What PowerPoint features are not supported by the dynamic file conversion function?

Agora Interactive Whiteboard provides the dynamic file conversion function for converting PPTX files edited with Microsoft PowerPoint to HTML web pages. The generated files preserve animations present in the source files.

However, this function is not available for certain objects, formats, and effects in PPTX files. These objects, formats, or effects either disappear or display incorrectly in the converted files.

This page lists the PowerPoint features that are not supported or not well supported by the dynamic file conversion function. To achieve the best results, Agora recommends that you keep these limitations in mind when preparing your PPTX files intended for later conversion.

The dynamic file conversion function does not support the following features for slides:

• Add Section: Organize slides into sections
• Hide Slide

The dynamic file conversion function supports most shapes in PPTX files. However, the following shapes can display incorrectly in converted files:

Basic Shapes
Vertical Text Box	Heptagon
Octagon	Decagon
Dodecagon	Smiley Face
Stars and Banners
Star: 8 Points	Star: 10 Points
Star: 12 Points	Star: 16 Points
Star: 24 Points	Star: 32 Points
Callouts
Line	Bent Line
Line with Accent Bar	Bent Line with Accent Bar
Double Bent Line with Accent Bar	Line with No Border
Bent Line with No Border	Double Bent Line with No Border
Line with Boarder and Accent Line	Bent Line with Boarder and Accent Line
Double Bent Line with Boarder and Accent Line
Action Buttons
Go Back or Previous	Go Forward or Next
Go to Beginning	Go to End
Go Home	Get Information
Return	Video
Document	Sound
Help	Blank

The dynamic file conversion function does not support the following features for pictures:

• Adjust color
• Compress pictures
• Picture effects:
  • Rotated, White
  • Relaxed Perspective, White
  • Bevel Rectangle
  • Bevel Perspective
  • Reflected Perspective Right

The following picture effects are not well supported and might display incorrectly in converted files:

Simple Frame, White	Beveled Matte, White
Drop Shadow Rectangle	Reflected Rounded Rectangle
Beveled Shadow, Black	Compound Frame, Black
Rounded Diagonal Corner, White	Snip Diagonal Corner, White
Moderate Frame, White	Perspective Shadow, White
Bevel Perspective Left, White	Reflected Bevel, White

The dynamic file conversion function does not support the following features for text:

• WordArt
• Alt text
• Tabs
• All text effects except Square
• All text directions except for Horizontal and Vertical
• The By Paragraph animation effect, which makes the paragraphs of text appear one at a time
• Bullets and numbering with customized size and color
• Font effects: Double Strikethrough, Small Caps, All Caps, and Equalize Character Height
• Underlined text
• Text fill: Gradient fill, Picture or texture fill, and Pattern fill
• Arrange > Selection pane

The dynamic file conversion function also works for PPTX files that contain embedded audio and video. You can do some basic editing to the embedded media, for example, trimming the length of audio and video or adjusting the height and width of video. However, the dynamic file conversion function does not support most of the playback and format options for the inserted audio and video.

The following options under the Playback tab for an embedded audio or video file are not supported:

Bookmarks	Fade In and Fade Out
Volume	Play Across Slides
Loop until Stopped	Hide During Showing
Rewind after Playing

The following options under the Format tab for an embedded video file are not supported:

Adjust	Video Styles
Rotate in Arrange	Crop

The dynamic file conversion function does not support the following features for animations:

• Entrance > Exciting: Flip, Whip, Credits, and Drop
• Emphasis: Brush Color, Font Color, Underline, Bold Flash, Bold Reveal, and Wave
• Exit > Exciting: Flip, Whip, Credits, and Drop

The following animations can display incorrectly in converted files:

• Entrance: Blinds, Box, Checkerboard, Circle, Diamond, Dissolve In, Peek In, Plus, Random Bars, Split, Strips, Wedge, Wheel, Wipe, Basic Swivel, Boomerang, Curve Down, Float, Pinwheel, and Spiral In
• Emphasis: Fill Color, Line Color, Complementary Color, Darken, Desaturate, Object Color, and Color Pulse
• Exit: Blinds, Box, Checkerboard, Circle, Diamond, Dissolve Out, Peek Out, Plus, Random Bars, Split, Strips, Wedge, Wheel, Wipe, Basic Swivel, Boomerang, Curve Down, Float, Pinwheel, and Spiral In

The dynamic file conversion function does not support the following background format settings:

• Picture or texture fill
• Pattern fill
• Hide background graphics