Office Remote app allows you to control PowerPoint presentation and more from Windows Phone

Microsoft Research has just released Office Remote app for Windows Phone. Office Remote gives you power over desktop applications in the Office suite when you’re doing something like a presentation.

Let’s get the bad news out first. Office Remote will only work if you’re running Microsoft Office 2013 on a machine that has an x86/x64 processor, but isn’t for Office 2013 RT. You need to install a companion add-in for Office on your PC. Something you can’t do on devices like the Surface 2, but can on the Surface Pro 2. That said, Office Remote for Windows Phone is pretty awesome. Below is a list of activities that you can do in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word with it.

PowerPoint

• Jump to the next, previous, and last slide
• View slide thumbnails and jump to a slide
• View speaker notes on phone
• View presentation timer and slide numbers
• Laser pointer using touch on your phone

Excel

• Change worksheets by swiping
• Use Slicers, PivotTable, and Filters
• Jump to any named object in your workbook
• Move up or down the worksheet
• Change the zoom level

Word

• Jump to headings
• Jump to comments
• Screen up/down
• Line up/down
• Change the zoom level

Office Remote will be immensely useful for anyone giving a presentation and needing to control the slides, view speaker notes, and more. By far the coolest feature is the virtual laser pointer you get with the app. You’ll see an image of the slide on your phone and anywhere you place your finger will produce a virtual laser on the screen that everyone will see. There are also interactions you do with Excel and Word, although it seems users will use this app mostly for PowerPoint.

It’s free app and you can get it from the Windows Phone Store. Don’t forget to install the add-in for Office on your PC by downloading it from Microsoft.

via wpcentral