IguanaTeX: 파워포인트에서 TeX 입력하는 방법
Description
The native equation editor in PowerPoint is quite crude. Although it somewhat follows TeX syntax, it’s virtually unusable, and the most significant issue is that the equations do not look good. For presentation materials, unattractive equations are a critical flaw. Consequently, for presentation materials requiring a lot of equations, TeX’s beamer format is often used. However, because TeX was not developed for creating presentation materials, using beamer is essentially akin to creating presentation materials in a TeX environment with `contortions`. In particular, for presentations containing many images, GIFs, or videos, PowerPoint is far superior. Excluding equations, PowerPoint absolutely dominates over beamer when it comes to creating presentation materials. In other words, if the equation-related parts are supplemented, using PowerPoint is far better than using beamer.
IguanaTeX is an add-in that allows the use of TeX syntax in PowerPoint. It operates with actual TeX syntax to render equations, so TeX needs to be installed on your computer. Either MiKTeK or TeX Live must be installed. Since one can directly copy and paste equations used in papers or reports, it’s very convenient for inserting equations into presentations.
Installation
The description is based on Windows OS. Click on the ‘Download’ tab on the IguanaTeX homepage.
① Click the ‘Download from Github’ link, and ② download the *.ppam file from ‘Add-in for Windows’. Alternatively, you can also download a previous version from the ‘Download’ tab with little impact on the overall situation.
Place the downloaded *.ppam file into the C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns path. Note that the AppData folder is hidden, so you need to set it to display hidden folders.
Run PowerPoint, click on the ‘File’ tab ①, and select ‘Options’. ② Click on the ‘Add-ins’ tab, ③ choose ‘Manage’ as ‘PowerPoint Add-ins’, and ④ press the ‘Go’ button.
Click the ‘Add New’ button. When the file explorer opens, select the *.ppam file you downloaded earlier. After confirming the installation, click ‘Close’. You will see that a new ‘IguanaTeX’ tab has appeared on the right side of the ‘Help’ tab.
Usage
You can insert new equations from the ‘New LaTeX Display’ option in the ‘IguanaTeX’ tab. The rendered equations are vector images, so they won’t pixelate when resized. By clicking on the image and then the ‘Edit LaTeX Display’ option in the ‘IguanaTeX’ tab, you can modify the TeX code.
The following shows an equation inserted using IguanaTeX (above) and an equation inserted using PowerPoint’s native equation editor (below).
Environment
- OS: Windows 11
- Version: Tex Live 2023, IguanaTeX_v1_61