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Differences between the OpenDocument Text (.odt) format and the Word (.docx) format

When you work with two file formats, like .docx and .odt, there might be formatting differences, and not all features will be available. You’ll be able to convert data and content, but the way you work with the content might be different depending on which formats you use.

Switch your default file format

Do one of the following:

In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button > Word Options.
In Word 2010 and Word 2013, click File > Options.

Click Save.
Under Save documents, in the Save files in this format list, click the file format you want to use by default.

What is supported when I save a Word document in the OpenDocument Text format?

The table below shows which Word features are fully, partially, or not supported in the OpenDocument (.odt) format.

Supported Both Word and the OpenDocument Text format support this feature. Content, formatting, and usability won’t be lost.
Partially Supported Both Word and the OpenDocument Text format support this feature, but formatting and usability might be affected. No text or data is lost, but formatting and how you work with text or graphics might be different.
Not Supported The feature in Word isn’t supported in the OpenDocument Text format. If you plan to save your Word document in the OpenDocument Text format, don’t use this feature or you risk losing content, formatting, and usability of that part of your document.

To see information about graphic features, see the Graphic Elements table at the end of this article.

Note If you are using Microsoft Word Starter 2010, not all the features listed for Word 2010 are supported in Word Starter. For more information about the features available in Word Starter, see Word Starter feature support.

Area	Subarea	Level of support
		Word 2007	Word 2010	Word 2013
Collaboration	Address Book	Supported	Supported	Supported
Collaboration	Blog	Supported	Supported	Supported
Collaboration	Comments	Partially Supported When you save the document in .odt format and open it again in Word 2007, comments about a group of words becomes a single point. The single point is usually indicated at the end of the group of words. Tables are not supported in comments. The contents of the table are maintained in the comment but the structure is lost.	Partially Supported When you save the document in .odt format and open it again in Word 2010, comments about a group of words becomes a single point. The single point is usually indicated at the end of the group of words. Tables are not supported in comments. The contents of the table are maintained in the comment but the structure is lost.	Partially Supported When you save the document in .odt format and open it again in Word 2013, comments about a group of words becomes a single point. The single point is usually indicated at the end of the group of words. Tables are not supported in comments. The contents of the table are maintained in the comment but the structure is lost.
Collaboration	Compare-Merge Documents	Supported	Supported	Supported
Collaboration	Document Protection	Not Supported When you save the Word 2007 file in .odt format, the feature is removed and .odt files with this feature cannot be opened.	Not Supported When you save the Word 2010 file in .odt format, the feature is removed and .odt files with this feature cannot be opened.	Not Supported When you save the Word 2013 file in .odt format, the feature is removed and .odt files with this feature cannot be opened.
Collaboration	Information Rights Management (IRM)	Not Supported When you save the Word 2007 document in .odt format, the feature is removed and .odt files with this feature cannot be opened.	Not Supported When you save the Word 2010 document in .odt format, the feature is removed and .odt files with this feature cannot be opened.	Not Supported When you save the Word 2013 document in .odt format, the feature is removed and .odt files with this feature cannot be opened.
Collaboration	Mail Merge	Supported ADDRESSBLOCK and RECIPIENT fields are converted to plain text. The connection to the data source must be established again if the document is edited by another ODF application.	Supported ADDRESSBLOCK and RECIPIENT fields are converted to plain text. The connection to the data source must be established again if the document is edited by another ODF application.	Supported ADDRESSBLOCK and RECIPIENT fields are converted to plain text. The connection to the data source must be established again if the document is edited by another ODF application.
Collaboration	Reviewing Pane	Supported	Supported	Supported
Collaboration	Track Changes	Not Supported When you save the Word 2007 document in .odt format, all changes are accepted.	Not Supported When you save the Word 2010 document in .odt format, all changes are accepted.	Not Supported When you save the Word 2013 document in .odt format, all changes are accepted.
Content	Bibliography	Not Supported Bibliography section is converted to plain text.	Not Supported Bibliography section is converted to plain text.	Not Supported Bibliography section is converted to plain text.
Content	Captions	Not Supported SEQ fields are converted to plain text. When you add new captions, the caption number is not automatically incremented.	Not Supported SEQ fields are converted to plain text. When you add new captions, the caption number is not automatically incremented.	Not Supported SEQ fields are converted to plain text. When you add new captions, the caption number is not automatically incremented.
Content	Content Controls	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Content	Cross References	Supported	Supported	Supported
Content	Document Building Blocks	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Content	Equation Editor	Supported	Supported	Supported
Content	Equations	Supported	Supported	Supported
Content	Footnotes-Endnotes	Supported Custom separators not supported.	Supported Custom separators not supported.	Supported Custom separators not supported.
Content	Frames	Partially Supported When you save the Word 2007 document in .odt format: Frames are converted to text boxes. Anchors to some regions in the margin are not supported. Content that is not supported causes frames to be lost but not the content. The content that is not supported include: tables, AutoShapes, text boxes, frames, and SmartArt graphics.	Partially Supported When you save the Word 2010 document in .odt format: Frames are converted to text boxes. Anchors to some regions in the margin are not supported. Content that is not supported causes frames to be lost but not the content. The content that is not supported include: tables, AutoShapes, text boxes, frames, and SmartArt graphics.	Partially Supported When you save the Word 2013 document in .odt format: Frames are converted to text boxes. Anchors to some regions in the margin are not supported. Content that is not supported causes frames to be lost but not the content. The content that is not supported include: tables, AutoShapes, text boxes, frames, and SmartArt graphics.
Content	Framesets	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Content	Header-Footer	Supported	Supported	Supported
Content	Index	Supported Multiple columns indices currently not supported.	Supported Multiple columns indices currently not supported.	Supported Multiple columns indices currently not supported.
Content	Insert Break	Partially Supported When you save the Word 2007 document in .odt format, continuous section breaks might lose some properties, such as top/bottom margins, headers/footers, borders, and line numbering.	Partially Supported When you save the Word 2010 document in .odt format, continuous section breaks might lose some properties, such as top/bottom margins, headers/footers, borders, and line numbering.	Partially Supported When you save the Word 2013 document in .odt format, continuous section breaks might lose some properties, such as top/bottom margins, headers/footers, borders, and line numbering.
Content	Office Art	Supported See Graphic Elements table for details.	Supported See Graphic Elements table for details.	Supported See Graphic Elements table for details.
Content	Page Numbering	Supported	Supported	Supported
Content	Pictures	Supported Pictures from a document created in OpenOffice are not displayed.	Supported Pictures from a document created in OpenOffice are not displayed.	Supported Pictures from a document created in OpenOffice are not displayed.
Content	Tables	Partially Supported Tables with more than 64 columns are not supported. Theme formatting are converted to cell level formatting.	Partially Supported Tables with more than 64 columns are not supported. Theme formatting are converted to cell level formatting.	Partially Supported Tables with more than 64 columns are not supported. Theme formatting are converted to cell level formatting.
Content	Templates and Wizards	Supported	Supported	Supported
Content	Text boxes	Partially Supported Text boxes cannot be nested.	Partially Supported Text boxes cannot be nested.	Partially Supported Text boxes cannot be nested.
Content	Table of Contents (TOC)	Partially Supported TOC loses items labeled with a SEQ field.	Partially Supported TOC loses items labeled with a SEQ field.	Partially Supported TOC loses items labeled with a SEQ field.
Content	Table of Authority (TOA)	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Content	Table of Figures (TOF)	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Content	E2O	Supported See Graphic Elements table for details.	Supported See Graphic Elements table for details.	Supported See Graphic Elements table for details.
Editing	AutoComplete	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	AutoCorrect	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	AutoSummary	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Editing	AutoText	Supported AutoText entries are stored in Word templates (.dotx). If you save a Word template with autotext entries in the .odt format, the autotext entries are not saved in the .odt version.	Supported AutoText entries are stored in Word templates (.dotx). If you save a Word template with autotext entries in the .odt format, the autotext entries are not saved in the .odt version.	Supported AutoText entries are stored in Word templates (.dotx). If you save a Word template with autotext entries in the .odt format, the autotext entries are not saved in the .odt version.
Editing	Change Case	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Click and Type	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Cut-Copy-Paste	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Drag and Drop	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Envelopes and Labels	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Selection	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Sort	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Undo-Redo-Repeat	Supported	Supported	Supported
Editing	Word Count	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	Binary File Format	Supported Can save to binary .doc and .dot file types.	Supported Can save to binary .doc and .dot file types.	Supported Can save to binary .doc and .dot file types.
File Operations	Bulletproofer	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	Encryption	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
File Operations	Fixed File Format	Supported Can save to .pdf and .xps file types.	Supported Can save to .pdf and .xps file types.	Supported Can save to .pdf and .xps file types.
File Operations	HTML File Format	Supported Can save to .html file type.	Supported Can save to .html file type.	Supported Can save to .html file type.
File Operations	Master Documents	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
File Operations	Open XML File Format	Supported Can save to .docx and .dotm file types.	Supported Can save to .docx and .dotm file types.	Supported Can save to .docx and .dotm file types.
File Operations	Organizer	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	RTF File Format	Supported Can save to .rtf file type.	Supported Can save to .rtf file type.	Supported Can save to .rtf file type.
File Operations	Text Converters	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	Text Encoding	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	Trust Center	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	Word Converter	Supported	Supported	Supported
File Operations	WordML File Format	Supported Can save to WordML file type.	Supported Can save to WordML file type.	Supported Can save to WordML file type.
File Operations	WSS Integration	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Background	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Formatting	Borders and Shading	Supported Patterns on shading not supported. Picture border styles are not supported. They are converted to a solid line.	Supported Patterns on shading not supported. Picture border styles are not supported. They are converted to a solid line.	Supported Patterns on shading not supported. Picture border styles are not supported. They are converted to a solid line.
Formatting	Bullets and Numbering	Supported Spacing between number/bullet and text might be slightly different. Spacing between list items increased to match line spacing of document. Default bullets in OpenOffice change appearance when .odt file is opened in Word 2007.	Supported Spacing between number/bullet and text might be slightly different. Spacing between list items increased to match line spacing of document. Default bullets in OpenOffice change appearance when .odt file is opened in Word 2010.	Supported Spacing between number/bullet and text might be slightly different. Spacing between list items increased to match line spacing of document. Default bullets in OpenOffice change appearance when .odt file is opened in Word 2013.
Formatting	Drop Caps	Supported Anchors to some regions of the margin are not supported.	Supported Anchors to some regions of the margin are not supported.	Supported Anchors to some regions of the margin are not supported.
Formatting	Format Consistency Checker	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Format Painter	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Highlighter	Supported The highlighting is converted to character background color when you save the document in .odt format.	Supported The highlighting is converted to character background color when you save the document in .odt format.	Supported The highlighting is converted to character background color when you save the document in .odt format.
Formatting	Horizontal Lines	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Paragraph	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Reveal Formatting	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Styles	Supported There is an increase in the number of styles after you save the document in .odt format, and all formatting in ODF is style based.	Supported There is an increase in the number of styles after you save the document in .odt format, and all formatting in ODF is style based.	Supported There is an increase in the number of styles after you save the document in .odt format, and all formatting in ODF is style based.
Formatting	Tabs	Supported Positional tabs are not supported.	Supported Positional tabs are not supported.	Supported Positional tabs are not supported.
Formatting	Text Columns	Supported Some properties associated with the section might be lost, for example, top/bottom margins, headers/footers, borders, or line numbering.	Supported Some properties associated with the section might be lost, for example, top/bottom margins, headers/footers, borders, or line numbering.	Supported Some properties associated with the section might be lost, for example, top/bottom margins, headers/footers, borders, or line numbering.
Formatting	Text Orientation	Partially Supported The following text orientation formats are supported: rltb: right to left, top to bottom lrtb: left to right, top to bottom tbrl: top to bottom; right to left Text orientation in a table cell is not supported.	Partially Supported The following text orientation formats are supported: rltb: right to left, top to bottom lrtb: left to right, top to bottom tbrl: top to bottom; right to left Text orientation in a table cell is not supported.	Partially Supported The following text orientation formats are supported: rltb: right to left, top to bottom lrtb: left to right, top to bottom tbrl: top to bottom; right to left Text orientation in a table cell is not supported.
Formatting	Themes	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Formatting	Watermark	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Formatting	Live Preview	Supported	Supported	Supported
Formatting	Positioning	Partially Supported The position of some text boxes, frames and shapes might change depending on the type of anchor used.	Partially Supported The position of some text boxes, frames and shapes might change depending on the type of anchor used.	Partially Supported The position of some text boxes, frames and shapes might change depending on the type of anchor used.
Infrastructure	Acetate	Supported When you save in the .odt format, content with content controls are converted to regular text.	Supported When you save in the .odt format, content with content controls are converted to regular text.	Supported When you save in the .odt format, content with content controls are converted to regular text.
Infrastructure	Bookmarks	Supported	Supported	Supported
Infrastructure	Boot-Quit	Supported	Supported	Supported
Infrastructure	Cicero - Handwriting - Speech	Supported	Supported	Supported
Infrastructure	DataBinding	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Infrastructure	DDE	Not Supported Contents of field are converted to plain text. Link to data source is lost.	Not Supported Contents of field are converted to plain text. Link to data source is lost.	Not Supported Contents of field are converted to plain text. Link to data source is lost.
Infrastructure	Fields	Partially Supported Fields that are not supported are converted to plain text. Fields that are supported continue to be retained as fields. SEQ fields are not supported and affects the behavior of TOCs and captions.	Partially Supported Fields that are not supported are converted to plain text. Fields that are supported continue to be retained as fields. SEQ fields are not supported and affects the behavior of TOCs and captions.	Partially Supported Fields that are not supported are converted to plain text. Fields that are supported continue to be retained as fields. SEQ fields are not supported and affects the behavior of TOCs and captions.
Infrastructure	ActiveX/Forms	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Infrastructure	Freeze Dry	Supported	Supported	Supported
Infrastructure	Help	Supported	Supported	Supported
Infrastructure	Hyperlinks	Supported Documents from OpenOffice do not have the hyperlink style applied but are still functional.	Supported Documents from OpenOffice do not have the hyperlink style applied but are still functional.	Supported Documents from OpenOffice do not have the hyperlink style applied but are still functional.
Infrastructure	Ink Comments	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Infrastructure	Keyboard Customization	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Infrastructure	OCX	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Infrastructure	OLE	Partially Supported Objects embedded in document created in OpenOffice are not displayed. The image type is not supported, and the link is relative.	Partially Supported Objects embedded in document created in OpenOffice are not displayed. The image type is not supported, and the link is relative.	Partially Supported Objects embedded in document created in OpenOffice are not displayed. The image type is not supported, and the link is relative.
International	IME	Supported	Supported	Supported
International	Insert Symbol	Supported	Supported	Supported
International	Pluggable UI	Supported	Supported	Supported
International	Two Lines In One	Supported	Supported	Supported
MODI	OCR	Supported	Supported	Supported
Navigation	Document Map	Supported	Supported	Supported
Navigation	Find-Replace	Supported	Supported	Supported
Navigation	GoTo-GoBack	Supported	Supported	Supported
Printing		Supported	Supported	Supported
Printing	Page Setup	Supported	Supported	Supported
Printing	Print Preview	Supported	Supported	Supported
Programmability	Addins	Partially Supported	Partially Supported	Partially Supported
Programmability	C-API	Partially Supported	Partially Supported	Partially Supported
Programmability	COM Addins	Partially Supported	Partially Supported	Partially Supported
Programmability	Events	Partially Supported	Partially Supported	Partially Supported
Programmability	Macros	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Programmability	Object Model	Supported	Supported	Supported
Programmability	Smart Documents	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Programmability	Smart Tags	Not Supported	Feature not available	Feature not available
Programmability	VBA Recording	Supported	Supported	Supported
Programmability	VBE Integration	Supported	Supported	Supported
Programmability	WordBasic	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Custom Dictionaries	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Grammar	Supported Areas of text that that are marked “don’t check spelling or grammar” will lose that property. Spelling and grammar will now be checked for that text.	Supported Areas of text that that are marked “don’t check spelling or grammar” will lose that property. Spelling and grammar will now be checked for that text.	Supported Areas of text that that are marked “don’t check spelling or grammar” will lose that property. Spelling and grammar will now be checked for that text.
Proofing	Hyphenation	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Intelligent AutoCorrect	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Language Autodetect	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Language Properties	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Spelling	Supported Areas of text that that are marked “don’t check spelling or grammar” will lose that property. Spelling and grammar will now be checked for that text.	Supported Areas of text that that are marked “don’t check spelling or grammar” will lose that property. Spelling and grammar will now be checked for that text.	Supported Areas of text that that are marked “don’t check spelling or grammar” will lose that property. Spelling and grammar will now be checked for that text.
Proofing	Thesaurus	Supported	Supported	Supported
Proofing	Translation	Supported	Supported	Supported
Research	Research Pane	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Draft	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Outline	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Print Layout	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Reading	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Ruler	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Scrolling	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Status Bar	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Thumbnails	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Web Layout	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Windowing	Supported	Supported	Supported
View	Zoom	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
WordMail	Autosignatures	Supported	Supported	Supported
WordMail	Fax	Supported	Supported	Supported
WordMail	HTML	Supported	Supported	Supported
WordMail	Options	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
WordMail	Plain Text	Supported	Supported	Supported
WordMail	RFM	supported	supported	supported
WordMail	RTF	Supported	Supported	Supported
XML	Attach Schema	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	Attributes	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	External Source	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	Include Text	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	Merge XML	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	OOUI	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	Selection Behaviors	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	Tree View	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	Validation	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
XML	XSLT	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported

Graphics Elements

The table below shows which Word graphics features are fully, partially, or not supported in the OpenDocument Format (.odt).

Supported The Word format and the OpenDocument Format support this feature. Graphics using this feature generally appear and behave the same in either format.
Partially Supported The Word format and the OpenDocument Format support this feature, but graphics might appear different between the formats. No data is generally lost between the formats, but formatting and how you work with these graphics might be different.
Not Supported Because of the unique differences of features and implementation between the Word format and the OpenDocument Format, this feature isn’t supported in OpenDocument Format. If you plan to save your document in an OpenDocument Format, don’t use these features.

Basic shapes	Level of support
	Word 2007	Word 2010	Word 2013
Shapes	Supported	Supported	Supported
Text boxes	Supported Supported except for objects in text boxes that are partially supported for Word 2007. SmartArt graphics, shapes, or text boxes inside a text box are not supported and are lost when you open the file.	Supported Supported except for objects in text boxes that are partially supported for Word 2010. SmartArt graphics, shapes, or text boxes inside a text box are not supported and are lost when you open the file.	Supported Supported except for objects in text boxes that are partially supported for Word 2013. SmartArt graphics, shapes, or text boxes inside a text box are not supported and are lost when you open the file.
WordArt	Supported	Supported	Supported
3D shapes options	Supported	Supported	Supported
Pictures	Supported Supported except for the insert and link option that are not supported by ODF.	Supported Supported except for the insert and link option that are not supported by ODF.	Supported Supported except for the insert and link option that are not supported by ODF.
SmartArt diagrams	Supported Converted to a group of shapes.	Supported Converted to a group of shapes.	Supported Converted to a group of shapes.
ActiveX controls	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Objects in charts	Supported Converted to a group containing the chart and objects. Word 2007 cannot support a group containing a chart so the objects are ungrouped when you open the file in Word 2007.	Supported Converted to a group containing the chart and objects. Word 2010 cannot support a group containing a chart so the objects are ungrouped when you open the file in Word 2010.	Supported Converted to a group containing the chart and objects. Word 2013 cannot support a group containing a chart so the objects are ungrouped when you open the file in Word 2013.
Signature line object	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Ink annotation	Supported The ink annotation is converted to a freeform shape.	Supported The ink annotation is converted to an Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image.	Supported The ink annotation is converted to an Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image.
Group of objects	Partially Supported Some objects cannot be grouped together in Word 2007, so the objects are ungrouped when you open the OpenDocument file. This includes anything grouped with a chart, and a picture grouped with a shape, text box, or OLE object.	Partially Supported Some objects cannot be grouped together in Word 2010, so the objects are ungrouped when you open the OpenDocument file. This includes anything grouped with a chart, and a picture grouped with a shape, text box, or OLE object.	Partially Supported Some objects cannot be grouped together in Word 2013, so the objects are ungrouped when you open the OpenDocument file. This includes anything grouped with a chart, and a picture grouped with a shape, text box, or OLE object.
Object visibility	Partially Supported Invisible objects become visible after saving the file in .odt and opening again in Word 2007.	Partially Supported Invisible objects become visible after saving the file in .odt and opening again in Word 2010.	Partially Supported Invisible objects become visible after saving the file in .odt and opening again in Word 2013.
Object borders	Supported Not all border styles are supported. Border styles that are not supported are saved as the default border style (black, solid line).	Supported Not all border styles are supported. Border styles that are not supported are saved as the default border style (black, solid line).	Supported Not all border styles are supported. Border styles that are not supported are saved as the default border style (black, solid line).
Object fills	Supported Supported except for gradient fills with more than two stops lose all stops after the first two.	Supported Supported except for gradient fills with more than two stops lose all stops after the first two.	Supported Supported except for gradient fills with more than two stops lose all stops after the first two.
Line formatting	Supported Not all line and line end styles are supported in ODF. Styles that are not supported are saved as the default, black solid line and open arrow type, respectively.	Supported Not all line and line end styles are supported in ODF. Styles that are not supported are saved as the default, black solid line and open arrow type, respectively.	Supported Not all line and line end styles are supported in ODF. Styles that are not supported are saved as the default, black solid line and open arrow type, respectively.
Picture cropping	Supported Regular cropping of a picture is supported. However, cropping a picture with a shape is not supported.	Supported Regular cropping of a picture is supported. However, cropping a picture with a shape is not supported.	Supported Regular cropping of a picture is supported. However, cropping a picture with a shape is not supported.
Picture recoloring	Partially Supported Some picture recoloring has the equivalent in ODF, such as black and white. Other picture recoloring does not have an equivalent and is flattened. The picture appears the same but the recoloring can no longer be changed or removed.	Partially Supported Some picture recoloring has the equivalent in ODF, such as black and white. Other picture recoloring does not have an equivalent and is flattened. The picture appears the same but the recoloring can no longer be changed or removed.	Partially Supported Some picture recoloring has the equivalent in ODF, such as black and white. Other picture recoloring does not have an equivalent and is flattened. The picture appears the same but the recoloring can no longer be changed or removed.
3D picture options	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Picture styles	Partially Supported Borders are partially supported, but might not look the same.	Partially Supported Borders are partially supported, but might not look the same.	Partially Supported Borders are partially supported, but might not look the same.
Themes	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Hyperlink on shape	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported

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