Presentation-software techniques

Introduction

The following sections present the basics of creating a presentation using LibreOffice/OpenOffice Impress.

Creating a new presentation

Right click on the OpenOffice.org Quickstarter, select Presentation.

In window 1 of the AutoPilot,

• make sure Empty presentation is selected, and
• click Next >>.

In window 2 of the AutoPilot,

• make sure that Presentation Backgrounds is selected,
• select <Original> (for an initially empty background),
• make sure that the selected output medium is Screen, and
• click Next >>.

In window 3 of the AutoPilot,

• leave the Effect and Speed settings as they are,
• make sure the presentation type is set to Default, and
• click Create.

Creating slides

In the Modify Slide dialogue box which comes up,

• select the predefined Title Slide layout,
• type in a name for the slide, and
• click OK.

In the slide that is displayed,

• click in the top text area and type in a title for the presentation, then
• click in the bottom text area and type in some text, e.g., your name.

Create a second slide by selecting Insert Slide.

In the Insert Slide dialogue box which comes up (similar to the earlier Modify Slide dialogue box),

• select a layout,
• type in a name for the slide, and
• click OK.

Background

To modify the background to be used for all slides, Select View Master Slide Master.

For example, click on the Ellipse tool at the left, and draw an ellipse in the slide. Click on the Text tool at the left, click somewhere in the slide, and type some text (e.g., the date).

To see the effect of changing the background, select View Normal.

Text styles

To globally modify the appearance of text, make sure the Styles and Formatting box is displayed. If it’s not, select Format Styles and Formatting to display it.

Display the Presentation Styles by clicking on the second icon at the upper left.

Right click on Title and click on the Modify button that pops up.

In the dialogue box that pops up, change one of the text attributes, then click on OK.

Last modified: 2020-05-10 11:59:31