Collabora *.ppt/*.pptx bad formatting

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Hey guys, just noticed that when I upload a ppt/pptx, which was originally formated/created on an MS-Office-Powerpoint-Suite (2003, 2007, or whatever), the formatting of slides goes terribly wrong.

Here some examples, lets beginn with the original in PowerPoint:

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now the same in collabora/code:

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Well, this is when I ‘DON’T EDIT or SAVE’ the document online.

But what happens if I do so? Well, then the formatting-issue gets synched as well.
Lets see what happened now - first, collabora:

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now, after synchronisation, I have it on PowerPoint as well:

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and this is where this error-window pops up:

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translated in english:Some texts, Images or objects on slides in the file “XYZ.pptx” could not be presented correcty by PowerPoint due to a damaged file.
[…]
Lost informations can not be restored. […]

anyone knows about this issue?

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Do you have the same issue with libreoffice? Altough Collabora is a bit behind in that compatibility segment.
Probably you will be more satisfied with onlyoffice. It can render the MS Documents more accurately.

3

haven’t tested it yet, but will do as soon as I get the needed ressources for it.

do you know if somebody else experienced it? If it was left unnoticed so far, I’d open an issue on github.

4

Yes I know that with some Word files I got from my company, Collabora failed to render some graphs ( in a timeframe diagram). As I know the collabora guys are already working to do that better, but it might take some time.

5

ty @dev0

do you have a link (to an issue or something) so I can follow their progress?

6

No, I just read their generic statement, I am not running into that issue that often, I have to say I lost track to that.
Perhaps opening an issue if not yet happened, might speed up that.

7

okay, thanks mate.

just posted an issue on github, in case you’re interested (or maybe some others): https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/Docker-CODE/issues/12

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