PowerPoint Files

PowerPoint files

Writing PowerPoint files directly

REPORTER can write PowerPoint files directly for Windows and Linux. Select Write PowerPoint and give the name of the PowerPoint file you want to create. REPORTER will write the file.

Notes on PowerPoint output

When you use textboxes , text files and tables in REPORTER the output is clipped to the size of the object defined on the page. PDF and HTML output also support this but it is not possible to control the size of a 'textbox' in PowerPoint (in PowerPoint a table is made up of a collection of 'textboxes'). When writing PowerPoint output be aware of the following limitations.

1. If the text is too wide to fit in the 'textbox' it will automatically be wrapped onto multiple lines by PowerPoint.
2. If the combined height of the text, the top margin and the bottom margin is greater than the height of the textbox PowerPoint will increase the height of the textbox to make it high enough.

If the Powerpoint output is not aligned correctly or is not what you see in REPORTER it is likely to be caused by these problems. Adjusting the size of the object, the text size or the margins will help to fix any problems.