TechNote

1

For PowerPoint file published on a local system/server which is not having the fonts used in PowerPoint file, the publishing output replaces the fonts which might show visual disparity for text content

Install the required font on system/server

Install the required font on system/server

2

Few Underline Styles do not get published correctly in published output.

1) For PPTX files, 'Single line' underline appears in published output for 'wavy line', 'wavy heavy line' & 'wavy double line'. Apart from these all other undeline styles are supported.
2) If a PPTX file is saved as a PPT file and then published, then 'single line' underline appears in published output for any underline style applied in PowerPoint 2007. Only 'Single line' underline is supported for PPT files created in Office 2007.

No Workaround

No Workaround

3

Compound Type Line styles (double, thick thin, thin thick, triple) are not honored in published output when applied on shape type objects.

No Workaround

No Workaround

4

Images in CMYK color space are not supported by Adobe Presenter. Such images if inserted in a PPT/PPTX file are not visible in the published output.

Save the image file in RGB color space, re-insert it in the presentation and publish. 

Save the image file in RGB color space, re-insert it in the presentation and publish. 

5

For some cases, text inside textbox/placeholder might overflow to next line in published output. One of the reason could be not honoring kerning effect for some sans-serif fonts like Times new Roman, Georgia, etc

In case text overflows to the next line in the published output, simply increase the width of the textbox/placeholder in the presentation slide.

In case text overflows to the next line in the published output, simply increase the width of the textbox/placeholder in the presentation slide.

6

"Path" type gradient fill applied on shape objects show "Rectangular" gradient effect for some non rectangular auto shapes in published output unlike PowerPoint.

Saving those shapes as images on local disk and then insert it in required presentation slide 

Saving those shapes as images on local disk and then insert it in required presentation slide 

7

If Audio, Video or SWF is inserted in the Slide Master of a Presentation in Slide Master View, then it gets inserted only in the first slide and does not get inserted in the rest of the slides.

Insert the assets in each of the slides in Normal view.

Insert the assets in each of the slides in Normal view.

1

Animations applied to header, footer & slide number in Slide Master in Slide Master view are not honored in Presenter published output.

Slide Master View can be selected by going to View->Slide Master in PowerPoint Menu options. Animations applied to header, footer and slide number on the Slide Master are lost in published output.

Apply animation to header, footer & slide number in normal slide view. 

Apply animation in normal slide view , not in slide master

2

Random Effect' Animation, applied to slide objects in a PowerPoint Presentation, is not respected in published output. Instead of Random Effect, the Appear/Disappear animation is applied to the Slide objects in the published output.

No Workaround

No Workaround

3

Certain 'Emphasis' animations (Change Font color, Change Line color, Change Font size, Change font type, Change font style, Bold flash, Bold reveal, Brush on underline, Teeter, Change Fill color, Vertical Highlight, complimentary color, complimentary color 2, contrasting color, Darken, Desaturate, Lighten) applied on "Shapes with effects" or "Images" behave differently in slideshow & published output

No Workaround

No Workaround

4

For slide having animations with total duration of animations on slide more than default playback duration of slide, it appears that the last animation is still playing and switching of next slide occurs in published output

Use Adobe Presenter "Advance by User" setting from Slide Manager properties to play the complete animation before switching to next slide

or

Use "Pause after each animation" option from Presentation Playback setting

or

Insert silence at end of the slide using audio editor to make slide duration as per requirement

Use Adobe Presenter "Advance by User" setting from Slide Manager properties to play the complete animation before switching to next slide

or

Use "Pause after each animation" option from Presentation Playback setting

or

Insert silence at end of the slide using audio editor to make slide duration as per requirement

5

"Repeat" does not work for Animation with settings until end of slide" and "until next click" 

No Workaround

No Wokraround

6

If there are animations and audio on a slide in a Presentation, then slide duration of that slide is equal to the duration of the audio and it is not the maximum of animation & audio duration.

Add silence using audio editor to make slide duration as per requirement and then synchronize animation and audio

Add silence using audio editor to make slide duration as per requirement and then synchronize animation and audio

7

Custom animation effects on slide objects are not visible in Presenter Published output if audio is present on the same slide.

Synchronize animation with the audio using Synch Audio feature

Synchronize animation with the audio using Synch Audio feature

1

Flipping of shape/textbox containing text using the rotate option (horizontal/vertical) from 'Arrange' group in 'Format' ribbon in PPTX file results in flipping of text along with the textbox in published output instead of just flipping textbox as in PPTX file

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish
or
Another workaround can be to create the file by selecting the textbox and then rotating the text box horizontally/vertically with the handle above it as desired , rather than by using Rotate Flip option

2

Text alignment inside certain non rectangular auto shapes are not honored in published output which might result in text overflow/displacement of text inside auto shapes

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish

3

Characters appear congested and bold for text having Font size <14 approx when compared with PowerPoint. Also, inter character spacing is less in published output for Century and Trebuchet MS fonts.

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish

4

Gradient (Radial,Path,Linear,Rectangular) when applied on line in PPTX file is not honoured in published output

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish
or
Saving those shapes as images on local disk and then insert it in required presentation slide

5

'Small caps font' effect used in PPTX file is not honoured in published output

No Workaround

6

'Equalize character height' effect used in PPTX file is not honoured in published output

No Workaround

7

For Text direction set to "Rotate all text 90 or 270 degree" using "Format Text Effects"->"Textbox" properties, the text inside rotated shape does not appear in published output 

Save PPTX  file as PPT and then publish.

8

For Text direction set to "Rotate all text 90 or 270 degree" using "Format Text Effects"->"Textbox" properties, the text inside table does not rotate in published output 

Save PPTX  file as PPT and then publish.

9

Text content used inside chart area might look little blurred in published output

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish

10

For Opulent theme (or places where text outline width is lower than 0.75pt ), text outline color slightly differs in published output if compared with PPTX file

Saving PPTX file as PPT might give better results  but still there would be slight loss of color quality in published output

11

For Concourse theme, default background color and gradient effects in PPTX file are not honored in Published output for non-English locales

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish

12

"Tile Picture as texture", "Mirror Type" and "Tiling Options" of Format Background feature in PPTX file are not honored entirely in published output

No Workaround

13

Reflection, Shadow & Glow effects are lost in published output  when applied on grouped shape

Save those shapes as images on local disk and then insert it in required presentation slide 

14

Square Transform Text Effect is not honored in published output 

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish

15

For "Lucida Sans Unicode" font, character size diminishes and character spacing increases in published output when compared with PPTX file

No Workaround

16

For some fonts ( Times New Roman, Lucida Console, Century, Courier New), "Double strike through" and "Underline" font effects are not published for font size <11 . 

No Workaround

17

Certain Picture Recolor options applied using the 'Adjust' picture Tools from 'Format' ribbon in PPTX, are not honored in published output

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish or save the recolor image on local disk and then insert it in required presentation slide 

18

For GIF image format, Brightness, Contrast, Recolor  picture effects are not honored in published output 

No Workaround

19

For Format Shape feature of PPTX in Fill tab, with Gradient Fill selected and Rotate with shape option unchecked , published output results in  gradient also getting rotated along with shape instead of just shape getting rotated as in PPTX file

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish

or

Save the formatted shape on local disk and then insert it in required presentation slide

20

Editing done in slideshow mode by right clicking the mouse and selecting Pointer Options (Ballpoint Pen, Felt Tip pen or Highlighter) is not honored and not visible in published output for PPTX file

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

21

Properties in Fill tab of Format picture in PPTX file are not honored for PNG image format in published output

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

22

For bulleted text, the vertical line spacing between text lines increases with increase in bullet size percentage from "Bullets and Numbering" properties dialog box which might result in text content overflow out of text placeholders

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

23

For Chinese locale, adding space char in middle of Chinese text breaks the line and move the content to next line in published output

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

24

For inbuilt "Horizon" type gradient fill (or gradient fill with number of gradient stops 8 or higher) inside shape objects, the visual disparity is seen near the outer edges of a shape object in published output 

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

25

Underline color is not honored if text and underline color is changed together by changing the text color inside auto shapes

Select the underline text and go to Font property (either by right click or from Home Tab) and set desired underline color

or

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish

26

Publish path having more than 190 characters loses the effects (Reflection, Shadow, Glow, Soft Edges,  Bevel, 3D Rotation) applied on PowerPoint objects and for more than 200 characters path PowerPoint file fails to publish

No Workaround

27

For customize Page Setup properties with dimensions of slide 22X20 inches and beyond, the content on the published output starts cropping

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

28

For line callouts shapes having begin or end arrow, the arrow position changes from begin to end or vice versa, if the line size of callout is modified 

No Workaround

29

For non-bulleted text, the explicit tab stop position is not honored and instead of it, default tab stop position is used in published output; when explicit tab stop position is placed after "Before Text" Indentation and hanging indentation is not zero. This results in displacing the text by adding extra indentation in published output

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish.

30

Fill color and bevel effects  are dropped from slide content placeholder if placeholder has Transformed text on it

No Workaround

31

PPTX file created using non-English PowerPoint, "Shape Fill or Shape Outline" applied on "Subtitle or Picture placeholder" of "Title Slide layout or Picture with Caption layout"  respectively are not honored in published output

No Workaround

32

On saving PPT files having Presenter inserted SWF file as PPTX, system prompts to browse SWF file if source of SWF file is renamed or removed

Provide the path of required swf file

1

Paragraph level Text animation does not work for Group text animation other than "As one object" if Reflection/Outer/Perspective Shadow/3D-Rotation is applied on shape or any 3D/Non-3D effect is applied on text inside shape

No Workaround

2

For shape/content placeholder containing text, animation does not work for shape with reflection/outer shadow /perspective shadow/3D Rotation Shape effects OR text with any 3D/Non-3D effects along with animation type "As One Object" and unchecked  "Animate attached shape"

No Workaround

3

Paragraph level Text animations other than "As one object" applied on single line text with any 3D/Non-3D effect  gets dropped in published output

No Workaround

4

Spinner animation on a rotated text/image in PPTX file is not honored correctly in published output

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

5

Shape reappears on slide if the Exit animation is applied after applying  following emphasis animations (Change Fill Color, Blast, Teeter, Color Blend)

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

6

"Change Color" and "Hide on next Mouse Click" animation options do not work for last animation when total duration of animations on slide is more than default playback duration of slide

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

7

If there are 2 consecutive motion path animations applied on an object , such that the 2nd animation starts from the end point of the 1st motion path, then the object hops some distance after the 1st animation, before playing the 2nd animation

Save the PPTX file as PPT and then publish 

8

"Repeat" does not work correctly for clipping type  Exit animations (Diamond, Wheel, Wipe, Box, Checkerboard, etc)

No Workaround

9

Shape object goes out of slide area when "Grow/Shrink" animation is applied after Entrance animation (Fly In, Curve up or Crawl In) and "Start" value of the animations is "With Previous". Also, with "Pinwheel" & "Spinner" Entrance animation, the shapes don't appear completely on the slide; only a tiny portion of the shape is seen in the published o/p which flicker couple of times

No Workaround

10

"By Word" or "By letter" animation applied on text inside a shape does not work if the shape (or the text inside the shape) has some 3D/Non-3D effect applied on it.

No Workaround

11

Color typewriter animation with default speed (0.08 sec) applied on text, takes more time to complete in published output than slide show.

No Workaround

12

"Hide After Animation" effects applied along with "By Word" or "By Letter" animation leads to a different playback behavior in published output when compared with PowerPoint slideshow. 

No Workaround

13

'Change Line Color' animation does not work on shape objects in published output

No Workaround

14

Animation sound does not play in published output

No Workaround

15

 GIF animation can't be seen on GIF images while PowerPoint animation applied on GIF image is playing in published output

No Workaround

16

GIF animation can't be seen on GIF objects after applying effects (3d,bevel,soft edges, reflection) on animated GIF image in published output

No Workaround

17

Flicker, Color blend, Teeter and Vertical highlight animation on Smart Arts, Shapes and WordArt do not honor 'hide after animation' 

No Workaround

18

Time durations are not respected for "Style Emphasis" animations, it plays until end of slide in published output

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish

19

Grow/Shrink animation does not play properly on Straight/ curved or elbow connectors in published output. Instead of grow/shrink connector moves in different directions.

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish

20

Entrance/Exit "Spinner" animation and Emphasis "Spin" animation do not play properly on Straight, Vertical type Elbow and Long curve connectors in published output. The connectors moves in or out the of slide area instead of spinning.

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish

21

"Auto-reverse" is not respected in motion-path-animations if "repeat" is applied on the animation. 

Save PPTX file as PPT and then publish

22

After 1st Motion Path animation,  2nd Motion Path animation starts from destination of 1st Motion Path rather than source point contrary to PowerPoint slideshow behavior

Apply Auto-reverse on the first motion path animation

23

Animation applied on individual elements of Charts does not appear in the published output.

No Workaround