Chapter 6 StarOffice Impress
You can use Impress to show presentations or to print the presentations.
This section introduces the basic steps that are involved in creating and
editing a presentation.
Opening a Sample Impress Presentation
To Open a Sample Impress Presentation
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In any StarOffice program, choose File->New->Templates
and Documents.
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In the left pane, click Samples.
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In the middle pane, double-click the Presentations folder.
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Select a sample presentation and click Open.
Creating a Presentation
To create a new presentation from within any StarOffice program,
choose File->New->Presentation.
Using the Presentation Wizard
When you create a new Impress document, the Presentation Wizard automatically
opens. The wizard guides you through the first steps of creating a presentation.
You can use the wizard to create a presentation from an empty presentation,
a template, or an existing presentation.
To Create a Presentation From a Template
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In the Type area of the first page of the Presentation Wizard,
click From Template.
Note –
You might have to wait a moment for the templates to load.
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Select a template category, for example, Presentations, and then
click the template that you want to use.
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Click Next.
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(Optional) If you want to use a different background
for the slides in your presentation, select a style in the list.
Note –
These styles also change the format of the font that is used in
your presentation.
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Click Next.
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For presentations that you intend to run on-screen, do the following:
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In the Effect box, select the transition effect that you want
to use when you move from one slide to another slide.
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In the Speed box, select the speed of the transition.
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If you want your presentation to automatically advance through
the slides, select the Automatic option in the Select the Presentation Type
area.
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Click Next.
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Type the descriptive information for your presentation.
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Click Next.
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Click Create.
After you have created your presentation,
type your text in the slides.
To Save a Presentation
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Choose File->Save.
If you have not saved the presentation
before, the Save As dialog box opens.
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In the File name field, type the name of the presentation.
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Click Save.
To Export a Presentation to a Different Format
You can export your presentation as a series of linked HTML pages, as
a PDF file, or as a Flash file.
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Choose File->Export.
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In the File name field, type the name of the presentation.
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In the File type field, select the format for the exported file.
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Click Export.
Editing Your Slides
You can change the layout of your slides and the formatting of your
text. You can also add graphics and color to your slides.
Using Different Views
To help you to edit and organize your slides in Impress, you can use
different workspace views. Use the Normal view to add images to a single slide.
Use the Slide Sorter to reorder the slides and to assign transitions. Use
the Outline view to organize and edit slide titles.
To change the view, click the view tab in the middle pane.
To move between slides in Normal view, click the slide preview on the
left Slides pane.
To Change the Layout of a Slide
Slide layouts define where text and objects are placed on a slide. You
can easily change the layout of the slide.
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In Normal view, select the slide that you want to apply a new
layout to.
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In the Task pane, select the layout that you want to use.
To Add a Slide
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Click the Normal tab to choose the Normal view.
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In the left Slides pane, right-click where you want to add a slide.
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Choose New Slide from the context menu.
To Copy a Slide
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In Normal view, select the slide that you want to copy.
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Choose Insert->Duplicate slide.
To Move a Slide
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In the left Slides pane, select the slide that you want to move.
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Drag the slide to another position in the Slides pane.
To Delete a Slide
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In the left Slides pane, select the slide that you want to delete.
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Choose Edit->Delete Slide.
Formatting Slide Text
Use the Text Formatting toolbar to quickly apply formats to text in
your slides. To use the toolbar, select the text that you want to format and
click an icon. You can also select an option from the Font Name or Font Size
drop-down lists.
Adding Pictures to Your Slides
Pictures can help make your slides more interesting. In Impress, you
can add graphics such as photos or images to your slides. You can choose from
graphics provided with StarOffice or insert your own graphics.
To Add a Picture From a File
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Choose Insert->Picture->From File.
The Insert
Picture dialog box appears.
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Locate the graphic you want to insert, and then click Open.
To Add a Graphic From the Gallery
The StarOffice Gallery contains predefined graphics that you
can add to your slides.
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Choose Tools->Gallery.
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Select a theme from the list on the left.
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Select the graphic you want to insert.
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Drag the graphic onto the slide.
Note –
You can also create your own graphic with the tools on the Drawing
toolbar. For more information on using these tools, see Drawing Basic Shapes.
Graphical Text Using Fontwork
Using Fontwork, you can add graphical text in a variety of shapes and
color schemes.
To Add Fontwork Text
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On the Drawing toolbar, click the Fontwork Gallery icon.
You see the Fontwork window.
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Double–click a Fontwork object.
The Fontwork
window closes and you see the selected graphic object in your document.
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Double-click the graphic object.
You see the text “Fontwork”
as a normal highlighted text in the center of the graphic.
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Delete the predefined text and type your own text. Press Escape or click outside the graphic to end text entry.
You
can edit the properties of the graphic. Use View->Toolbars->Line and
Filling to show the Line and Filling toolbar. Change the colors of the area
and borders, the width and style of the borders, or convert the graphic to
3D using the context menu.
Adding Slide Transitions
For an on-screen presentation, you can animate the transition from one
slide to the next with effects such as blinds or fly-ins.
To Add a Transition to a Slide
Note –
All transitions are applied when you change to a slide. If you
want a transition between slide 1 and 2, assign the transition to slide 2.
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Choose the Slide Sorter view or display the left Slides pane.
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Right-click a slide and choose Slide Transition from the context
menu.
The Slide Transition page on the Tasks pane opens.
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Click a transition effect.
The effect is automatically
previewed on the slide.
Adding Animation Effects to Text and Graphics
You can use animation effects to make the text or the graphics in your
slide appear after you click the mouse.
To Add an Animation Effect to a Text or Graphic
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In Normal view, select the slide that contains the text or the
graphic you want to animate.
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Select the text object or the graphic you want to modify.
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Choose Slide Show->Custom Animation.
The Custom
Animation page of the Tasks pane appears.
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Click Add.
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In the Custom Animation->Add dialog box, select the effect
that you want to apply, and then click OK.
Click the Effect Options
button to change timing properties, for example for texts where paragraphs
should appear animated one after the other.
Note –
You can add as many effects as you want. For more information
about the Custom Animation page, consult the application help for Impress.
Running a Slide Show
After you create your slide show, you can present the slide show to
an audience.
To Present a Slide Show
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Open the presentation that you want to present as a slide show.
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Press F5 or choose Slide Show->Slide Show.
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Advance through the slides.
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To go to the next slide, press the spacebar or Return or Page Down or click the mouse.
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To go to the next slide without playing effects, press the Alt-Page
Down keys.
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To go to the previous slide, press the left arrow or Page Up key or right-click the mouse.
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To go to the previous slide without playing effects, press the Alt-Page Up key.
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To go to the slide number nn, type the number nn and press the Return key.
The Impress help has a list with all available keys that you can press
to present your slides.
To Exit a Slide Show
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Press the Escape key.
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