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Posted by Rob Knies<\/span><\/p>\n

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Making a business presentation can be daunting. Interaction with the audience might require you to change the flow of your presentation by jumping to a different section in your PowerPoint (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> presentation. Or you might want to show supporting evidence in an Excel (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> or Word (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> document. Either you\u2019ve faced these challenges or you\u2019ve seen somebody else address them, but you know the drill.<\/p>\n

With Office Remote (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, a collaboration between Microsoft Research and the Microsoft Office (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> engineering team, you can manage such modern presentation flows from the palm of your hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOffice Remote turns your phone into a smart remote that interacts with Microsoft Office on your PC,\u201d says Bert Van Hoof, an Office group program manager. \u201cThe app lets you control Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from across the room so you can walk around freely during presentations.\u201d<\/p>\n

This all can be yours, starting Nov. 18, when the app becomes available for download from the Windows Phone Store (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. All you need is a Windows Phone 8 (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> device, Office 2013 (all versions except Office 2013 RT), a Bluetooth-enabled PC, and the installation of a desktop add-in for Office Remote on your PC<\/a>, available on the download site. Once thus equipped, all you need for a flawless presentation is to open the Office document you want to project, pick up your phone, and begin your pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Office Remote,\u201d Van Hoof adds, \u201cyou can start your PowerPoint presentation, advance the slides, see your speaker notes, and control an on-screen laser pointer with a touch of your finger\u2014all from your phone. You can also navigate between Excel worksheets and graphs, and control data slicers from the palm of your hand. And you can scroll through a Word document or quickly jump to specific sections or comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

All this is a result of an ongoing collaboration between Office and Microsoft Research intended to enable more natural, seamless interaction across multiple screens and devices to help people create and communicate content more effectively.<\/p>\n

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Darren Edge (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of Microsoft Research explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make sure that we continue to create tools that deliver the best possible experiences to presenters and audiences,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is quite amazing how many people all over the world rely on PowerPoint to add memorable, visual impact to their presentations\u2014and how many of these presentations are delivered in meeting rooms, classrooms, ballrooms, and boardrooms every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is constantly evolving, though, and presentations need to evolve with it. We are building partnerships between Microsoft Research and Microsoft Office that will help bring innovations to products now and into the future. Office Remote is a great example of this: It brings together your large display, PC, and mobile device using services that we can continuously improve over time with the latest research and design concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, the app, operated via convenient, touch-based control, takes full advantage of existing projectors, large-screen televisions, and Lync (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>-meeting connections. Your Windows devices talk to each other to make things easier for you. As a result, you can show what you want when you want.<\/p>\n

In addition, these intelligently connected devices enable you to present one experience on your PC while simultaneously controlling what you\u2019re presenting from your phone.<\/p>\n

Van Hoof mentioned the highlights of the Office Remote capabilities above, but those are not the only scenarios the app enables. Consider:<\/p>\n