diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/write/shapes.rs b/crates/pptx/src/write/shapes.rs
index 8b2ea35d..7a069f98 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/write/shapes.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/write/shapes.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ pub fn geometry(w: &mut W, g: &Geom) {
                     vals.push(defaults.get(vals.len()).copied().unwrap_or(0.0));
                 }
                 w.open0("a:avLst");
-                let single = if defaults.is_empty() { vals.len() == 1 } else { defaults.len() == 1 };
+                // A lone guide is `adj`, except in these presets, which name it `adj1` (as PowerPoint
+                // writes them); PowerPoint won't open a file that renames it (#214).
+                let adj1 = matches!(name, "bentConnector3" | "curvedConnector3" | "frame" | "mathPlus" | "mathMinus" | "mathMultiply");
+                let single = !adj1 && if defaults.is_empty() { vals.len() == 1 } else { defaults.len() == 1 };
                 for (i, v) in vals.iter().enumerate() {
                     let n = if single && i == 0 { "adj".to_string() } else { format!("adj{}", i + 1) };
                     let v = if v.is_finite() { v.round().clamp(-2.0e9, 2.0e9) as i64 } else { 0 };
diff --git a/crates/pptx/tests/roundtrip.rs b/crates/pptx/tests/roundtrip.rs
index de2436a9..39a28f0e 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/tests/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/tests/roundtrip.rs
@@ -1049,3 +1049,33 @@ fn templates_and_slide_shows_declare_their_own_main_content_type() {
         assert_eq!(deckcraft_pptx::import(&bytes).expect("import").slides.len(), p.slides.len(), "{ext} reads back");
     }
 }
+
+/// #214: a lone guide was always written `adj`, but these presets name it `adj1`, and PowerPoint
+/// won't open the file otherwise. (Names as PowerPoint writes them.)
+#[test]
+fn single_guide_names_follow_the_preset() {
+    let mut p = defaults::new_presentation(None);
+    let mut s = new_slide(&mut p, "Guides");
+    let cases = [
+        ("bentConnector3", "adj1"),
+        ("curvedConnector3", "adj1"),
+        ("frame", "adj1"),
+        ("mathPlus", "adj1"),
+        ("mathMinus", "adj1"),
+        ("mathMultiply", "adj1"),
+        ("roundRect", "adj"),
+        ("chevron", "adj"),
+    ];
+    for (prst, _) in cases {
+        let mut sh = shape(&mut p, prst, 0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 50.0);
+        sh.geom = Geom::Preset { name: prst.into(), adj: vec![20000.0] };
+        s.shapes.push(sh);
+    }
+    p.slides.push(Arc::new(s));
+    let bytes = deckcraft_pptx::export(&p).expect("export");
+    let mut z = zip::ZipArchive::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&bytes)).expect("zip");
+    let xml = std::io::read_to_string(z.by_name("ppt/slides/slide2.xml").expect("slide")).expect("read");
+    for (prst, gd) in cases {
+        assert!(xml.contains(&format!(r#"<a:prstGeom prst="{prst}"><a:avLst><a:gd name="{gd}" fmla="val 20000"/>"#)), "{prst} → {gd}: {xml}");
+    }
+}