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deckcraft/docs/parity-checklist.md
Brandon ThomasandClaude Opus 5.5 e614f0d6d6 Docs: record the wild shape rendering fixes and partial 3-D rendering
Progress log entry for the wild-case rendering fixes; "Bevel and 3-D
rotation" moves from missing to partial (approximate bevels, cameras and
face lighting; no extrusion, rigs or 3-D pane); gap estimate narrowed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-13 08:16:41 -04:00

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PowerPoint feature checklist

Generated: 2026-10-10 (summary by cargo xtask parity; rows re-scored 2026-10-10 against PowerPoint for Mac 16.113.4) · Target: Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 16.113 (Microsoft 365)

The summary between ` Weighted breadth parity: 79% over 191 features.

Priority Features Done Partial Missing Parity
P0 72 61 11 0 92%
P1 65 38 21 6 75%
P2 54 13 15 26 38%
Area Parity
Application shell 77%
Files 71%
Slides 90%
Views 90%
Masters & themes 85%
Shapes 88%
Format 83%
Arrange 100%
Text 80%
Tables 89%
Charts 65%
SmartArt 33%
Pictures 48%
Media 67%
Transitions 92%
Animations 79%
Slide show 66%
Review 60%
Draw 33%
Undo & clipboard 88%
Automation (✱) 100%
Platforms (✱) 67%

Open P0 items: Contextual tabs (Shape Format, Picture Format, Table Design/Layout, Chart Design), Export to PDF (slides, notes pages, handouts; text layer, links, bookmarks; vector artwork pending), Format Shape pane, Font, size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough (only Regular/Bold/Italic faces, #69), Edit chart data, Crop (and crop to shape, aspect ratio), Paste image from clipboard (fails on Windows and Linux, #53), Audio/video playback in the show (WMA/WMV not decodable yet), Animation pane (reorder, timing), Presenter view (notes, next slide, timer), macOS, Windows, Linux builds.

Rows

Area Feature Priority Status
Application shell Start screen (new, templates/themes, recent) P0 D
Application shell Ribbon with Home/Insert/Draw/Design/Transitions/Animations/Slide Show/Review/View tabs P0 D
Application shell Contextual tabs (Shape Format, Picture Format, Table Design/Layout, Chart Design) P0 P
Application shell Quick Access toolbar / title bar commands P1 P
Application shell Native menu bar (macOS) with every command P1 M
Application shell Command palette / Tell me search P1 D
Application shell Keyboard shortcuts for every common command P0 D
Application shell Status bar (slide counter, notes, comments, views, zoom) P0 D
Application shell Light and dark appearance P1 D
Application shell Multiple open presentations P1 P
Application shell Preferences (autosave, units, defaults) P2 P
Files New blank presentation P0 D
Files Native file format (open/save) P0 D
Files Open PowerPoint .pptx P0 D
Files Save as PowerPoint .pptx P0 D
Files Open/save .potx/.ppsx/.pptm variants (.potx/.ppsx open; saved with the .pptx content type; no .pptm) P2 P
Files Legacy .ppt (binary) import P2 M
Files Save as template P1 D
Files Autosave and crash recovery P0 D
Files Document properties P2 D
Files Export to PDF (slides, notes pages, handouts; text layer, links, bookmarks; vector artwork pending) P0 P
Files Export slides as PNG/JPEG P0 D
Files Export outline / RTF P2 P
Files Export video (MP4) / animated GIF P2 M
Files Print (slides, handouts, notes, outline) P1 M
Files Password protection P2 M
Files Reuse slides from another file P1 M
Files Drag and drop files onto the window P1 D
Files OpenDocument .odp open/save P2 M
Slides New slide by layout P0 D
Slides Duplicate, delete, hide slides P0 D
Slides Reorder slides (thumbnails, sorter) P0 D
Slides Sections (add, rename, remove, move, collapse) P1 D
Slides Slide layouts (11 standard) P0 D
Slides Reset slide P1 D
Slides Slides from outline P2 D
Slides Copy/paste slides between decks P1 P
Slides Zoom (summary, section and slide zoom) P2 M
Views Normal view (thumbnails, slide, notes) P0 D
Views Outline view P1 D
Views Slide Sorter P0 D
Views Notes Page P1 D
Views Reading View P1 D
Views Zoom, fit to window P0 D
Views Rulers, gridlines, guides P1 P
Views Smart guides P1 D
Views Grayscale / black and white view P2 D
Views New window / arrange windows P2 M
Masters & themes Slide Master view (edit master and layouts) P0 D
Masters & themes Insert/rename/delete layouts, insert placeholders P1 D
Masters & themes Handout and Notes masters P2 M
Masters & themes Built-in themes (original designs) P0 D
Masters & themes Theme variants P1 P
Masters & themes Colour schemes (built-in and custom) P0 D
Masters & themes Font schemes (built-in and custom) P0 D
Masters & themes Effect schemes / background styles P2 P
Masters & themes Format background (solid, gradient, picture, pattern) P0 D
Masters & themes Hide background graphics P1 D
Masters & themes Slide size (16:9, 4:3, presets, custom) P0 D
Masters & themes Header & footer (date, slide number, footer) P1 D
Masters & themes Browse themes from .pptx/.thmx P2 M
Masters & themes Designer layout suggestions (offline) P2 M
Shapes Preset shapes (lines, rectangles, basic, arrows, equation, flowchart, stars, callouts) P0 D
Shapes Action buttons P2 D
Shapes Adjustment handles P0 D
Shapes Connectors (straight, elbow, curved) P0 D
Shapes Connector glue to connection sites P1 D
Shapes Freeform, curve and scribble tools P1 D
Shapes Edit points P1 M
Shapes Merge shapes (union, combine, fragment, intersect, subtract) P1 D
Shapes Change shape P1 D
Shapes Text boxes P0 D
Shapes WordArt P1 P
Shapes Text warp transforms P2 P
Shapes Shape quick styles P1 D
Shapes Set as default shape P2 D
Format Solid fill and transparency P0 D
Format Gradient fill (linear, radial, rectangular, path) P0 D
Format Picture and texture fill P1 P
Format Pattern fill P2 P
Format Line colour, width, dash, compound, cap, join P0 D
Format Arrowheads P0 D
Format Shadow (outer, inner, presets) P1 D
Format Reflection, glow, soft edges P2 P
Format Bevel and 3-D rotation P2 P
Format Format Painter P1 D
Format Format Shape pane P0 P
Arrange Size and position (exact), lock aspect ratio P0 D
Arrange Rotate and flip P0 D
Arrange Bring forward / send backward / to front / to back P0 D
Arrange Align and distribute P0 D
Arrange Group, ungroup, regroup P0 D
Arrange Selection pane (names, visibility, order) P1 D
Arrange Nudge, duplicate with repeat offset P1 D
Arrange Lock shapes P2 D
Arrange Alt text P1 D
Text In-place text editing (caret, selection, mouse, keyboard) P0 D
Text Font, size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough (only Regular/Bold/Italic faces, #69) P0 P
Text Font colour, highlight P0 D
Text Superscript, subscript, caps, character spacing P1 D
Text Change case, grow/shrink font, clear formatting P1 D
Text Text outline and text effects P2 P
Text Paragraph alignment, indents, spacing, line spacing P0 D
Text Bullets and numbering P0 D
Text Picture bullets, custom bullet symbols P2 P
Text List levels (Tab / Shift+Tab) P0 D
Text Tab stops P2 P
Text Columns P2 D
Text Vertical anchor, margins, wrap P0 D
Text Autofit (shrink on overflow, resize shape) P0 D
Text Text direction (rotated, stacked) P1 D
Text Find and replace, replace fonts P1 P
Text Spelling check P1 P
Text Thesaurus P2 M
Text AutoCorrect and smart quotes P2 M
Text Symbols and emoji P1 D
Text Equations P2 M
Text Hyperlinks (URL, slide, email) P1 D
Text Date/time and slide number fields P1 D
Text Right-to-left and complex scripts P1 P
Text East Asian text (CJK fonts, line breaking) P1 P
Tables Insert table (grid picker, dialog) P0 D
Tables Draw table P2 M
Tables Table styles and style options P0 D
Tables Insert/delete rows and columns P0 D
Tables Merge and split cells P1 D
Tables Distribute rows/columns, sizes P1 D
Tables Cell fill, borders, margins, alignment P1 P
Tables Keyboard navigation between cells P0 D
Charts Insert chart (column, bar, line, area, pie, doughnut, scatter) P0 D
Charts Other chart types (radar, stock, combo, waterfall, funnel, treemap, sunburst, histogram, box) P2 P
Charts Edit chart data P0 P
Charts Chart elements (title, legend, labels, axes, gridlines) P1 P
Charts Chart styles and colours P2 P
SmartArt Insert SmartArt (lists, processes, cycles, hierarchy) P1 P
SmartArt Text pane and layout switching P2 M
Pictures Insert picture (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF) P0 D
Pictures SVG pictures P1 M
Pictures Crop (and crop to shape, aspect ratio) P0 P
Pictures Corrections, colour, transparency P1 P
Pictures Artistic effects P2 M
Pictures Remove background P2 M
Pictures Picture styles and borders P1 P
Pictures Change / reset picture P1 D
Pictures Compress pictures P2 M
Pictures Paste image from clipboard (fails on Windows and Linux, #53) P0 P
Pictures Insert screenshot P2 M
Media Insert audio (any common format) P0 D
Media Insert video P1 D
Media Audio/video playback in the show (WMA/WMV not decodable yet) P0 P
Media Trim, fade in/out, volume, loop, play across slides P2 D
Media Record audio / screen recording P2 M
Media Icons, 3-D models, stock content P2 M
Media Embedded objects (OLE): insert; foreign objects kept on round trip P2 P
Transitions Transition gallery (fade, push, wipe, split, cover, uncover, zoom, morph…) P0 D
Transitions Effect options and duration P0 D
Transitions Advance on click / after time, apply to all P0 D
Transitions Transition sounds P2 M
Transitions Morph P1 D
Animations Entrance, emphasis, exit effects P0 D
Animations Motion paths P1 P
Animations Effect options, start (on click/with/after), duration, delay P0 D
Animations Animation pane (reorder, timing) P0 P
Animations By-paragraph text builds P1 D
Animations Triggers P2 D
Animations Animation Painter P2 D
Animations Preview in editor P1 P
Slide show Full-screen show from start / current P0 D
Slide show Navigation (keys, click, go to slide, blank screen) P0 D
Slide show Presenter view (notes, next slide, timer) P0 P
Slide show Pen and highlighter ink during the show P1 P
Slide show Laser pointer P2 M
Slide show Rehearse timings P2 D
Slide show Custom shows P2 D
Slide show Set up show (loop, kiosk, without animation) P1 D
Slide show Record slide show (narration) P2 M
Slide show Multi-monitor presenting P1 M
Review Comments (add, reply, resolve, delete) P1 D
Review Accessibility checker P2 D
Review Compare presentations P2 M
Review Track changes / version history P2 M
Draw Ink pens, highlighter, eraser P1 P
Draw Ink to shape / text P2 M
Undo & clipboard Unlimited undo/redo P0 D
Undo & clipboard Cut, copy, paste shapes and slides P0 D
Undo & clipboard Paste special (keep formatting, picture, text only) P1 P
Automation (✱) Every command scriptable (CLI, control channel, MCP) P0 D
Automation (✱) Headless rendering and conversion P0 D
Platforms (✱) macOS, Windows, Linux builds P0 P
Platforms (✱) Web (WASM) build P1 D
Platforms (✱) BSD build P2 P