Planned feature
This feature is not available yet. Here is what is planned, so you can tell whether it will cover your need — and tell us if it will not.
Status — design settled
Planned availability — server mode only
In short
Six formats are planned, from Markdown to PPTX. Two are worth knowing about in advance: HTML, the best archival format because it is self-contained, and PPTX, which produces a genuinely editable deck — with automatic layout.
What is planned
| Format | What it is for | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Markdown | Taking the content into another tool, or dropping it into a git repository. | Lossy by design: figures become plain image references. |
| HTML | Archiving, or handing over a document that opens anywhere. | The best for archiving: figures are embedded, the file stands alone — and is therefore large. |
| DOCX | Handing over to someone who works in Word. | — |
| ODT | LibreOffice, and public-sector workflows. | — |
| The final deliverable, the one you submit or append. | Text stays text: it can be selected, searched, and stays crisp in print. | |
| PPTX | A deck you can genuinely edit afterwards. | Opens in PowerPoint, Keynote and LibreOffice. Automatic layout — see below. |
What an exported deck becomes
One slide per separator, as in presentation mode. Inside, blocks stack vertically: a heading becomes the slide title, paragraphs and lists become real editable text boxes, and figures become images.
Automatic layout, no free placement
You will be able to edit the text after export, but not decide where each element sits. That is the accepted trade-off: a deck someone can pick up and adjust, rather than one image per slide that nobody can correct.
Frozen and live figures
Exporting a report whose figures are still live triggers their computation at export time. Freezing the report first makes the export faster and above all stable: two successive exports then produce exactly the same document. See Overview.
What is not settled yet
Availability in browser mode is not a given
The format converters add noticeable weight to the application. Their real cost has to be measured on the server-less installation before committing: it is possible that export will only be available in server mode.
The ODP and Keynote formats, by contrast, were dropped: Keynote and LibreOffice both import PPTX correctly, and another format added nothing.
Going further
- Overview — freezing figures before exporting.
- Presentation mode — projecting without going through an export.
- Filters, settings and export — exporting a dashboard’s figures, which exists today.