Interactive learning

Microsoft Office 2010 PowerPoint Add-in for Interwrite Response & Interact HE

This page has a download of our PowerPoint add-in that you can use with Microsoft Office to link to either Interwrite Response or Interact HE.

For a while, the Interwrite add-in for PowerPoint did not work correctly with Office 2010 and PowerPoint 2010. If when you start a slideshow you get a blue rotating circle then you have a problem version. You can either use our add-in, or you can upgrade your Response software to at least 6.71 which has a fixed add-in. If you use our add-in it will operate as you have used the Interwrite version.

32-bit or 64-bit?

The Banxia add-in is now available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Note though that Microsoft recommends that you do not use the 64-bit version of Office except for development and testing. The 32-bit add-in IS compatible with 64-bit versions of Windows though, just not the Office 64-bit.

If you wish to have the 64-bit version for testing, please contact us.

Screenshots

Operation

To use the add-in, uninstall the Interwrite add-in using the Start menu option to Unregister the add-in (this can also be done using a button in the Banxia add-in). Then run the MSI that is provided in the download, which will register this new version. The panel will be available automatically. If you close it, you can show it again using the button in the Banxia Response section of the toolbar.

Download

BanxiaPPT4Response.zip - 32-bit version for 32-bit Office. See above regarding 64-bit.

This download contains an MSI file which can be installed by double-clicking in Windows to run the Microsoft Installer system. It can be used in a managed desktop if required, or as-is.

Release Version – updated 1 February 2012

This release version will not expire, but we recommend that you check back here if you have a problem.

If you find that something does not work as you expect, please let us know as soon as possible.

Update 1 Feb 2012: Build 244

Fix for issue with HTML Help interaction.

Update 10 Jan 2012: Build 242

Support for Interact HE if installed, added option to ignore INI failure when network disconnected. Workaround for SMART InkAware causing failure of events in PowerPoint.

Update 25 Aug 2011: Build 239, minor fixes

Update 2 Feb 2011: Build 228, Fix for focus stealing from PowerPoint

This fixes an issue with the focus changing which stopped PowerPoint clicks working properly. Also supports alternative Java operations for special cases.

Update 25 Jan 2011: Build 225, Fix for numeric answer editing

This version fixes an issue where the correct answers could not be edited.

Update 5 Nov 2010: Build 223, First full release without timeout.

Update 26 Oct: This version fixes an issue with international dates; with slide titles with a comma in them; adds a reminder on opening to disable the Interwrite version; operates correctly if the first slide has a question. We recommend updating to build 222 by downloading and installing again. We expect that an untimed version will be released within a week. Please keep positive and negative feedback coming so we know it is working for you.