PowerPoint Transformation

Rainbow PDF Server Based Converter V3.0 supports the following Microsoft PowerPoint file formats.

• .ppt, .pot, .pps extensions created with:
  Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows
  Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
  Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
  Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• .pptx, .pptm, .potx, .potm, .potm, .ppsm extensions created with:
  Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

• One page will be outputted for every PowerPoint slide.
• The orientation and size of the outputted page adopts the PowerPoint page settings.
• PDF Output - all slides are outputted as a single PDF.
• SVG Output - each slide can be outputted as an individual SVG file, or all slides can be combined into a single SVG file.
• JPEG/PNG Output - one image file is outputted for each slide.
• Notes are disregarded.
• The following settings simulate PowerPoint:
  • font name, font style, font size, and font effects
  • alignment of a text box, or paragraph in text box
• A raster image is allocated as is.
• Although Autoshape most often simulates the original shape some shapes will output as a different shape or will not output at all.

The following are limitations when converting from MS Power point.

• Characters of some WordArt might not be reproduced.
• Object shadows, text shadows and 3-D effects are not supported.
• Line height may not be set correctly.
• Text box margins might not reproduce correctly.
• Multimedia objects such as movies and sounds, etc. are disregarded.
• Gradation and translucent color may differ from MS PowerPoint.
• Animation is not supported. The output displayed is whatever appears after the Power Point animation operation ends.
• Password protected documents cannot be converted.
• In MS Office, if the character font doesn't have a corresponding glyph, another suitable font is substituted. Such substitutions do not occur with this product.
• WMF/EMF contained in documents made with an earlier version of MS Office 95, and saved again with a later version of MS Office 97, might not convert.
• OLE embedded objects and link objects cannot be displayed. (If the display information is embedded in the document, it might display.)
• If there is a long character string of tens of thousands of characters without the linefeed (CRLF), the conversion may fail.
• [Format Text Effects] and [Format Shape]
• When you select [Gradient fill] - [Type - Path] in the Format Shape dialog with PowerPoint2007, the converted result shows the same as when you select [Gradient fill] - [Type - Rectangular].
• When you specify [Gradient fill] - [Transparency] with PowerPoint2007, it will be ignored and the converted result shows only as 0%.
• When you specify [Gradient fill] - [Rotate with shape] with PowerPoint2007, it will be ignored and the converted result shows the same as when it is unchecked.
• When you specify [Picture or texture fill] - [Tiling Option] with PowerPoint2007, all settings of the option will be ignored and converted as [Scale X : 100%] and [Scale Y : 100%]
• When you specify [Picture or texture fill] and a picture is specified, the shape of the picture will be replaced with a rectangle.
• The specification of [Slide background fill] will be ignored.
• [3-D Format] and [3-D Rotation] are not supported. They are converted as if these are not specified.
• When you specify [Text Box] - [Autofit], the size of the text may not be reproduced correctly.
• [Picture or texture fill] and [Gradient fill] specified for filling color of text are disregarded.
• All the specifications for Text Outline are disregarded.
• [SmartArt] is not supported. It will be deleted.
• New [Shapes] added in Office2007 will not be converted. They will be deleted. Please note that some shapes which look like 2003 shapes are not converted if these are 2007's originals. A 10-point Star will be converted as an 8-point Star, a 12-point Star will be converted as a16-point Star.
• When rotation or clipping are specified to a figure, Flip (reversal of right to left or the top to bottom) is disregarded.
• When an image is specified as the background of a figure, even if rotation is specified, the background image does not rotate.
• Transparent color specified to a figure is disregarded.
• Stylized text created by Office 2007 WordArt is not converted the same way.
• When an image is pasted on a figure, even if rotation is specified to the figure, the image does not rotate.
• When [Picture fill] and an image are simultaneously specified as the background of a figure, only the image becomes effective.
• ActiveX controls cannot be displayed. (If the information for display is embedded in the document, it might display).
• Form controls cannot be displayed. (If the information for display is embedded in the document, it might display).
• [Chart] in PowerPoint2007 is not supported. It will be deleted.
• [Underline] and [Strikethrough] in PowerPoint2007 are not supported. These will be converted into solid lines.
• Even if the "Times" font is specified, it is converted to "Times New Roman".
• Line breaks and space between lines are not the same as PowerPoint.
• Table colors are not converted correctly.
• The row height of a table may not be converted correctly.
• Shapes and positions of bullets may not be converted correctly.