XP Practical OpenOffice.org Chapter 8 1 Creating a Presentation

Practical OpenOffice.orgChapter 8

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Creating a Presentation


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XPWhat’s Inside and on the CD?

Essentials of creating presentations with OpenOffice.org Impress

• Provides set of tools to script, organize, and display a presentation

• Consists of slides, each of which contains objects such as titles, items in a bulleted list, graphics, and charts

Good graphic design makes slides visually compelling and presentations easy to understand

• Avoid clutter and unnecessary graphical elements


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XPWhat’s Inside and on the CD? (continued)

Slides can be:

• Presented with a computer and projection device

• Printed on transparent sheets for use with an overhead projector

• Printed on paper for handouts

• Converted to Web pages for display on the Internet


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XPHow do I create a presentation?

Select a presentation background

• Collection of professionally selected slide color schemes, fonts, graphic accents, and background colors

Use a template to select presentation type, style, and title for each slide

Save frequently


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XPHow do I create a presentation? (continued)


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XPWhat’s in the Impress window?

Several work areas, called panes

• Slides Pane (left pane)

• Current slide (middle pane)

• Tasks Pane (right pane)


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XPWhat’s in the Impress window? (continued)


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XPHow do I create a presentation? (continued)

To select other layouts Use Layouts Task Pane

To change the template Click Slide Design button on Presentation toolbar

Click Load to view available templates and backgrounds

To change the background color

Click Format, Page Choose color from Fill area on

Background tab, then click OK Click Yes to apply change to all slides Click No to apply only to current slide


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XPHow do I add a slide?

Click Slide button to display Tasks Pane

• Gives you a choice of slide layouts

• Includes thumbnail sketches of each slide type

Each design template has its own Title Slide layout (or use Title Only layout or Blank Slide for first slide)

Resize placeholders by using object’s sizing handles


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XPHow do I add a slide? (continued)


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XPHow do I add a bulleted list?

Use one of the title and text layouts

• Title, Text

• Title, Text, Object


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XPHow do I add a bulleted list? (continued)


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XPHow do I add a bulleted list? (continued)

To remove bullets

Use Bullets On/Off button, or Press Backspace key

To create a numbered list

Select list, click Format on menu bar Click Bullets and Numbering Select a style from Numbering tab,

then click OK

To createsub-bullets

Use Demote button on Text Formatting toolbar


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XPHow do I add a graphic?

Select a slide layout from Layouts Task Pane that includes a placeholder for a graphic

Replace graphic placeholder with desired graphic

• Double-click placeholder

• Navigate to desired graphic in Insert picture dialog box

• Click Open button


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XPHow do I add a graphic? (continued)


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XPHow do I add a graphic? (continued)

To delete a graphic Press Delete key

To insert a graphic into any slide layout

Click Insert on menu bar, point to Picture

Click From File Select graphic, click Open Use sizing handles to position

and size graphic


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XPHow do I add a chart?

Several slide layouts contain chart placeholders

• Bar chart

• Line chart

• Pie chart

Chart placeholder includes sample data, which you change to reflect your data


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XPHow do I add a chart? (continued)


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To change sample data

Click each cell containing sample data and replace it with your own labels or numbers

To delete sample data

Select cells, press Delete key


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To move data Select cells, right-click to display shortcut menu

Click Cut, then right-click cell where you want to move data

Click Paste from shortcut menu

To insert a row or column

Click cell where you want to insert

Click Insert Row button/Insert Column button on toolbar


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XPHow do I add a table?

Select a slide layout from Layouts Task Pane that includes a placeholder for a table

Enter your own data into rows and columns of the table


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XPHow do I add a table? (continued)


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To format borders, add color shading, and adjust text alignment

Use buttons on toolbars, or

Use options in Format Cells dialog box

To add text to a cell Click inside cell, type text


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To add a graphic to a cell

Click the cell, click Insert on Standard menu bar

Point to Picture, then click From File

With Insert Picture dialog box open, navigate to desired graphic, click Open

To adjust height or width of cells

Position pointer over column or row header so that the shape changes

Drag the dividing line to correct position


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XPHow do I view a slide show?

Move to first slide, then switch to Slide Show view


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XPHow do I view a slide show? (continued)


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XPHow do I view a slide show? (continued)

To display next slide or next bullet

Press left mouse button Press N key Press right-arrow key

To display previous slide or previous bullet

Press right mouse button Press P key Press left-arrow key

To cancel slide show Press Esc key


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XPSummary

Creating a presentation

Adding a slide

Adding bulleted lists, graphics, charts, and tables

Viewing a slide show

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XP Practical OpenOffice.org Chapter 8 1 Creating a Presentation