1. Creating a Simple Presentation
OpenOffice Impress
Session 1
Creating a Simple Presentation 1 1 1

2. Contents Open OpenOffice Impress Program
First Look at the OpenOffice Impress
My Hobbies Problem
Solution
Q&A

3. 1. Open OpenOffice Impress
Start → Programs → OpenOffice.org... → OpenOffice.org Impress

4. 2. First Look at the OpenOffice Impress
1. Title Bar
2. Menu Bar
3. Tool bars
4.Slides Pane
5. Tasks Pane
6. Slide Window
7. Drawing Tool bar
8. Status bar

5. 3. My Hobbies Problem
Use OpenOffice Impress to create a presentation file named “MyHobbies.odp” and its content is shown in the link: MyHobbies.odp

6. 4. Solution 4.1. Create a New Presentation File
4.2. Save a Presentation File
4.3. Input Raw Data
4.4. Apply Slide Design
4.5. View Slides

7. 4.1. Create a New Presentation File
File → New → Presentation or press Ctrl+N
Choose Empty Presentation → Create

8. 4.2. Save a Presentation File
Select File → Save
Select a Folder to Save File
File Name: MyHobbies
Save as Type: ODF Presentation (.odp)‏
Click Save button

9. 4.3. Input Raw Data 4.3.1. Add a New Slide 4.3.2. Apply Slide Layouts
Modify the Layout for First Slide
Input the Contents

10. Add a New Slide
Right-click on the Slides Pane → New Slide

11. Apply Slide Layouts
If necessary, Click on the View → Tasks Pane to open the Tasks pane.
Slide Layout for the First Slide: Title Slide
Slide Layout for the remaining Slides: Title, Text

12. 4.3.3. Modify the Layout for First Slide
Resize the “Click to add text” area.
Select the “Click to add Title” area
Drag and drop the Layout to centre of the slide.
The result should be the same to the picture

13. 4.3.4. Input the Contents Click on the “Click to Add Text” Area
Type Contents of each Slide.

14. 4.4. Apply Slide Design 4.4.1. Load Slide Designs
Select a Slide Design

15. 4.4.1. Load Slide Designs Select Format → Slide Design → Load.
Under Categories, select a slide design category.
Under Templates, select a template.
Click OK.

16. 4.4.2. Select a Slide Design Select a Slide Design
Check Exchange background page to apply the slide design to all of the slides in your presentation
Check Exchange background page to apply the slide design to the current slide only

17. 4.5. View Slides 4.5.1. Use Slide Show 4.5.2. Use Normal View
Use Outline View
Use Notes Page View
Use Handout Page View
Use Slide Sorter View
Defines the special effect that plays when you display a slide during a slide show.

18. Use Slide Show View
To view the slide with full screen option Click View → Slide Show

19. 4.5.2. Use Normal View Use Normal View to create and edit slides.
To switch to normal view, choose View → Normal

20. Use Outline View
Outline view where you can reorder slides and edit slide titles and headings.
To switch to Outline view, choose View - Outline

21. Use Notes Page View
To switch to Notes Page, Choose View → Notes Page

22. Use Handout Page View
The handout master page, where you can scale several slides to fit on one printed page.
To switch to Handout page, Choose View - Handout Page

23. Use Slide Sorter View
To display miniature versions of the slides.
To switch to Slide Sorter View, choose View - Slide Sorter.

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