Microsoft recently launched a new app called Office Remote for Windows 8 phones. With the Office Remote app, you can turn your Windows Phone 8 into a presentation remote for a Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC, with Office 2013 and Bluetooth.The app supports PowerPoint, Excel and Word. That covers most of your needs. Office Remote allows you to jump through slides. In Word and Excel, you can navigate through documents and zoom in and out.Here is how you can set up your Windows Phone as an Office remote.
1.Download the Microsoft Office Remote PC Setup software from Microsoft's Web site and install it on your PC.
2.You will have to turn on Bluetooth on your PC and Windows phone. Pair them with each other.
3.On your PC, launch the Office document you want to access, then go to the Office Remote tab. Click on Office Remote, then select Turn On.
4.After you've installed Office Remote on your Windows Phone 8, open the app. You will then need to connect to the paired PC. After the devices are connected, you will see all the open documents. Select one to interact with that document.
5.Once you've selected your document, you'll be able to navigate it with your Windows Phone 8. The supported functions will vary depending on the type of document you're working in.
The following functions can be performed on various documents:
Power Point
Jump to the next, previous, and last slide
View slide thumbnails and jump to a slide
View speaker notes
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
