Showpad supports a wide variety of documents you can make available for your users. Here you can find a list of file types you can upload in the Content Library on Showpad's Online Platform.
All file types listed below can be displayed within Showpad but cannot be modified. Editing the files requires other apps (like QuickOffice, Pages for iPad, etc.). However, the Showpad app does allow you to open these documents with another app with just a simple tap.
The list of supported file types
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MS Office documents |
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View our guide for uploading Microsoft Office documents. |
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500MB for PDF rendering |
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iWork documents |
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On our Android, Windows, and Web app, we can't generate a PDF conversion to view the document. On iOS, you will be able to view iWork documents. You can choose to open these documents in another app, or you can convert the documents to PDF before uploading and control the way they are displayed. From within Keynote, for example, you can export to HTML, but animations won't be available anymore after the conversion. |
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Adobe PDF documents |
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native files |
When importing from Google Drive, natives files are converted to MS Office files upon synchronization to Showpad. Gslides become PPTX files, Gsheets become XLSX files, Gdocs become DOCX. |
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Text and rich-text files |
.txt, .rtf |
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When .txt and .rtf files are added to Showpad without being converted to PDFs, users will only see the option to download the file. They will not be able to be viewed in Showpad. |
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Audio files |
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Photos |
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File types containing images, such as photos, drawings, or graphs | ||||
GIFs |
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The .gif file format is supported on the Advanced Experiences, exclusively when uploading a logo in the design tab. |
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Videos |
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Some video formats are platform specific. A .mov file won't play on an Android device for example. Check the documentation of your device to see what movie files can be played. View the best practices for uploading video files. |
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3D and HTML5 apps |
.zip |
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View our web apps and HTML content guidelines or the article about how to upload 3D assets for more information about those zip files. |
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Hyperlinks |
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Other documents |
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