Nov 24, 2014 | Attractions and Events, DataPoint Real-time Screens, Food & Beverage, How-To, iPoint, Marketing and Advertising, Retail
Screens are our most powerful way to get information. Daily we use our TV’s, computer monitors, tablets and smart phones to work, communicate, play, and shop. Our eyes are automatically, hypnotically drawn to digital signs. We have learned to ignore print...
Nov 24, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
In the last article I explained how the user can connect a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to a Microsoft Access database. The example presentation that I created was linked to the demo northwind Access database. In that article I linked and displayed order...
Nov 20, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
With DataPoint, the user can add new functionality to Microsoft PowerPoint for data driven presentations and update their content when the user open the presentation and while running the slide show. With PowerPoint and DataPoint combined, the user can have some kind...
Nov 17, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Automation, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Sometimes you want to display live information in a PowerPoint presentation. Maybe you need to display scores or results in real time to people on a television screen. A manager needs to see production figures of a factory at his desk. People on the floor need to know...
Nov 13, 2014 | Attractions and Events, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To, Scoreboards
Something completely different in this article. Humans like soccer and they follow their favorite club(s) and the rankings. Now you can display live soccer information like ranking and scores in real time in a data driven PowerPoint presentation. Some people run a...
Nov 11, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
We have 3 possible scenarios for displaying weather. This is a dedicated weather add-on for PowerPoint to display weather information in a presentation. This is very easy to use and it can show current weather information and forecasts. If you need to display the...
Nov 7, 2014 | DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
Time is money and we have to drive for work, for deliveries, for meetings etc. The travel time is calculated and it gives you a constant update on the arrival time. Unfortunately there are traffic jams and accidents as well. The government or the owner of a toll-way...
Nov 4, 2014 | Articles, DataPoint, DataPoint Real-time Screens, How-To
We have 3 possible scenarios for displaying news. This is a dedicated news add-on for PowerPoint to display news or RSS information in a presentation. This is very easy to use and can show headlines, texts and images. If you need to display news or RSS information,...