Mindblown: how does PPT copy whole slide from browser to PPT app?

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I've been working on powerpoint plugin dev for a while.

Recently I opened a deck in the browser. Right click, copied (still in the browser). Then moved on to PPT app and pasted the whole slide....

... and it actually worked (as a full slide with all shapes, images etc.. not just a screenshot).

How does this work? Does "PPT in browser" convert the slide to a sort of JSON object that can fit in the clipboard? Then "PPT the app" interprete the JSON back into a slide?

Knowing the insane XML mess that Powerpoint PPTX file format is, this seems like quite a feat.

Anyone can enlighten me on how this happens - purely for intellectual curiosity.

Thanks a lot!

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