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PowerPoint for the web allows you to edit both PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx) and OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) files. When you open a .pptx or .odp file in PowerPoint for the web, the content that you aren’t able to change in the web app is preserved. To make changes to that content, just open and edit the file in a desktop version of PowerPoint on Windows or macOS.

Saving

Looking for information about saving to PDF or ODP? On the File menu, click the Download As button. For more information, see the last section of Save presentations as PDF files.

What happens when I edit a presentation in the OpenDocument (.odp) format?

While PowerPoint for the web allows you to edit both PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx) and OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) files, some features might not be available when editing OpenDocument Presentation files.

The table below shows which PowerPoint for the web features are supported, partially supported, or not supported in the OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) format.

  • Supported     Both PowerPoint and the OpenDocument Presentation format support this feature. Content, formatting, and usability won’t be lost.

  • Partially Supported     Both PowerPoint and the OpenDocument Presentation format support this feature, but formatting and usability might be affected. No text or data is lost, but formatting and how you work with text or graphics might be different.

  • Not Supported     The feature in PowerPoint isn’t supported in the OpenDocument Presentation format. If you plan to save your PowerPoint document in the OpenDocument Presentation format, don’t use this feature or you’ll risk losing the content, formatting, and usability of that part of the presentation.

To see information about graphic features, see the Graphics elements table at the end of this article.

Area

Subarea

Support

Comments

Animations

Entrance/Exit

Partially Supported

Any entrance or exit animations that aren’t supported by the .odp format are changed to an ‘Appear’ or ‘Disappear’ animation.

Content

Hide Slide

Supported

Collaboration

Comments

Not Supported

Presentation Design

Layouts

Partially Supported

When you open a (.pptx file) presentation and then save it in the .odp file format, the original theme will appear as it was intended. That is, until you add more content or make changes to the .odp file. Those edits will not follow the original theme. For example, formatting such as fonts, colors, or effects on newly-added shapes will not be based on the theme that was originally applied to the .pptx file.

Presentation Design

Placeholders

Partially Supported

Theme colors, fonts, and effects are lost from placeholders.

Presentation Design

Notes

Supported

Text

International text formatting

Partially Supported

Text

Horizontal Alignment

Partially Supported

Text

Hyperlinks

Partially Supported

Regular hyperlinks are supported, but mouse-over hyperlinks are not supported.

Text

Lists

Supported

Other ODF applications might change the numbering/bulleting or not support it all together.

Text

Basic formatting

Supported

Italics, bold, underline, and strikethrough are all supported in ODF applications. Different font sizes are supported.

Graphics elements

The table below shows which PowerPoint for the web graphics features are supported, partially supported, or not supported in the OpenDocument Format (.odp).

  • Supported     The PowerPoint format and the OpenDocument Format support this feature. Graphics using this feature generally appear and behave the same in either format.

  • Partially Supported     The PowerPoint format and the OpenDocument Format support this feature, but graphics might appear different between the formats. No data is generally lost between the formats, but formatting and how you work with these graphics might be different.

  • Not Supported     Because of the unique differences of features and implementation between the PowerPoint format and the OpenDocument Format, this feature isn’t supported in OpenDocument Format. If you plan to save your presentation in an OpenDocument Format, don’t use these features.

Area

Support

Comments

Shapes

Supported

WordArt

Partially Supported

The .odp format doesn’t support the WordArt options in PowerPoint. As a result, WordArt is converted to a text box on save. The text and base text color are preserved but WordArt effects and formatting are lost.

Pictures

Supported

Supported except for the insert and link options which are not supported by the .odp format.

SmartArt graphics

Supported

Converts to a group of shapes.

Object borders

Supported

Not all border styles are supported. Border styles that aren’t supported are saved as the default border style, black, solid line.

Object fills

Supported

Line Formatting

Supported

Not all line and line end styles are supported in the .odp format. Styles that aren’t supported are saved as the default; respectively, black solid line and open arrow type.

Picture cropping

Supported

Regular cropping of a picture is supported. However, cropping a picture with a shape isn’t supported.

3D picture options

Not Supported

Picture styles

Partially Supported

Borders are partially supported, but might not look the same.

Themes

Not Supported

See also

Use PowerPoint (desktop version) to open or save a presentation in the OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) format

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