Good News. A Dedicated Team to improve MS PowerPoint file format compatibility.
The Document Foundation (TDF) formed a dedicated three-member core team to improve the Microsoft PowerPoint file (ppt, pptx) format compatibility support in the LibreOffice Impress presentation suite. The team consists of Bartosz Kosiorek, nd101 and Mark Hung, who are experienced in Windows file formats and fixing Impress-related issues. It is the beginning of the team, and more members are likely to join in future on this initiative.
LibreOffice’s QA team is currently sorting through the collections of ppt, pptx file format-related issues in Impress. Once they have been analysed and finalised, the work will commence.
This would indeed be great news considering the millions of users of LibreOffice’s free office suite – who want to move away from repeatedly paying for other office products. Also, more support in LibreOffice for Microsoft Office file formats will boost its adoption for general users and enterprises.
If you are interested in participating in testing the bugs or via development, you can send an email to ilmari.lauhakangas@libreoffice.org.
If you also have a ppt, pptx file which does not look correct in Impress, you can submit a bug report and attach the file via this link. This would help finalize the list of items the new team would be fixing.
Via TDF Blog