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Improve powerpoint and google slides export quality

IRON DAN

When it comes to exporting to PowerPoint I suppose it has a predefined size for the slides, which means that if my presentation in gamma has a size, when I want to export it to pptx it is cropped and it looks weird or there are parts left out, my recommendation is that they add some type of preview with a frame the size of the pptx slide so that the user can make sure that everything will be in the margins and he will not have to be exporting again and again to see the changes he is making with the size of pptx

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

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Text exports to powerpoint as line by line instead of one big text box

Jenny O'Malley

Even line breaks have their own box.
This makes editing in powerpoint very difficult. 
I'm in the process of rolling out Gamma to my team, and having formatting issues like this (as well as other exporting issues like inconsistent font sizing, boxes changing size, databases turning into boxes, etc.) makes the platform lose so much credibility.
Please can you improve powerpoint export formatting quickly, otherwise I can't see full-time adoption happening

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

Hey Jenny O'Malley, thanks for the super detailed writeup (and the screenshot). Totally get how the line-by-line text boxes and inconsistent sizing would make PPT editing a pain, especially if you’re trying to roll this out to a team. I’ll pass this along to the export folks.
Quick couple questions so we can pinpoint it:
1) Does this happen on every deck export or only certain cards/layouts (like text-heavy pages vs mixed media)?
2) If you’re up for it, what version of PowerPoint are you opening it in (desktop Mac/Windows, or web), and does it look different between them?

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

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export tables to a PPT table

Mufaddal Photographer

Even though the data is in a table. when you export it, it becomes individual text boxes. Very frustrating. Greatly diminishes value

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

Thanks!

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

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Problemas no texto de slides para power point

Raquel Bonelli

Ao exportar uma apresentação para power point muitos textos saíram desconfigurados, com palavras duplicadas que, se apago uma somem as duas. Um claro bug. O curioso é que às vezes estes erros aparecem e outras não.

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

Thanks for flagging this, Raquel Bonelli. That definitely sounds like a nasty export bug.
To help us narrow it down, could you share:
1) What PowerPoint version + OS you’re opening the exported file in (Windows/Mac, desktop/web)?
2) A quick screen recording or a couple screenshots showing the duplicated text behavior (before/after you delete one word), plus the .pptx if you’re comfortable?
Also, does it happen on a specific slide type or only with certain text (bold, links, special characters, copy/paste from somewhere)? I’ll pass this along to the team once we have those details.

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

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Font style preservation on export to Powerpoint / Google Slides

Ryan Gross

When exporting to Google Slides or PowerPoint, the font for all items reverts to the default 'boldness'. This causes word wrapping across nearly all text when the font in Gamma was a "light" version of the font, making the exported version un-usable. Switching back to the proper font removes the word-wrapping.

Ryan Gross

I’m using Roboto. Definitely happens in Slides. PowerPoint says the right font but it isn’t rendering them appropriately. It’s possible I’m missing the font locally.

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

Ryan Gross: thank you!

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

Oof yeah, that would make an export basically unusable. Thanks for the super clear writeup, I’ll pass this to the team. Quick couple questions so we can pin it down: 1) which font family + weight were you using in Gamma (and does it happen with multiple fonts or just one)? 2) does it reproduce in both PowerPoint and Google Slides exports, and what app are you opening the file in (desktop PowerPoint, web PowerPoint, Google Slides in browser)? If you can share a tiny sample deck or a screenshot of before/after, that’d help a ton too.

Nik Payne (Gamma design)

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Export was terrible

Mike Smith

The export of my slideshow into both .ppt and Google Slides was horrid, and it's more than the font (which I have downloaded). Spacing and presentation looked terrible, even though it looked accurate when exported into .pdf.

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