38 Office 2007/2010 Considerations
This chapter covers the following topics:
38.1 All Office Applications
Please note the following conversion limitations that currently apply for all Office 2007/2010 applications:
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Smart art in pre-Office 2007 SP2 (released in April 2009) (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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VB controls and macros (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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Table cell formatting
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Word art (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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Vector graphics (Office art & VML) transparency, picture styles, effects, etc. (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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Password-protected documents
38.2 Word 2007/2010
Please note the following conversion limitations that currently apply for Word 2007/2010 documents:
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Picture bullets
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Tint support
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List level overrides
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OLE objects
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Equations (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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Theme effects (in Office art)
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Line numbers
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Watermarks
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Page color (not supported in the viewer)
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Footnote and end note reference numbers
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Revision delete attributes (text is supported)
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Controls (only last edited text is output for legacy controls)
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Custom XML (structure, schemas, expansion packs), cfChunk/altChunks are not supported
38.3 Excel 2007/2010
Please note the following conversion limitations that currently apply for Excel 2007/2010 spreadsheets:
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Conditional formatting (highlight cells with rules, top bottom rules, data bars, color scale icon sets, and custom rules; see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example).
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Formatting as tables (the data in the cell is output, but the formatting is not retained)
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Headers and footers (different even/odd page headers are not supported)
38.4 PowerPoint 2007/2010
Please note the following conversion limitations that currently apply for PowerPoint 2007/2010 presentations:
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Table formatting (similar to Excel)
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Actions are currently not supported
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"Objects" (this is represented as VML; currently not supported)
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Movies/sounds are not supported
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Complex gradients are not supported (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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Animation is currently not supported
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Only solid fills are supported for text
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Only left-to-right text direction is supported (not related to bi-directional)
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Shading and fills of certain shapes are not supported (see Examples of Unsupported Objects for an example)
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Transparency of lines/vector objects is not supported
38.5 Examples of Unsupported Objects
This section provides some examples of Office 2007/2010 objects that cannot be converted at this point.
Figure 38-1 Smart Art
![Smart Art, an Office 2007 ebject that cannot be converted Smart Art, an Office 2007 ebject that cannot be converted](img/office2007_smart_art.gif)
Figure 38-3 Word Art
![Word Art, an Office 2007 object that cannot be converted. Word Art, an Office 2007 object that cannot be converted.](img/office2007_word_art.gif)
Figure 38-4 Equations
![Equations, an Office 2007 object that cannot be converted Equations, an Office 2007 object that cannot be converted](img/office2007_equations.gif)
Figure 38-5 Controls
![Controls, an Office 2007 object that cannot be converted Controls, an Office 2007 object that cannot be converted](img/office2007_controls.gif)
Figure 38-6 Data Bars with Conditional Formatting, Color Scales, and Icon Sets
![Data Bars with conditional formatting, Office 2007 objects Data Bars with conditional formatting, Office 2007 objects](img/office2007_cond_format.gif)
Figure 38-7 3D Effects in PowerPoint
![3D effects in PowerPoint, Office 2007 object 3D effects in PowerPoint, Office 2007 object](img/office2007_3d_effects.gif)
Figure 38-8 Complex Gradients
![Complex Gradients, Office 2007 object cannot be converted. Complex Gradients, Office 2007 object cannot be converted.](img/office2007_complex_grad.gif)
Figure 38-9 Complex Shapes with Varying Fills (1)
![Complex Shapes, Office 2007 object that cannot be converted Complex Shapes, Office 2007 object that cannot be converted](img/office2007_complex_fills1.gif)
Figure 38-10 Complex Shapes with Varying Fills (2)
![Complex Shapes, Office 2007 object that cannot be converted Complex Shapes, Office 2007 object that cannot be converted](img/office2007_complex_fills2.gif)