63
Feature Support Notes
Gradient fill colours in autoshapes Most
Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, centre-
square
Supports WordArt No
Marks cells that have been changed using the
Excel Highlight Changes command
No
Displays lists according to any filters that are
applied
No
Supports pivot tables No
Displays form controls (buttons, check boxes,
listboxes etc)
Partial
Displays ActiveX Controls, not ‘regular’
Form Controls. Also, ActiveX Controls
are only displayed as static (non-
interactive) objects.
Runs macros or scripts associated with form
controls
No
Displays phonetic guides for Japanese text:
z Hiragana
z Full width katakana
z Half width katakana
No
7. MS Excel Chart
Feature Support Notes
Supports Excel 95 (BIFF7) charts No
Supports Excel 5 (BIFF5) format charts No
Chart Legends Partial
Data Labels No
Grid Lines Partial
Tickmarks on lines Partial
Rotated text in charts No
Supports Organisation charts No
Supports Radar charts No
Supports Scatter charts No
Supports Area charts No
Supports Surface charts No
Supports Bubble charts No
Supports Doughnut charts No
Supports Stock charts No
Supports Combination charts No
Feature Support Notes
Supports Chart data tables No
Displays chart embedded within a chart which is a
separate page
No
Error bars No
Line markers No
Bitmap fill patterns No
3D effects in any chart No
8. MS PowerPoint
Feature Support Notes
Bold text Partial Not supported in Simple Chinese font.
Numbered lists No
Line dash styles Some
Only solid dash styles are supported.
Dashed and dotted lines are rendered
as solid lines
Animations and slide transitions No
Hyperlinks and actions No
Smart Art diagrams No
9. Adobe PDF
Feature Support Notes
Supports later PDF documents using backwards
compatible features
Partial
The PDF format has been carefully
designed to encourage backwards
compatibility, allowing older applications
to read newer files in many cases. This
is supported where feasible.
Bold text Partial Not supported in Simple Chinese font.
Table border styles Partial
Supports
- single solid line
- double solid line
Transformed images Partial
Supports image rotation by 90, 180,
270 degrees, flipped images
Monochrome and Colour content
z DeviceGray
z DeviceRGB
z DeviceCMYK
z CalGray*
z CalRGB*
z Indexed
z DeviceN
Most
Calgray and CalRGB are treated as
DeviceGray and DeviceRGB