Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
(Presentation Software)
Tutorial
Table of Contents
Introduction ...........................................................................................................3
Starting OpenOffice Impress.................................................................................3
Looking at the Screen ...........................................................................................4
Creating an Empty (Blank) Presentation...............................................................5
Adding Information to a Slide ................................................................................6
Opening and Saving a Presentation .....................................................................6
Opening a Presentation.....................................................................................6
Saving a Presentation .......................................................................................7
Adding New Slides................................................................................................8
Formatting Text on a Slide....................................................................................9
Changing the Font/Font Size.............................................................................9
Bold, Italics, Underline.......................................................................................9
Paragraph Alignment.........................................................................................9
Adding Bullets and Numbering ..........................................................................9
Cut, Copy, Paste.................................................................................................10
Cut and Paste..................................................................................................10
Copy and Paste...............................................................................................10
Adding Pictures...................................................................................................10
Creating a Table .................................................................................................11
Deleting a Slide(s)...............................................................................................11
Views Bar............................................................................................................12
Formatting a Slide...............................................................................................12
Modifying Slide Layout ....................................................................................12
Adding a Background Color/Image..................................................................13
Adding Effects (Animation) .................................................................................13
Example: Adding Effects .................................................................................14
Adding/Changing Slide Transition.......................................................................15
Printing a Presentation........................................................................................17
Introduction
OpenOffice is an open source Office Suite package originally designed by Sun
Microsystems. OpenOffice is much like Microsoft Office but free to use. The
software can be freely downloaded and used.
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Looking at the Screen
Function Toolbar
Menu Bar
Object Toolbar (The
buttons will change
depending on what you
have selected)
Main Toolbar
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Creating an Empty (Blank) Presentation
When you start OpenOffice Impress, you will first see the following window. You
have the option of creating an empty (blank) presentation; a presentation from a
Template or you can open an existing presentation.
Procedures
Title, Spreadsheet
auto layout
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9. Type a name for your slide (optional) or use the default name (e.g. Slide
1).
10. Select an Auto Layout (e.g. Title Slide). Use an auto layout that is
representative of the data you wish to present. For example, if you want a
slide with a title and a table, use the Title, Spreadsheet auto layout.
11. Click the OK button.
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5. Click the Create button.
6. An Open dialogue box will appear. Locate the filename you wish to open
and double click on it.
Saving a Presentation
Remember to save your work often so there is no chance of losing it.
Procedures
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6. Click the Save button.
Note: All slides in your presentation will be listed at the bottom of the screen.
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Formatting Text on a Slide
Changing the Font/Font Size
Font is the style of writing and font size is the size of the text with a 12-point size
being 1/6 of an inch.
Procedures
Paragraph Alignment
Procedures
Procedures
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Cut, Copy, Paste
You can perform four main actions on a selected text: copying, cutting, deleting,
and formatting.
Procedures
Procedures
Adding Pictures
Procedures
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3. Pick the location where the file has been saved.
4. Double click filename to insert into document.
Note: Use the following toolbar to modify picture attributes such as color,
contrast, and brightness.
Creating a Table
Tables allow the user to arrange data in a series of rows and columns.
Procedures
Deleting a Slide(s)
Procedures
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Views Bar
Outline View
Drawing View
Handout view
Slide Show View
Drawing View
Drawing view is the most common view which allows you to type
information and add pictures and drawing objects right on the slide.
Outline View
Outline view allows you to create your slides from an outline rather
than entering information directly on a slide.
Slide View
Slide view allows you to rearrange slides by clicking and dragging the
slide to the new location. This view also allows you to add slide
transitions to multiple slides at once.
Notes View
In Notes View you can add notes to each slide so that these notes can
be printed along with the slide when giving a presentation.
Handout View
Handout view shows how many slides would be printed on a page.
Each slide in this view can be moved by clicking and dragging the
slide.
Formatting a Slide
Modifying Slide Layout
Procedures
1. Click the Modify Slide Layout… button in the Presentation styles window.
2. Reselect the AutoLayout.
3. Click the OK button.
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4. Read the message carefully and Click Yes or No.
Procedures
1. Click the object that you want to animate (e.g. bulleted list).
2. Click the Slide Show menu, Effects.
3. The following window will appear.
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Animation Order
Extras
Effects button
Preview button
Assign button
Text effects
Update button
No effect option
Extras button
This button allows you to change the color of an object once it is
animated. This button also allow you to use sound when animating an
object.
Note: Too many sounds can be distracting to an audience.
Outline button
This button shows the animation order of your objects (e.g. bullets,
pictures).
Assign button
Clicking this button will update changes made to your effects. These
changes will appear in the preview window if turned on.
Preview button
Click this button to see how your effects would look when you run the
slide show.
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Procedures
1. Find a slide that has a bulleted list. Click anywhere in this bulleted list.
2. Click the Slide Show menu, Effects.
3. Click the Effect button and choose Favorites (no effect).
4. Click the Text effects button and choose Fly-in from the drop down list.
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Procedures
1. Select the slide from the bottom for which you want to add animation.
2. Click the Slide Show menu, Slide Transition.
3. The following window will appear.
4. Using the Effects button, choose the effect you wish to use (e.g. Fly-in).
5. Choose the fly-in direction you wish to use (e.g. Fly-in from Left).
6. Click the Assign button to update the transition.
7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 for each slide OR to change all slides at once.
8. Click the Slide View button at the top right of the screen.
9. Select each of the slides by clicking on each slide while holding the SHIFT
key on the keyboard.
10. Complete steps 2 to 6 above.
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Printing a Presentation
Procedures
1. Press CTRL+P on your keyboard, OR
2. Select the File menu, Print.
3. The Printer Dialog Window will appear (as shown below) in which you can
choose how many copies of your document you wish to print, which
pages, where the printing output is to be directed (printer or file), and other
properties that you can access with the Options... button you see to the
left of the window. When you click the OK button in this window, your
document will be sent to your printer or to the file you have chosen.
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