Drawing Object Features Supported on OpenDocument Export

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Images

All images are exported as the same format that they were originally loaded as.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
PNG	Yes
JPG	Yes
WMF	Yes
EMF	Yes
EMF+	Yes
BMP	Yes
GIF	Yes
TIFF	Yes
Borders	Yes	Borders might appear differently when saved to ODT.
Cropping	Yes	Rectangular cropping is supported only.
Alternative text	Planned

Image Recoloring

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Brightness	Yes
Contrast	Yes
Recolor	Planned	Image is currently exported without any recoloring applied.

Textboxes

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Text Direction	Planned
Linked Textboxes	Planned
Internal Margins	Planned
Vertical Alignment	N/A
Resize To Fit Text	Planned
Text in Other Shapes	Yes

OLE Objects

OLE Objects represent embedded content in a Microsoft Word document, such as an embedded Excel or Powerpoint document. The OLE object is dynamic and can be edited or updated through Microsoft Word.

OLE objects are fully preserved when converting within different Word document formats.

OLE objects are saved as images.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Linked	N/A
Embedded	N/A
Draw Aspect	N/A
Auto Update	N/A
Lock	N/A
Ole Object Data	N/A
Ole Object Picture	Yes
Source Range	N/A

ActiveX Controls

Output as an image.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Persistent Properties Storage	N/A

Shapes

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Lines	Yes
Basic Shapes	Yes
Block Arrows	Yes
Flowcharts	Yes
Callouts	Yes
Stars and Banners	Yes
Group Shape	Yes	All grouped shapes are exported as one image.
Drawing Canvas	Yes
Signature Line	N/A	ODT does not have any signature line feature. A signature line is exported as a regular image.
Ink Annotation	Yes	Ink Annotations are exported to all formats as regular images.
Clip Art	Yes
Diagrams (VML)	Yes	VML graphic format is normally used in pre-OOXML formats such as DOC or RTF.
SmartArt (VML)	Yes
Charts (VML)	Yes
Shape Customizations	Yes	Exported as image.
Hyperlink on Shape	N/A
Watermark	N/A	Watermark image is exported as-is into the document body as OpenOffice has no support for background watermarks. It is suggested to make sure that the wrapping on the watermark is set to “Behind Text” to avoid the image appearing in front of the text. Also, note that the image will not have the same transparency level as what is applied in Microsoft Word.

WordArt

Exported to ODT as a custom shape element.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Styles	Yes
Outline	Yes
Fill	Yes
3D Properties	Yes
Text Spacing	Planned
Vertical Text	N/A
Even Height	Planned
Align and Justify Text	Planned
WordArt Shape	Yes

Horizontal Line Object

Exported as an image.

Some formatting might appear differently when saved to ODT.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Width	Yes
Height	Yes
Color	Yes
Alignment	Planned
Hyperlink	N/A
Image	N/A	Exported as a regular image.

Position

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Inline	Yes	The shape is exported “As Character”. Surrounding text for inline objects appears lined up along the top edge (instead of bottom edge) of the shape. This is a feature of OpenOffice, if the output ODT document is opened in Microsoft Word then the text alignment appears correctly.
Floating	Yes	Some position and alignment options might appear different when saved to ODT.
Wrap Type	Yes	Text wrapping around images and shapes is supported in all formats. Nearly all wrap types have equivalent analogues in ODT which look somewhat similar. - Square, Tight and In Front of Text wrapping are exported as “Parallel”. ODT contains no direct analogue of Infront of Text which is why this feature is exported as Parallel. - Behind Text and Through wrapping is exported as “In Background”. - Top and Bottom wrapping are exported as No Wrap.
Wrap Sides	Yes	ODT contains direct analogues of these features. - Both sides are exported as “Parallel” wrap where applicable. - Left Only exported as “Before”. - Right Only exported as “After”. - Largest Only exported as “Optimal”.
Distance from Text	Yes
Z-Order	Yes
Polygon Wrap Points	N/A
Rotation	N/A
Flip	Yes
Horizontal Alignment	Yes
Horizontal Position Relative To	Yes
Vertical Alignment	Yes
Vertical Position Relative To	Yes
Anchor Lock	N/A
Allow Overlap	N/A
Layout in Table Cell	N/A

Size

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Width and Height	Yes
Scale	Yes	A scaled object is normally exported with scaling applied to the Shape size and the Scale property reset to 100%. Exported as explicit size.
Relative Size	Yes	Exported as explicit size.
Lock Aspect Ratio	Planned

Fill

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
No Fill	Yes
Solid Fill	Yes
Gradient Fill	Yes
Pattern Fill	Planned
Picture or Texture Fill	Planned

Line Style

Some line styles might appear different when saved to ODT.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Line Color	Yes
Line Fill	N/A
Line Width	Yes
Compound Type	N/A
Dash Type	Yes
Cap Type	N/A
Join Type	Yes
Arrow Settings	Yes	Some arrow types might appear differently when saved to ODT.

Shadow

Shadows are exported well to ODT but in a simplified way to accommodate the ODT format.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
Shadow	Planned

3D Properties

ODT doesn’t support 3D features.

In a future version shapes with 3D formatting may be exported as an image.

Feature	Supported	Comment	See Also
3D Properties	N/A