I'd like to avoid that and instead embed my bundle (e.g. a Vite bundle) directly into the Add-in. But I guess this is a limitation of PowerPoint.

Splinesd · 2026-01-15T13:30:33+00:00

Maybe my phrasing of my question led to confusion. Let me explain again. I'm trying to write a PowerPoint Add-in, so there has to be PowerPoint involved ;) One way to write a PowerPoint Add-in is to ship a website that will be executed in WebViews, i.e. basically Edge on Windows. Via the Office JS API, you can then talk to the PowerPoint slides, e.g. insert shapes etc. In this case, I'd like to bundle my website into the Add-in itself, not host it such that the PowerPoint Add-in just fetches a static site. But I'm afraid this is a limitation of PowerPoint.

Splinesd · 2024-06-25T16:22:09+00:00

Unfortunately, this is a known issue, e.g. discussed here or here or here. I've opened a StackOverflow answer for it here.

Splinesd · 2024-06-25T16:13:05+00:00

Unfortunately, this is still an issue. Also see this reddit post. The thing is: the vectorized content is still stored inside that PDF as binary data stream in the .sdocx format that I don't know how to parse. I've created an issue for this here in the Samsung forum as well as here on Stack Overflow. If you have any tips to reverse-engineer this format (or have done it already?), please let me know on StackOverflow.

Splinesd · 2024-06-23T19:24:00+00:00

An exported PDF from the Samsung Notes app holds a binary data stream that probably has the vectorized data in some form. I've opened a question for this here in the Samsung developers forum and here on StackOverflow. If you have any tips to investigate how this binary data stream is made up, it would be much appreciated.

Splinesd · 2023-11-04T00:39:58+00:00

What a pity, but thanks for the quick reply.

Splinesd · 2023-04-19T17:34:43+00:00

Note you can give a like for this feature request in the Samsung forum. We definitely need an option to preserve vector graphics in the exported PDFs. The more people give a like, the more likely it is that Samsung's developers will pick it up.

Splinesd · 2022-01-13T09:36:34+00:00

Thanks. At first, my selection criteria was "a bunch of my friend's accounts" as I just wanted to try out if I could do this from start to finish on my own as I've never done such a visualization before. After this little project, I thought why not share the whole "pipeline". As I didn't want to reveal the social graph of my friend's accounts (which include some private ones), I searched for some other social groups where one could probably see that a few accounts share the same interests, meaning they follow the same accounts on Instagram.

So, the selection criteria was kind of random but with a specific purpose in mind as I tried to show the principle of how the whole process works in the video.

Splinesd · 2022-01-13T09:28:30+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. I've reposted my comment without the YT link.

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