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Limitations and Issues

word2canvas is actively being used but is still under development and has some known limitations.

Feel free to use th word2canvas Issues forum to ask questions and report any problems.

Known Limitations

  1. Doesn't handle images embedded in Word documents.

    The Canvas editor removes base64 encoded images from HTML. The method word2canvas uses to convert the Word document to HTML converts images to base64 encoded images. The current suggested "solution" requires manual saving of these images and using them to replace placeholder images via the Canvas RCE.

  2. Required to use very specific Word styles.

    Your Word document must use very specific styles to correctly create Canvas Modules and their items. There is a learning curve involved.

  3. Doesn't work for new Quizzes.

    Entirely because Canvas does not yet have an API for new Quizzes.

Known Issues

Currently, no known major issues.

Various bugs and improvements details in the Issues forum