Run JaydLive from inside PowerPoint

Step 1 — download the add-in file

Download manifest.xml

This one small file is the whole installer. Keep it somewhere handy; every presenter machine needs its own copy.

Step 2 — add it to PowerPoint

Easiest — PowerPoint on the web:

1. Go to office.com, sign in, and open or create a presentation.
2. Click Insert → Add-ins → My Add-ins.
3. Choose Upload My Add-in and pick the manifest.xml you downloaded.
4. The JaydLive pane opens. On the desktop app it also adds an Open JaydLive button to the Home tab.

On a Mac (desktop app):

1. Put manifest.xml in this folder:
   ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Powerpoint/Data/Documents/wef/
2. Restart PowerPoint, then Insert → Add-ins and choose JaydLive for PowerPoint.

On Windows (desktop app):

1. Put manifest.xml in a folder of its own and share that folder (right-click → Properties → Sharing → Share).
2. In PowerPoint: File → Options → Trust Center → Trust Center Settings → Trusted Add-in Catalogs.
3. Add the folder's network path (like \\YOUR-PC\ars-addin), tick Show in Menu, click OK, and restart PowerPoint.
4. Then Insert → Add-ins → My Add-ins → Shared Folder and pick JaydLive for PowerPoint.

Step 3 — present

In the pane, type your event code (try DEMO), pick the session you're presenting, and launch polls as you reach them. Insert QR slide drops the join code on a slide; Insert results slide drops a picture of the current results.

Poll slides that run themselves: in the pane's In-room programming section, pick a poll and hit Insert poll slide (or Insert all poll slides) to add a slide bound to that poll — question, choices, and a live results area. Leave Show sync on in the pane and the slideshow itself opens each poll as you advance onto its slide and closes it as you move past; phones, the big screen, and the moderator page follow automatically. Launch / Close in the pane stays as a manual override.

Notes: the pane needs internet (it talks to the same live JaydLive site). Slides you insert are pictures — they don't keep updating; insert a fresh one whenever you want the latest numbers.