Description: Open the attached PPT file, the placeholder in the slide is imported as OLE object. Because of this when we save the file as PPTX, PowerPoint fails to open the file This happens if the placeholder is for (table, chart, images, etc) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the attached PPT file 2. The only shape is the slide is an OLE object instead of a placeholder Actual Results: Expected Results: Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: Yes Additional Info: Version: 25.8.3.2 (X86_64) Build ID: 8ca8d55c161d602844f5428fa4b58097424e324e CPU threads: 22; OS: Linux 6.12; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-IN (en_IN); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 204874 [details] PPT File
Karthik Godha committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/59382f50efb869982ac22a2e1e42adc21357f797 tdf#170181: PPT placeholder imported as OLE object It will be available in 26.8.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Karthik Godha committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "libreoffice-26-2": https://git.libreoffice.org/core/commit/9c4945c0cbdc960eb0b4a9f2638207e0cba37be3 tdf#170181: PPT placeholder imported as OLE object It will be available in 26.2.1. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at https://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.