# ppt-master v4.7.0

- Product: ppt-master (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ppt-master)
- Vendor: hugohe3
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: v4.7.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/hugohe3/ppt-master/releases/tag/v4.7.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ppt-master/releases/v4.7.0

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- **added** — LaTeX compiles to editable PowerPoint math with OMML output supporting Office 2010+ TextMath in both flat and structured packages
- **added** — Inline math compiles to inline m:oMath within DrawingML paragraphs, allowing formulas to remain in the same paragraph as surrounding text
- **added** — Links are authored with ordinary SVG <a href> and lower to real PowerPoint click relationships for whole objects, inline text runs, and formulas
- **added** — Same-deck navigation with links targets other slides in the same deck, and targets are remapped when slides, layouts, and masters are cloned
- **added** — Links survive round-trip import and export, with supported click links reconstructed on PPTX import and same-deck links retargeted unambiguously
- **added** — Opt-in native charts preserve plot-area geometry as manual layout from authored slide coordinates instead of PowerPoint's automatic placement
- **added** — Horizontal bar axes and doughnut hole sizing are supported in native charts
- **changed** — Native formulas are now the default path with formula policy choices and image-rendering resources removed from Default and Quick generation
- **changed** — SVG formula preview is authoring-only with no formula image fallback emitted
- **removed** — latex_render.py is no longer used for formula rendering in normal operation, remaining only as a standalone legacy raster utility
- **fixed** — Invalid LaTeX input fails closed rather than degrading silently

v4.6.0 opened a new input with page-image reconstruction. This release goes the other way — deeper into PowerPoint's own object model. Two things a deck could previously only fake are now real native objects: formulas are editable PowerPoint math instead of pictures, and hyperlinks are real click relationships instead of styled text. Both round-trip.

##### Native formulas

- **LaTeX compiles to editable PowerPoint math.** A strict LaTeX subset is validated and compiled straight to OMML — no Pandoc, no image rendering, no external service. Formulas export as Office 2010+ TextMath in both flat and structured packages, and invalid input fails closed rather than degrading silently.
- **Inline math lives in the paragraph it belongs to.** Same-paragraph formulas compile to inline `m:oMath` and are emitted as styled math runs inside the surrounding DrawingML paragraph, so a sentence with a symbol in the middle stays one sentence. Standalone block formulas remain available; the Executor chooses ordinary text, inline math, or a block depending on the content.
- **This is now the default path, not an option.** Formula policy choices and image-rendering resources are gone from both Default and Quick generation. Exact mathematical content stays owned upstream, and one shared marker contract covers both forms. `latex_render.py` remains only as a standalone legacy raster utility for anyone who still wants a picture.
- **The SVG preview is authoring-only.** No formula image fallback is emitted. PowerPoint 2010+ is the supported target; non-PowerPoint clients are outside the contract.

##### Native hyperlinks

- **Links are authored with ordinary SVG `<a href>`.** Whole objects, inline text runs, and formulas can all carry a link, and each lowers to a real PowerPoint click relationship rather than blue underlined text.
- **Same-deck navigation works, not just external URLs.** A link can target another slide in the same deck, and those targets are remapped when slides, layouts, and masters are cloned — failing closed when a target is ambiguous rather than guessing.
- **Links survive the round trip.** Supported click links are reconstructed on PPTX import, linked images and table cells are preserved through Markdown extraction, and Fill Native PPTX retargets same-deck links unambiguously.
- **Validation is fail-closed** on URI safety, action ownership, relationship mode, and final slide-roster membership. An `actionButton*` preset still contributes visual geometry only: appearance alone never implies an action, which keeps the rule that generated decks do not invent behavior nobody asked for.

##### Native charts

- **Opt-in native charts keep the layout they were drawn with.** Plot-area geometry is emitted as manual layout from the authored slide coordinates instead of collapsing to PowerPoint's automatic placement, and bounded titles are preserved as editable companion text boxes.
- Horizontal bar axes and doughnut hole sizing are supported, and the authoring contract now documents absolute plot-area bounds, the automatic-layout fallback, and bounded title/subtitle constraints.

##### Roadmap

- **The roadmap is now a coverage map organized by the four layers of a presentation** — visible objects, composition, behavior, and document structure — with a status on every row. It is written as a map rather than a backlog: a settled boundary reads as a decision, not a debt, and the statuses that describe a decision are separated from the ones that describe an open question.
- **Several rows were understating what already exists.** Connectors, SmartArt, and hyperlinks each recorded only the authoring side of a capability that was already working on the read or preserve side. Those are corrected.
- **Scope decisions are on the record with their reasoning.** Arbitrary video, background music, OLE objects, and 3D models are Not planned, each stating that media and objects already present in a source deck are preserved unchanged. Endpoint binding for n

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