Mar 19
PowerPoint presentations with animations
It is great that you can upload a PowerPoint presentation as a media file; the slides are displayed correctly and there are buttons to navigate through the slides (forward and backward). However, the built-in animations are not shown. Would it be possible to implement that as well? I find animations (when used appropriately) very helpful for making a presentation more lively and directing the participants' attention.
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Hi Philipp, Thanks for the note here. I'm glad to hear that the general navigation of the PowerPoint worked well. Essentially, when you upload a file, we convert it to a PDF to ensure maximum compatibility. This does mean that if the PowerPoint had animations, it is not possible to view those in PDF mode. What I generally recommend, if you want to show powerpoint animations, is to share your screen instead of uploading it as a file. That way, you can share the PowerPoint with any animation that it might contain. I'll mark this item as closed for now but we'll of course continue to bear this in mind if there's an opportunity to enhance the file handling of PowerPoints in the future.