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Support old .ppt files

Open bbtfr opened this issue 1 year ago • 4 comments

bbtfr avatar Dec 20 '24 04:12 bbtfr

Hi @bbtfr ,

Could you provide some context or specific requirements for addressing this issue?

Thank you!

imDarshanGK avatar Dec 25 '24 09:12 imDarshanGK

There all tons of old .ppt files in the world, it would be great if markitdown can convert them to markdown, just like what it did for .pptx files

  • extract text & formulas & notes as markdown text
  • extract images as data url or just a file name

bbtfr avatar Dec 30 '24 04:12 bbtfr

@bbtfr could we not use other batch conversion tools on github to convert PPT to PPTX or use a VB script to do the same? Or is there something else on your mind?

beeshankar avatar Apr 22 '25 14:04 beeshankar

@beeshankar Indeed, I realized what you mentioned by observing #153 . I think I can solve the problem using the libreoffice (or sth. like that) plugin for MarkItDown. If this is the recommended approach, then this issue can be closed. Thank you all for your support

bbtfr avatar Apr 25 '25 05:04 bbtfr