Extensible Document Limitations

Extensible documents are powerful, but there are some limitations when using different file types.

Extensible documents cannot reference themselves.

Text File Limitations

  • Does not support images.

Microsoft Word Limitations

  • Word charts cannot be converted to PDF.

Microsoft PowerPoint Limitations

  • PowerPoint cannot be converted to PDF.

Microsoft Excel Limitations

  • The center across columns function is not supported.

  • Excel Spark lines is not supported.

  • Word wrap is not supported.

  • 3D charts are not supported.

  • Modifications to colors of individual chart items in a series does not carry through to a PDF.

  • Fitting columns to a page is not supported.

  • Repeating columns and rows is not supported.

  • Cell comments do not display on a PDF after processing.

  • Background images do not display after processing in Excel or PDF.

  • Shapes do not display after processing in Excel or PDF.

  • Smart Art does not display after processing in Excel or PDF.

  • Macros are not supported.

The following Excel functions are not supported in extensible documents.

  • ACCRINT

  • ACCRINTM

  • AGGREGATE

  • AMORDEGRC

  • AMORLINC

  • BAHTTEXT

  • BETA.DIST

  • BETA.INV

  • BINOM.DIST

  • BINOM.DIST.RANGE

  • BINOM.INV

  • BINOMDIST

  • CHISQ.DIST

  • CHISQ.DIST.RT

  • CHISQ.INV

  • CHISQ.INV.RT

  • CHISQ.TEST

  • CONFIDENCE.T

  • COUPDAYBS

  • COUPDAYS

  • COUPDAYSNC

  • COUPNCD

  • COUPNUM

  • COUPPCD

  • COVARIANCE.P

  • COVARIANCE.S

  • CRITBINOM

  • CUBEKIPIMEMBER

  • CUBEMEMBER

  • CUBEMEMBERPROPERTY

  • CUBERANKEDMEMBER

  • CUBESET

  • CUBESETCOUNT

  • CUBEVALUE

  • DDB

  • DEVSQ

  • DISC

  • DURATION

  • EXPON.DIST

  • EXPONDIST

  • F.DIST

  • F.DIST.RT

  • F.INV

  • F.INV.RT

  • F.TEST

  • FACTDOUBLE

  • FILTERXML

  • FISHER

  • FISHERINV

  • FORECAST

  • FVSCHEDULE

  • GAMMA

  • GAMMA.DIST

  • GAMMA.INV

  • GAUSS

  • GCD

  • GETPIVOTDATA

  • GROWTH

  • HARMEAN

  • HYPGEOM.DIST

  • HYPGEOMDIST

  • INTRATE

  • ISPMT

  • KURT

  • LCM

  • LIMEST

  • LOGEST

  • MDURATION

  • MULTINOMINAL

  • NEGBINOM.DIST

  • NEGBINOMDIST

  • ODDFPRICE

  • OFFFYIELD

  • ODDLPRICE

  • ODDLYIELD

  • PERCENTILE.EXC

  • PERCENTILE.ING

  • PERCENTILERANK.EXC

  • PERCENTILERANK.INC

  • PERMUT

  • PERMUTATIONA

  • PHI

  • POISSON

  • POISSON.DIST

  • PRICE

  • PRICEDISC

  • PRICEMAT

  • PROB

  • QUARTILE.EXC

  • QUARTILE.INC

  • RANK.AVG

  • RANK.EQ

  • RECEIVED

  • ROMAN

  • RSQ

  • RTD

  • SERIESSUM

  • SKEW.P

  • SLN

  • STANDARDIZE

  • STDEVPA

  • STEYK

  • SYN

  • T.DIST

  • T.DIST.2T

  • T.DIST.RT

  • T.INV

  • T.INV.2T

  • T.TEST

  • TBILLEQ

  • TBILLPRICE

  • TBILLYIELD

  • TREND

  • TRIMMEAN

  • UNICHAR

  • VARA

  • VARPA

  • VDB

  • WEBSERVICE

  • WEIBULL

  • WEIBULL.DIST

  • XIRR

  • YIELD

  • YIELDDISC

  • YIELDMAT

  • Z.TEST

  • ZTEST