Design
Template feature
Supported template files and features
Template types
Carbone supports virtually any document as a template. Carbone can also be used to generate emails in HTML, JSON, files for industrial label printers, markdown, and more.
However, some advanced features require specific template files. This table provides a non-exhaustive overview of all supported features by template type.
Carbone also manages more than 160 document conversions (ex., DOCX to PDF). The bottom of the table shows the most commonly used output file type. Here is the complete list of supported output file formats
| Input Template Formats | XML | HTML | ODT | ODS | ODP | DOCX | XLSX | PPTX | ODG | SVG | MD | IDML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Features | |||||||||||||
| Substitutions | |||||||||||||
| Repetitions | |||||||||||||
| Formatters | |||||||||||||
| Translations | |||||||||||||
| Conditions | |||||||||||||
| Simple math | |||||||||||||
| Enterprise Features | |||||||||||||
| Aggregators | |||||||||||||
| Pictures | |||||||||||||
| Colors | |||||||||||||
| HTML | |||||||||||||
| Charts | |||||||||||||
| Barcodes | |||||||||||||
| Hyperlinks | |||||||||||||
| Forms | |||||||||||||
| Transform | |||||||||||||
| File operations | |||||||||||||
| Signatures | |||||||||||||
| Output File Formats (see full list) |
xml | html txt |
odt docx txt jpg png epub md rtf html |
ods xlsx csv txt html |
odp pptx jpg png gif svg webp |
odt docx txt jpg png epub md rtf html |
ods xlsx csv txt html |
odp pptx jpg png gif svg webp |
jpg png webp pub cdr |
pdf jpg png webp |
pdf odt |
pdf docx odt jpg png |
idml |
Legend
- Working
- Working with some limitation
- On the roadmap
- Not available or not supported by the file format itself
It is worth mentioning that Carbone also supports all these features through Microsoft Word, OnlyOffice, LibreOffice or Google Docs:
- Watermark
- Header / Footer
- Pagination, page count, page total
- Pivot table
- Bookmark, Cross-reference
- Page size, page orientation
- Repeat table header on new page
- Page break
- Automatic table resizing
- Automatic text wrap
- All font style / color / paragraph size
- Comments
- Footnotes
- Table of Contents
This list is not exhaustive.
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XLSX Templates
Carbone v5 has significantly improved support for XLSX templates.
Known Limitations:
Sheet names have a maximum limit of 31 characters If Carbone injects data into a sheet name, ensure that the injected string does not exceed 31 characters. If exceeded, Excel will display a warning when opening the generated file: "We found a problem with some content in 'file.xlsx'. Do you want us to try to recover as much as we can? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes."
Dynamic sheet creation is not yet supported in XLSX templates. As an alternative, use ODS templates and convert them to XLSX with Carbone.
For Carbone v4 users: Add the prerelease tag to your template to access the latest features and bug fixes for XLSX templates.
PPTX Templates
Known Limitations:
Dynamic slide creation is not yet supported in PPTX. As an alternative, use ODP templates and convert them to PPTX with Carbone.
In presentations, images and shapes are positioned absolutely. So, if you create a loop, new elements will overlap. Use the formatter :transform to move items along the X or Y axis in a loop. See a real example here.