Jan 19, 2023 | Articles, DataPoint
Business presentations have a reputation for being boring. Too many slides with bullet points and reams of financial tables. Here are our creative business presentation ideas to help you break out of boring and into grabbing your audience’s attention. One Point...
Nov 8, 2022 | DataPoint, FAQ
Data security is a major concern for all organizations. With today’s world of international hackers, social media tracking, and overreaching government surveillance, it’s important to know how your organization can protect its data. With this in mind, we...
Oct 4, 2022 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Government
In this article, we discuss how Robertson County Government in Tennessee in the US used DataPoint to create their own election dashboard software for their election viewing party. A big thank you to Chet Biggers, IT Manager for Robertson Country for sharing this story...
Sep 27, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
Microsoft Office is a very powerful tool that can be even more powerful with PowerPoint automation. Why do you need to use Automation in PowerPoint? Let’s face it – we are all far too busy to be spending time copying and pasting numbers, pictures, and...
Sep 20, 2022 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Scoreboards
This story comes from the UK and shows how one of our clients, British Gymnastics, uses DataPoint as scoreboard software for some of their events. About British Gymnastics British Gymnastics is the National Governing Body for Gymnastics in the UK. They are based at...
Sep 1, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Imagine if each person in your audience received a customized presentation just for them based on their needs and interests. That’s right: a custom presentation. Just for them. If you can’t imagine it, that’s because it sounds impossible—but not by...
Jul 16, 2022 | DataPoint, Digital Signage
Digital signage is exploding. Are you missing out? Here are some digital signage benefits your business or organization should take advantage of right now. #1: Easier Content Creation Creating content for digital signage is much easier than creating content for...
Jun 25, 2022 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Digital Signage
In this case study, we explore how St John Properties uses DataPoint to create their building lobby digital signage directories. About St. John Properties St. John Properties is a commercial Real Estate company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. St. John...
Jun 19, 2022 | DataPoint, FAQ
I know there is the RSS news ticker feature. But, I wonder if we could have a word doc, excel file, or something with rows of text and set up a slide so that each time it comes up, it will randomly select a line of text to display? We wanted to do something like a...
Jun 13, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Microsoft recently announced Power BI PowerPoint integration, finally connecting two of their major software products – their premier data reporting tool (Power BI) with the world’s leading presentation software (PowerPoint). Let’s examine their...
Jun 4, 2022 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
A recent question by one of our clients wondering if they can use PowerPoint as a certificate maker to generate bulk certificates. Is it possible to generate certificates in bulk? I want to create a certificate for all our students, designed in PowerPoint, and then...
May 19, 2022 | DataPoint, How-To
A ticking countdown timer on a television screen is great to announce an event or launch of something. As a business owner or as a good leader in an office or company, you need to create awareness or trigger curiosity for an event. So, you are to announce your event...
May 12, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
Recently I was asked by a customer if DataPoint can show thematic maps, colored by data. A thematic map is a type of map that portrays the geographic pattern of a particular subject matter in a geographic area or shape. Of course, the answer was yes, but you need to...
May 3, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage
QR codes (also called quick-response codes) are like barcodes, but they’re made to be scanned by a cell phone camera. They’re used by businesses today in all kinds of ways—from marketing to creating a seamless payment experience. The beauty of QR codes is...
Apr 25, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage, Weather
Download our free New York weather template for PowerPoint. This template displays the current weather conditions, the high temperature and low temperature of the day, as well as the forecasted weather for the next five days. This free New York weather template will...
Apr 4, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen
“Data” and “report” are the two words you are well accustomed to, even though you may or may not have to deal with it every day. But in case you have to create reports and manage dashboards every single day, then you are already aware of how arduous it is to manually...
Mar 27, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen
QR code images or quick response images are often used in prints and displays. These can be scanned with your telephone’s camera app. This camera app detects that it is a QR code image, and translates the information into a link to a destination where you can...
Feb 28, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Healthcare
In this video, we show you how to create a live coronavirus dashboard using PowerPoint and the PowerPoint add-on, DataPoint. Then we break down some of the steps and show how-to screenshots in the article. Find A Coronavirus Dashboard Data Feed The first step is to...
Feb 21, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Creating reports and data presentations out of scratch can be a hefty task and requires lots of research. The process begins with the collection of most updated numbers and stats found in the internet or any other source and then operation to sort out those data...
Feb 14, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint
Customers all over the world use our DataPoint plugin for PowerPoint to run a real-time slideshow with up-to-date news, weather, key performance indicators, messages, etc. Some want to add inspirational or funny quotes to this slideshow to motivate personnel....
Feb 7, 2022 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, How-To
You are already aware of the fact that Microsoft Office is a very powerful tool and a lot of things can be easily done using the Office software such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, etc. most of these products have been designed to make your...
Jan 31, 2022 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage, Dynamic elements, How-To, Weather
In this webinar recording, PresentationPoint partner Kurt Dupont shows how to set up a Live Weather display using PowerPoint and our PowerPoint add-ons, DataPoint, or Dynamic Weather. Have a look at this exclusive and in-depth webinar about showing real-time and live...
Dec 20, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen, How-To
Here is a recording of a recent webinar we put together on “Amazing Things You Can Do With Airtable and PowerPoint” exploring how you can use Airtable for online data collection and then use DataPoint to show Airtable data in real-time on PowerPoint....
Dec 11, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
The last countdown event of the year is always the countdown that we all do; the countdown with family and friends to New Year. Think about Times Square, New York. That is the best example of counting down to New Year. You can create that same effect in your office,...
Dec 7, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
A computer or television screen that counts down to next Christmas, creates attention and Xmas-awareness. This awareness is very important for shops. Public holidays or celebrations generate extra sales. Imagine Valentine. When you see that tomorrow it is Valentine,...
Dec 7, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Industrial/Manufacturing
If you are white-collar personnel or a firm whose whole work involves dealing with numbers, data (i.e., creating reports and presentations) and dashboard, you know how difficult it is to sort them out and arrange them in one place. But what if you can do much more...
Nov 30, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Digital Signage, Education, iPoint, SignageTube
Technology has made our daily lives effortless in almost every aspect. Especially when the pandemic hit us and going outside for either work or school became totally restricted. Technology played a pivotal role and connected us with our family, school, work etc. With...
Nov 23, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
Technology has heavily influenced our daily life, making our lives easier in every aspect. Daily necessities have become easily available and affordable. In the corporate world, where people often have to track and play with numbers, technology has created different...
Nov 9, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
Updating data manually is always a hefty task. You have to go through piles of pages to find a few relevant pieces of information you are looking for. But does it end there? Unfortunately, the answer is no. After finding the data you are looking for, you will have to...
Oct 26, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
The Power of Data Dashboards Wherever your eyesight wanders around, you will see data, and with every step, you will experience the changes it has brought about. For example, if you look in the world of business, data is being used constantly to analyze, innovate,...
Oct 15, 2021 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage
Congratulations Sotheby’s for this new record #loveisinthebin. Looking totally different now at all the shredded invoices and papers here in our recycle bin . Nice to see that real-time information on your screen there with our DataPoint presentation software....
Oct 12, 2021 | DataPoint, Evergreen
Here is a recording of a webinar we did showcasing a wide range of ways to use DataPoint and PowerPoint, including digital signage, multi-language presentations, news, weather, politics, live polls, and much more. Please hit the Like and Subscribe buttons on this...
Sep 13, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen
Our customers often use PowerPoint to create menu boards and price lists. A good tip for price lists is to show your items for as long as possible. The risk of a PowerPoint price list is that you are going to use multiple slides to show all your items and...
Aug 20, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
This week we added a great feature to our DataPoint (Enterprise edition). This edition already includes a PowerPoint generator to generate individual and personalized presentations and documents for you, via its Snapshot Save As feature. But we have added an...
Aug 3, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Transportation
The trucking industry is a challenging one, with many logistics to manage. In this video, we will show you how to set up a truck logistics dashboard using PowerPoint and our PowerPoint add-on, DataPoint. Why are Truck Logistics Important? Truck logistics dashboards...
Jul 6, 2021 | DataPoint, Evergreen
Here is the recording of Kurt Dupont’s webinar, “Create Data Visualization Infographics in PowerPoint.” Questions about data visualization infographics? Contact us and we would be happy to help. Case Studies Sales Dashboard Case Study Teacher...
Jul 4, 2021 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, Non-profit
In this video and article, we provide a non-profit digital signage case study, showing how Bravo Ambulance uses our DataPoint software to communicate with their dispatchers, paramedics, and other team members. Thanks to Tony Napoli, President of Bravo Ambulance for...
Jun 21, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, Evergreen, Financial
In this video, we explore how to create a crypto dashboard in PowerPoint to show real-time pricing of cryptocurrencies. See the video above to see the crypto dashboard in PowerPoint in action. The first step whenever you are creating a data-driven PowerPoint...
Jun 11, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage
In today’s highly competitive marketplace, businesses should adopt intensive cost-cutting to stay ahead of the curve. Undertaking as many tasks as possible in-house or yourself is an effective way to cut costs. Professional digital signage services are costly. So, you...
Jun 4, 2021 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Financial
In this video, we are going to show you how to create a live crude oil price dashboard in PowerPoint using our DataPoint add-on for PowerPoint. Click on the video below to see our process. Live Crude Oil Price from Web URL Our first attempt was to gather the...
May 28, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Digital Signage, Evergreen
The core purpose of using digital signage is to grab the audience’s attention and communicate your information. And it all boils down to content presentation. Using PowerPoint for content creation can deliver attention-grabbing digital signage that conveys the...
May 22, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
We listen to our customers, that is for sure. Sometimes we get in requests, that we decide to implement so that you can do even more with our DataPoint plugin. More features, more dynamic options. Like this one. From now on, you can use dynamic style codes in your...
May 16, 2021 | Case Studies, DataPoint
In this case study, we look at how Neptune Terminals uses our DataPoint software to manage their meeting room schedule and communicate with employees. Click on the video below for the presentation or read on. About You – Tell us a bit about your company or...
May 4, 2021 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Makeovers
Today’s story is from Torsten Maier, a student at Penn State. Torsten wanted to re-make a favorite Pokeman board game for his sister that they played in their childhood. Torsten didn’t want to make all the Pokemon tiles by hand, so he Googled ways to...
Apr 23, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
Stock market prices are hot and changing every second you look. In some financial markets and offices, you want to continually monitor real-time stock quotes on television screens. This can perfectly be done in PowerPoint with our great DataPoint plug in. Use...
Mar 29, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
Here is a recording of a webinar by Kurt Dupont, showing how to automatically create PowerPoint slides from Excel using the DataPoint PowerPoint add-on. DataPoint Bridge Automating PowerPoint from Excel Excel versus PowerPoint Using PowerPoint for Business Reports: 15...
Mar 23, 2021 | Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
Thanks to Victig Screening Solutions for sharing with us how they are using DataPoint to create their own sales dashboard. About You – Tell us a bit about your company or organization and what you do. VICTIG Screening Solutions offers an intuitive and...
Mar 9, 2021 | Attractions and Events, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Non-profit
In this real-life case study, we visit the Montreal Torah Center to see how they are using DataPoint in to create a raffle results screen for fundraising events for their non-profit organization. The Montreal Torah Center is a synagogue and community center located in...
Feb 17, 2021 | Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Human Resources
In this video and case study, we share how our reseller partner, Design Agility, created custom data-driven staff profiles to help with their training assessments and implementation. Background Design Agility is a consulting firm in Melbourne Australia. They help...
Feb 3, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Dynamic elements
You are probably using our DataPoint or Dynamic Weather plugin to display real-time weather information on your television, and information screens. Our plugins are using an internet-based weather API to get the weather information from, behind the scenes. Recently,...
Jan 26, 2021 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Financial
PowerPoint navigation is an underutilized feature. You can use navigation to create interactive presentations, kiosk presentations, directories and much more. Let’s explore how to use PowerPoint navigation to create a self-guided client presentations that your...
Jan 19, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Healthcare, iPoint
Here is a recording of a webinar we did titled “Health Care Digital Signage Ideas.” We have also included it as an article for those who prefer articles to video. What is Healthcare Digital Signage? Digital signage is signage that is shown on screens like...
Jan 11, 2021 | Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Education, Evergreen
In this case study, we are looking at how the Islamic College of Brisbane uses our software within their educational institution. Thanks to Orhan Camkara of the Islamic College for sharing their story with us. Tell us a bit about your organization and what you...
Jan 2, 2021 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Recently we released a new service: Numberish. It is a social and online database where you can quickly create cards to store lists, numbers, todo-lists and so on. You can create them for yourself, and you can share it with your friends. We call it the Twitter for...
Dec 1, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint
DataPoint is absorbing TickerPoint. We already have our DataPoint plugin to connect text boxes, and other PowerPoint shapes to real-time data and data sources. With a normal text box, text is shown: left aligned, centered, or right aligned. But the text is placed...
Nov 17, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Would you be watching screens and channels for a long time when you assume that they are just showing old content on their digital signage television screens? Probably not. People want to see real-time data, accurate information, the latest key performance indicators...
Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Our lives are filled with data. Step counters, sleep monitors, earnings reports, the list goes on. From the second we wake up, to when we go to sleep, we are consuming data. Not all methods of consuming data are created equal, though. This is demonstrated by the...
Oct 26, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint
Elections are a great time for people who love data. In this video and article, we will show you some different ways to show US elections polls data in PowerPoint. Step 1: Assemble US Elections Poll Data The first step is to assemble the data. I found some US...
Oct 24, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, Government, Non-profit
In this video, we show you how you can create personalized voter turnout videos using PowerPoint. The examples shown are for the US election, but will also work for any country, state, province, or municipal election. This could be used to increase voter turnout on a...
Sep 26, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
Westerners spend over 12 hours per day staring at their various devices. Along with this, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are generated every single day. We’re not at the precipice of this trend yet, either. Humans will continue to generate and consume data in larger...
Sep 19, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, FAQ
There is a tool or pane in PowerPoint that everybody should know about and use, but in practice it turns out that not many are aware of this pane, or do not use it at all: the PowerPoint Selection Pane. And we all have been in a situation where you could use this...
Sep 12, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Digital Signage, FAQ
Hi, I’m currently figuring out if this software will be right for our company. I’m using information from an Excel sheet. Could you please tell me how to duplicate the exact same slide & properties, just with the different information per row? I hope...
Aug 28, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, FAQ
PowerPoint gives me a Security Alert telling me that the external pictures have been blocked. I do have to click on Enable Content which means the software won’t automatically start my presentation without some manual intervention. Do you know how I can get...
Jun 20, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
As promised, here is a recording of Kurt Dupont’s presentation from our Presentation Ideas Europe 2020 Online Conference, “How to Create Data-Driven Presentations in PowerPoint.” About PresentationPoint Case Studies: How People Use Our Software...
Jun 1, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
The Airtable service is an all-in-one collaboration platform to create and maintain lists like to bug tracking, expenses, spreadsheets, project reporting, product planning, product catalogs, and many more. You can easily share your lists and documents with others. Use...
May 20, 2020 | Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Government
We worked together with other companies to install a LED traffic information system driven and controlled by PowerPoint. When you search online for ‘PowerPoint traffic LED’, you get results with sample PowerPoint presentations with mostly a traffic light...
May 12, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Retail
Practically all shops and public spaces were closed due to the Covid-19 virus and the world came to a standstill. Now, it looks like governments are allowing shops to open again, but with limitations. A most important limitation is the social distancing and the...
May 7, 2020 | DataPoint
We suspect that this little change or addition to our PowerPoint rules for text boxes and tables have a larger impact or desire for our DataPoint users. We have added a new rule action where you can specify first a condition, and when that condition is met. You can...
May 2, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Makeovers
Another presentation make-over. This time of the Staten Island Ferry schedules screen. The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry transportation system and connects Manhattan and Staten Island. The ferry operates 24/7 with boats leaving every 15 minutes at peak...
Apr 26, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
I guess that not many people use and know the slide master option of PowerPoint. The slide master is the starting position of your slide where you can control the zones on your slides, default shapes, colors, backgrounds, fonts, etc. Basically what you put on your...
Apr 20, 2020 | DataPoint
Do you want to show your Google Analytics data, and KPI’s in real-time on a television screen? Or maybe you want to open your PowerPoint presentation or report with Google Analytics data, and immediately look at the latest updated information without doing a...
Apr 16, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, How-To
When automating PowerPoint data presentations, Excel worksheets are a great tool to use. You can open a presentation and always see the latest Excel info on your slides. No more copying over your Excel data to PowerPoint in order to present or distribute it. Or maybe...
Apr 14, 2020 | DataPoint
We are happy to announce that our software engineers have released a new DataPoint feature. They have added a new data provider to the already extensive list of data providers. You can now connect your PowerPoint presentation to a Salesforce account to show or report...
Apr 13, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint
We are very excited to announce that Salesforce PowerPoint integration is now available with our DataPoint software. This is a powerful new data source for your data-driven presentations, dashboards and reporting. What is Salesforce? Salesforce is one of the...
Apr 10, 2020 | Aviation, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Makeovers
I admit! I’m addicted to digital signage and information screens. Everywhere I look, I see samples of information screens or scenarios where people better can use information screens to enhance businesses, processes, and flows. Even in the air when I recently...
Apr 9, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
General Facebook Page information like the number of likes in general etc, could already be displayed in real-time on your PowerPoint slides. Now we have added a new feature, a new data provider to DataPoint. You can now show Facebook Posts in real-time with our new...
Apr 4, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen, Government, iPoint
In this video and article, we are going to explore how our software can be used for your smart city project – to make your community or city truly data-driven. Smart City Project Concept What is a Smart City Project? This is a project meant to collect data from...
Apr 3, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Gain more Facebook likes by showing your Facebook Likes counter in real-time at your shop. Visitors and customers will like to like your Facebook business page to get more promotions, news and updates from your company. You are working hard to be creative and social...
Apr 2, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Our DataPoint plugin for PowerPoint has many but one great feature to mail merge data into presentations. Mail merging is the method of taking the data from a data source like Excel or database and then generate multiple customized documents. A good example is...
Mar 28, 2020 | Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen
In this real-life case study, we explore how Hewlett Packard Enterprise uses our DataPoint software for report generating using PowerPoint. The Report Generating Problem Here is a quote from Nicole Mitchell, Customer Experience with Hewlett Packard Enterprise as to...
Mar 26, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, iPoint
Most of us have come across Microsoft PowerPoint at one point, whether we had to give a presentation or sit in on a presentation where the speaker was using PowerPoint. But presentations are only the tip of the iceberg – Here are some creative PowerPoint uses...
Mar 21, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Retail
Sales reporting requires a direct approach in communicating data, an approach that will covey swiftly and effectively the interpretation of sales to its audience. The use of PowerPoint proffers a direct approach that gives your audience a quick understanding and...
Mar 18, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
There are tools available to show websites on PowerPoint slides like LiveWeb and LiveSlides (EDIT: website seems to be down – link removed). I’m recommending them often. You can use that to draw a web browser object on your slide, and then specify the URL...
Mar 14, 2020 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, Evergreen
In this article, we explore how a non-profit organization, Edesia Nutrition, handles conference room booking and their warehouse logistics calendar using our DataPoint software. To help understand their use case, we asked management at Edesia a series of questions....
Mar 7, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
In this video and article, we are going to show you how to add real-time Coronavirus data or any other real-time data to PowerPoint using our software tool, DataPoint. Finding Coronavirus Data The first step to displaying any real-time data is to find out where to get...
Feb 28, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, How-To
We recently created this data-driven dashboard in PowerPoint by connecting our presentation to a database with our DataPoint plugin. The result is quite astonishing. The database is basically a dummy, where we have a small utility to execute random updates on the...
Feb 22, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen
OPC defines a revolutionized way of going about industrial processes. OPC, being an aggregation of Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control is currently adopted for use in control processes in smart industries today. In simpler terms, OPC is Open Process...
Feb 14, 2020 | Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, Makeovers
The One World Observatory is located at the One World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, USA. This building was a tribute to the tragedy that happened at 9/11 (2001) with the Twin Towers. It recently opened in 2014, and Observatory itself opened mid 2015 and is...
Feb 1, 2020 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, How-To
Fundraising is a way of collecting voluntary contributions or donations for a purpose. From door to door, on a shopping street, on television, on the internet, Facebook collections etc. Fundraising is on the rise, especially due to social media. Think about...
Jan 18, 2020 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Presentation of data is key to the success of an organization. It helps to communicate with stakeholders regarding product development, sales and other crucial information regarding the company. PresentationPoint is a leading developer of PowerPoint add-ins that has...
Jan 11, 2020 | DataPoint
DataPoint is a software solution that can create real-time connections to any data source. It can extract data from a different sources and use them to present information in the form of infographics, charts, or graphs on your slides. This is a way of simplifying the...
Jan 2, 2020 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Food & Beverage, Retail
In the 21st century, communication and interaction between organizations and the public have been transformed by advances in technology. In the past few years, a majority of companies and organizations have replaced traditional signage with digital signage, which...
Dec 20, 2019 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Evergreen, iPoint
In this article, we will explore how Jo De Saunois of VINCI Energies uses digital information boards created using PresentationPoint to communicate important company and safety information across it’s network of offices in Belgium. The Network of Information...
Dec 7, 2019 | Articles, Attractions and Events, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
I highly recommend DataPoint, which is one of the software packages offered by PresentationPoint. My name is Alan Liddle and I am the Principal of Te Puke High School in New Zealand. Each year, I organise a trip for a group of our students to travel overseas to...
Dec 6, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Here is a recording of Kurt Dupont’s presentation at our Presentation Ideas 2019 Online Conference. Generating Reports Using PowerPoint When you think of business reports, you probably think of Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word, not PowerPoint. If so, you are...
Dec 5, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, How-To
The last countdown event of the year is always the countdown that we all do; the countdown with family and friends to New Year. Think about Times Square, New York. That is the best example of counting down to New Year. You can create that same effect in your office,...
Dec 3, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
A computer or television screen that counts down to next Christmas, creates attention and Xmas-awareness. This awareness is very important for shops. Public holidays or celebrations generate extra sales. Imagine Valentine. When you see that tomorrow it is Valentine,...
Nov 16, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Information screens at offices and factories are a great way of communicating with your personnel and colleagues. We have written that already before many times. You can display company messages, safety instructions, announcements, achievements, new employees,...
Oct 12, 2019 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, Evergreen, Government
In this article and video, we are going to look at a real-life case study showing how PowerPoint can be used as reporting software. Thank you to Chen Buber, CFO of SG Nordic for taking the time to provide us with details of his process and how he is using DataPoint to...
Sep 21, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
When you work in a warehouse, bank, logistic company, plant, factory, or many others, you most probably work with dashboards. Have you ever met an ugly dashboard? Have you met an information panel that did not inform you, but confused you with the information that it...
Aug 24, 2019 | Articles, Attractions and Events, DataPoint, iPoint
When walking around in an exhibition center the most important subject is way finding. Most exhibitions have arrows in the air or lines on the ground but more centers are switching to digital signage solutions. Displaying the arrows on a monitor is the future. Look...
Aug 17, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation
The best way to achieve effectiveness in business reporting is the direct approach. If you want to pass your points across to stakeholders and get them to listen, appreciate and enforce, you must be clear, simple and direct. When presenting a report, you must arrange...
Aug 10, 2019 | Articles, Case Studies, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Dynamic elements, Evergreen, Weather
In this article, a professional meteorologist, James Longwith, shares with us how he uses our weather software, Dynamic Elements, to create real-time weather reports.Here are James’ answers to our questions about how he is using our weather software. Tell us a...
Jul 20, 2019 | DataPoint, FAQ
I want to show the last entry of a column in Excel in real-time. I have an excel file, in which a data (numbers) is added to a specific column. I would like to present the current number updated in the last row of the column in a text box every 1 sec. How can I do...
Jul 6, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, FAQ
Can we use our own PowerPoint templates to use them with DataPoint for linking? Can we use PowerPoint templates as supplied by others as well? BL Sure, DataPoint and all other PresentationPoint products use native and normal PowerPoint presentations. So this gives you...
Jun 29, 2019 | DataPoint
A Queue Management System (QMS) is great to streamline the waiting area of an organization. Think about bakeries, help desks, sales counters etc. You can display information, advertising, and promotions on television screens with videos and presentations. Use our...
Jun 22, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, FAQ
I use DataPoint to display real-time information from a database during an event. When there is a value 30 in the database, then I want to display 30 icons at different locations on the screen. Sort of a visual representation of a number while updating in real-time....
Jun 4, 2019 | Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Makeovers
When you are in New York and you want to run away from the city, from the noise and traffic, you go to Coney Island in Brooklyn. Take the orange D or F, or yellow N or Q train; all 4 lines will take you directly to Coney Island, New York’s most famous amusement...
Jun 1, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, FAQ
How to show up-to-date pdf documents in PowerPoint Do you have a solution to dynamically show pdf documents? AS People often ask us how to display up-to-date PDF documents on PowerPoint slides. We do have our DataPoint add-on to display information in real-time from...
May 25, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, FAQ, Financial
How do I add a ticker symbol using DataPoint? Something like this where it would auto update and we could do several other companies… BP We were recommending the Yahoo API for that earlier, but Yahoo has been shutting down some data services. We have found another...
May 13, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, Weather
The question most often asked: What will the weather be today? Weather is omnipresent in our society. You see weather information in your newspaper, weather apps on your phone, you can track rain and thunderstorms online and more. No wonder that weather information is...
May 11, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens
We are the champion in displaying real-time information on your PowerPoint slides. Typically information is stored in files and databases, and these numbers, names, percentages, KPIs, target dates etc are all displayed as characters and numbers. But in some cases, it...
May 8, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Rotating a shape on a slide was already explained in an article. Handy when you want to rotate the needle of a gauge on your information dashboard. Easier than rotating is changing the width of a given shape on your slide. Think about a bar that is linked to a...
May 7, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Because we connect so many kinds of data to presentations and digital signage, many of our clients ask us where to find datafeeds. So we created our datafeed directory to give you some data sources to start with.Click on the button below to be taken to our datafeed...
Apr 19, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint
DataPoint is mostly used to display the latest information dynamically on your PowerPoint slide. But sometimes people want to display random stuff. Like the joke of the day, quote of the day, etc.For all of the 25 data providers that you have in DataPoint, you can set...
Apr 18, 2019 | DataPoint, FAQ
I want to remove DataPoint from my PowerPoint application How do I Remove DataPoint From my PowerPoint Application? MF Sometimes you need to uninstall our software like the DataPoint add-on. This happens when a trial expired or when you want to move the add-on to...
Apr 16, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, How-To
In this article, we are going to discuss how to create mail merge PowerPoints and what to use them for. PowerPoint is a perfect tool for mail-merging reports. What am I saying? PowerPoint is the best and cheapest way to do your mail-merged individual reports, but only...
Apr 13, 2019 | DataPoint, FAQ
With DataPoint you can link text boxes to data sources like files and databases. When the dynamic text box is used on a slide with a transition, then you will see old data during the transition since PowerPoint has made a bitmap or cache of the slide and it uses that...
Apr 9, 2019 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens
Here is a recording of Garland’s presentation “10 Creative Ways to Use Data In Presentations” from our 2018 Presentation Ideas Conference. If you have comments or questions about the presentation, let us know. PresentationsData is increasingly...
Apr 6, 2019 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, FAQ
How many users can the DataPoint Enterprise edition accommodate? We would like to find out more information about your Enterprise edition for DataPoint. How many users can the Enterprise edition accommodate? (users that are able to create data-driven presentations)...
