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My Presentation in Impress

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Foreword

The video "My Presentation in Impress" shows how can you create a own Presentation in Impress under LibreOffice.

The video links to this page here, which offers further information.

Link to the Video

Link to the Video (in German [DE]):

My Presentation in Impress - LibreOffice

Document template Master slide - from Part 1

Master Slide from Part 1
"Select a Template" dialog

In Part 1 "My Master Slide in Impress" of the two-part video series you have already created a Master slide and saved it as a Document template with the name "202007_Advertising for LibreOffice".

You can now use this template for the presentation.

Open Impress and the Document template

Open Impress.

In the "Select a Template" dialog search for the template (Filter: Presentations|Presentations) and click on the template "202007_Advertising for LibreOffice" and then on Open.

Use the opened Slide to create the presentation.

Create presentation

Save presentation

First you should save the presentation.

Click on the "Save" icon .

In the "Save as…" dialog enter "202007_My Presentation" as file name and click Save.

Header for Slide 1

In the header field, enter THE LIBERTY in capital letters.

Text for Slide 1

In the text field in the middle you also write in capital letters

LIBRE-OFFICE: THE FREE OFFICE PACKAGE THE LIBRE OFFICE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DREAMING OF FOR MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS

Select the text.

Remove the direct formatting with Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + M.

In the Sidebar at "Styles|Presentation Styles" the Style "Subtitle" is displayed highlighted.

Right-click on the Style and choose Modify….

In the "Font" tab select = Liberations Sans, Regular, 32pt.

In the "Font Effects" tab you select "#30C877" hexadecimal as Font Colour.

In the "Indents & Spacing" tab, select for "Line Spacing = Double".

Click on OK.

Background image basics

A background image can already be integrated into the Master Slide.

The background image is then later visible in all slides, but can also be changed again per Slide.

Impress is very flexible with this.

Think about the best way to proceed.

Here you can find the Work files

Insert background image for Slide 1

In the Slide Pane, right-click on Slide 1 and select Slide Properties….

Select the "Background" tab and the Image button.

Click the Add / Import button.

In the "Add Image" dialog select the image "202007_LOENHB_Web_01.png" and click on Open.

In the "Name" dialog that opens, you can enter a different name or accept the existing one. Click OK.

At "Style:", choose "Stretched".

Select the "Transparency" tab and click on the selection "Transparency" and enter 85% and OK.

Create Slide 2

Right-click on Slide 1 in the Slide Pane and choose Duplicate Slide.

Header for Slide 2

Enter MORE THAN AN OFFICE-SUITE in capital letters in the header field.

Text for Slide 2

If necessary, switch off the "Bullet points".

In the Text Box in the middle write The community behind LibreOffice is the heart of the project.

Insert Background Image for Slide 2

In the Slide Pane, right-click on Slide 2 and select Slide Properties….

Select the "Background" tab and the Image button.

Click the Add / Import button.

In the "Add Image" dialog select the image "202007_LOENHB_Web_02.png" and click on Open.

In the "Name" dialog that opens, you can enter a different name or accept the existing one. Click OK.

At "Style" choose "Stretched".

Select the "Transparency" tab and click on the selection "Transparency" and enter 85% and OK.

Create Slide 3

Right-click on Slide 2 in the Slide Pane and choose Duplicate Slide.

Slide 3 - Header and text

Leave the header as it is.

Mark the text in the middle and write:

LibreOffice is developed by the LibreOffice community under the umbrella of the non-profit foundation »The Document Foundation« (TDF).

Create Slide 4

Right-click on Slide 3 in the Slide Pane and choose Duplicate Slide.

Slide 4 - Header and text

Leave the header as it is.

Mark the text in the middle and write:

Most members of the community are volunteers.

Create Slide 5

Right-click on Slide 4 in the Slide Pane and choose Duplicate Slide.

Header for Slide 5

Mark the heading and enter I'M GONNA GET THAT

Text for Slide 5

Mark the text in the middle and write:

https://www.libreoffice.org/

Select the text again and choose Font Size 60 and select the Font Colour hexadecimal #229EFF.

Now choose Insert ▸ Image… from the menu..

Select the image "202007_LOENHB_Website_Download.png".

Adjust the image in size and position.

Insert Background Image Slide 5

In the Slide Pane, right-click on Slide 5 and select Slide Properties….

Select the "Background" tab and the Image button.

Click the Add / Import button.

In the "Add Image" dialog select the image "202007_LOENHB_Web_03.png" and click on Open.

In the "Name" dialog that opens, you can enter a different name or accept the existing one. Click OK.

At "Style" choose "Stretched".

Select the tab "Transparency" and click on the selection "Transparency" and enter 85% and OK.

Save presentation

Click on the "Save" icon .

Further Informations

Differences of the Text Boxes

What is written here refers to the Default template (white background of the page, title and subtitle with black font).

When you open Impress and close the "Select a Template" dialog, you get the Default template.

  1. Existing Text Boxes "Title" and "Subtitle" ( 1st page ).
    Title and subtitle here are Styles of the type "Presentation Styles".
    The Presentation Styles have the name of the functions "Title" and "Subtitle".
    You can customize these Styles without any problems.
  2. New Slide ( Ctrl + M ) (2nd page to …).
    New Slides have a Title and the Text Box below it is assigned to the Presentation Style "Outline".
    This Text Box seems to be "hardwired (programmed)" because the content cannot be assigned to any other Presentation Style.
  3. Text Box from the Insert ▸ Text Box menu.
    You can delete the Subtitle Text Box.
    Then you insert a Text Box from the Insert ▸ Text Box menu.
    The entered text is assigned to the Drawing Style "Default Drawing Style" here.
    You can customize these Styles or make new Style without any problems.

Procedure

Use one of these three possibilities and pay attention to the existing assignment to styles.

To be on the safe side, you can always try to remove any direct formatting.

Select the whole text and choose Edit ▸ Select All ( Ctrl + A ) from the menu.

Then in the menu Format ▸ Clear Direct Formatting ( Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + M ).

Use the same Slides

If you like the Text Box after point 1, you can create more slides in the Slide ▸ Duplicate Slide menu.

Or after opening Impress you can directly insert a page 2 according point 3 and then delete page 1.

For further presentations

Create an empty presentation that corresponds to your ideas (possibly already with 2nd and 3rd page).

Save this presentation as a document template.

In the dialog (if desired) set a check mark at "Set as default template".

Work files

Document template "202007_Advertising for Libre Office"

"202007_Advertising for LibreOffice.otp" ( Document template )

Presentation "202007_My Presentation"

"202007_My Presentation.odp"

(In the presentation, the background images of the slides were removed so that the file is accepted in the Wiki system.)

202007_LOHB_Logo Square - LibreOffice.png

Web_01

202007_LOENHB_Web_01.png

Web_02

202007_LOENHB_Web_02.png

Web_03

202007_LOENHB_Web_03.png

Picture Download-Selection

Picture Website-Download PNG

Documentation / Manuals

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Documentation / Manuals

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